PRODUCERS MAKE HEADWAY WITH CORN, TOBACCO HARVEST

Hot, dry conditions last week allowed farmers to make great head-way with corn harvest, more than doubling progress from last week. Tobacco producers cut an additional 16 percent more tobacco since last week. Corn yields have been greatly variable depending on where earlier rains occurred. The hot, dry weather has caused some producers to feed hay, while others in less weather stressed areas have made an additional cutting. Cotton and soybean harvest has begun in a few areas. Continue reading Tennessee NASS report at tn_09_12_16. The U.S. Crop Progress report can be read at cropprog-09-12-2016.