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percent complete by the first of October, slightly behind normal. Corn silage harvest was 60 percent completed, normally three-fourths of the silage acreage would be harvested by Oct. 1.
The U.S. com for grain production, as of Oct. 1, is forecast at 7.45 billion bushels, up two percent from last month and 51 percent above the drought reduced crop of 1988. Harvest is running behind normal.
Virginia’s Oct. 1 soybean crop forecast continues to indicate a record high yield of 32 bushels t per acre. Timely rains in mid and late September promoted pod growth and development, particularly in late planted beans. This forecast is
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