Wheat planting half way complete; fall harvest continues

Farmers in south central Kansas are about half finished with planting winter wheat, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The fall harvest also continues with farmers about three quarters of the way through the corn harvest, a quarter done with the grain sorghum harvest and nearly 20 percent done with the soybean harvest.

Fall crops conditions were all rated strong, with corn rated 6 percent very poor, 10 percent poor, 28 percent fair, 41 percent good, and 15 percent excellent.

For grain sorghum, or milo, conditions were rated 4 percent very poor, 11 percent poor, 32 fair, 44 percent good, and 9 percent excellent; and soybeans were rated 3 percent very poor, 10 percent poor, 35 percent fair, 42 percent good, and 10 percent excellent.

This story was originally published October 7, 2014 at 7:51 AM with the headline "Wheat planting half way complete; fall harvest continues."