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Few fields left to harvest in Arkansas

Harvest season has almost come to a close in Arkansas.

The USDA reports as of Sunday, 99% of cotton, 94% of peanuts, 96% of soybeans and 100% of rice and corn had been harvested, all slightly ahead of their respective 5-year averages.

Winter wheat planting is 81% complete, in line with average, with 59% of the crop emerged. The USDA rates Arkansas winter wheat 69% good to excellent.