•November 11, 2015•

By Tyler Harvey
Douglas-Moultrie Farm Bureau Manager

As many of you are well aware, the 2015 harvest is mostly wrapped up for the year. With the weather we have had over the last two months, farmers have tirelessly been working to get the crops out before the weather breaks.

As of Sunday, November 1, the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has the Illinois corn and soybean crop at 96% harvested. This comes to no surprise with the early start most got this year.

Last year at this time, corn was at 74% harvested and soybeans where at 80% harvested. Even with the crops out, farmers will continue to work on fall tillage, tiling, and application of anhydrous ammonia when the soil conditions are appropriate.

On a state level, the Illinois Farm Bureau is gearing up for its annual meeting in Chicago the beginning of December. The annual meeting is where the grassroots policies that get brought up at a county farm bureau level throughout the year get voted on by delegates from around the state.

It is amazing to watch hundreds of delegates sit down to discuss and vote on so many policies that have their roots from a county level. There will also be an awards night when county farm bureaus will be recognized for their hard work from the year.      Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.