COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Rain interrupted row crop harvesting across the state for a second straight week, the Missouri Agriculture Statistics Service said Tuesday.

The corn harvest is slightly ahead of the average schedule but dry, warm weather is needed for soybean, sorghum and cotton harvesting.

The topsoil moisture supply held steady, reported as 3 percent very short, 14 percent short, 81 percent adequate and 2 percent surplus.

Farmers were able to work in the fields an average of 4.6 days in the past week.

The corn crop is now 83 percent harvested and nearly all has matured. Progress ranged from 62 percent harvested in the northeast district to completion in the southeast.

The soybean harvest is about a week behind, with 94 percent of the soybeans are dropping leaves or beyond and 76 percent mature.

The sorghum crop is 94 percent mature, more than a week behind last year. It is 67 percent harvested.

Late cotton continues to mature slowly, with 91 percent of cotton bolls opening, nine days behind last year.

Pasture conditions were rated as 4 percent very poor, 14 percent poor, 39 percent fair, 37 percent good and 6 percent excellent, continuing a trend of modest improvement.

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