Though a bit of warmth would be nice, farmers hope the recent stretch of nice weather continues for the sake of the crops you depend on. The latest USDA Crop Progress and Condition Report shows that farmers had just over six days suitable for fieldwork last week, with northeast Wisconsin coming in at 6.7 days. The nice weather helped farmers in Door and Kewaunee counties nearly complete their third cutting of alfalfa and be ahead of much of the state with their fourth cutting. Corn condition is 83 percent good to excellent, while soybeans are about 84 percent good to excellent. Both crops are a little behind last year’s pace, but Josh Salentine from Salentine Homestead Dairy in Luxemburg says that, thanks to timely rain and sun poking through the Canadian wildfire smoke, they have been blessed this year so far.

Salentine says that with warmer temperatures, they could begin harvesting corn for silage in about two to three weeks. Corn dry-down events in Luxemburg and Sturgeon Bay will give a clearer picture of when farmers can start warming up their tractors. Farmers will have to battle rain and cooler temperatures over the next week, with highs not expected to get much above 70 degrees.