About 9 percent of the total crop is in the bin as of Sept. 17, the USDA’s Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin says.
So, what are farmers saying about the 2023 harvest so far?
“I think it’s not going to be a bumper or a record yield but I think we’re going to be basically holding our own,” Steve Turner, a farmer from Cass and Morgan counties in Illinois, told The Center Square.