August brings good harvest
19 Aug 2016
Agriculture, Regional News
Wisconsin farmers zipped through their fields last week, using 5.4 days of fine field-working weather to make plenty of progress harvesting hay, small grains, potatoes and vegetables.
"It was a nice week with rain and heat. Crops are looking really good and moving along in a timely manner," the Rusk County reporter observed in the "Wisconsin Crop Progress & Condition Report" for the week ending August 7.
Temperatures did cool down a bit, although they remained in the upper 80s and low 90s with high humidity. Reported rainfall totals ranged widely from zero in Green Bay to 1.61 inches in Madison.
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