July 21, 2010

Nebraska's wheat harvest has been brought in 44% of the wheat crop, slightly behind last year's pace at a comparable time, the National Agricultural Statistics Service said Monday (July 19).

The Nebraska wheat harvest has begun in earnest in the southwest part of the state and in the Panhandle.

The corn condition rated 63% good and 21% excellent. Soy conditions rated 62% good and 15% excellent.

Rainfall totals varied from an average of an inch-and-a-half in central Nebraska last week to less than a quarter-inch in the Panhandle. Temperatures hit 100 degrees Celsius in the southwest and the 90 degrees Celsius in the rest of the state.