It’s been a wet start to October, which has led to some delays in harvesting crops.

The weekly crop report by the United States Department of Agriculture shows the average number of workdays in the fields last week were 2.6, which is the lowest since May. Landus Cooperative Field Agronomist Zach Minnihan says late season precipitation can hinder harvesting crops.

“With weather like this too, it makes it pretty tough for soybeans at times. They don’t like to feed and they pick up moisture and so guys kind of have to wait until they’re ready to go. If they’re doing (soy)beans, it’s kind of a lot of sitting around until 3 or 4 o’clock in the afternoon, even on good running days.”

According to the USDA crop report, 87-percent of corn has reached maturity and eight-percent has been harvested. As for soybeans, 92-percent are dropping leaves and 26-percent have been harvested. Minnihan talks about how soybean harvest has been going in Greene County.

“That first 10 to 12 days (of early harvest) we had a really good run, especially on soybeans. We were looking at between 10 to 20-percent a head of year-to-date last year. Now with this rain I think we’re probably right around even or getting to be just a touch behind on soybeans.”

The crop report shows that 60-percent of corn is good to excellent, while 62-percent of soybeans are good to excellent.