A fairly dry week gave producers time to catch up in the fields as we hear in the weekly crop report.

Nearly six days were suitable for fieldwork says Crop Statistician Mark Schleusener, and much needed.

Turning to soybeans.

Rainfall was a half inch below normal, dropping average statewide topsoil moisture to three percent very short, 11 percent short, 74 percent adequate and 12 percent surplus.