Harvest is Underway

First report from USDA on this year’s harvest is out this week, showing only Texas and Pennsylvania behind schedule for this time of year, with most of the states running well ahead.

Total for the nation is 6 percent, compared to two percent last year and four percent average. About half the corn is combined in Tennessee and North Carolina, where a good portion of the crop is rated below average compared to the rest of the country. All of the I-states have numbers in the harvested column this week, when none were there this time last year. Illinois has seven percent harvested already, compared to nothing last year and two percent average.

We highlighted Kelly Robertson of Benton, IL here on Corn Commentary earlier this year because he was one of the first to plant this spring. And he’s also one of the first to harvest, starting over a week ago. Here is a video from the Robertson Farm blog.