Warm and dry fall weather pushed crops toward maturity last week in Michigan.

The USDA says 61 percent of corn is dented, 55 percent is mature, and condition dropped a point to 55 percent good to excellent.  Soybeans are 89 percent dropping leaves, 49 percent mature, and 13 percent harvested with condition dropping two points to 60 percent good to excellent.

As of Sunday, 52 percent of dry beans and 58 percent of sugarbeets were in good to excellent condition.

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