Winter Wheat Planting Nearing Completion

Kansas farmers are planting the last of
their 2012 winter wheat crop, with just 8 percent of the fields
left to seed.
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday the 92
percent seeding is ahead of the five-year average of 86 percent
planted by the last week of October. About 70 percent of the wheat
has now emerged.
Fair weather over the past week also helped farmers make
progress in bringing in their fall-harvested crops. About 85
percent of the corn crop has been cut, along with 74 percent of
soybeans and 37 percent of the sorghum crop.
The report shows hay supplies are estimated to be 57 percent
short to very short across Kansas.