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Monday, Nov 2, 2009 @07:00pm CST In the latest weekly Illinois crop report out Monday, indicated abundant rainfall recently halted most field activities. The continued delays have led to record setting slow harvests in Illinois. Since 1940, this is the third slowest corn harvest on record at 19 percent, the slowest since 1967 when only 10 percent of harvest was complete on November first. Soybean harvest is the second slowest on record at 35 percent, the lowest since 1941 when 21 percent was harvested at this time. Corn was rated at 62 percent good to excellent, 30 percent fair with 8 percent rated as poor or very poor. Soybeans were rated at 58 percent good or excellent, 30 percent rated as fair, and 12 percent rated as poor or very poor.
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