TOPEKA – Recent precipitation allowed Kansas wheat farmers to get an additional 5-percent of the crop planted to reach 8-percent complete, slightly behind 10-percent for both last year and the average.

By Sunday, only 3-percent of the corn crop had not yet dented, while 72-percent had reached maturity, behind 2010 at 82-percent but ahead of the 5-year average of 70-percent.

Kansas corn producers have harvested 32-percent of the corn crop, behind 37-percent last year, but ahead of the 5-year average of 24-percent. Producers in the southeast district have only 10- percent of their crop left to be harvested.

The condition of the crop was reported to be 25-percent very poor, 21-percent poor, 28-percent fair, 21- percent good, and 5- percent excellent.

Leaves are dropping on 29-percent of the soybean acreage and the condition declined to 24- percent very poor, 28-percent poor, 23-percent fair, 20-percent good, and 5-percent excellent.

The sorghum crop continues to be about a week behind last year and the average, as 9-percent of the acreage has not headed, while 64-percent of the crop has turned color, well behind 91- percent for the previous year and the 5-year average of 81-percent.

The condition was rated as 24-percent very poor, 24-percent poor, 29-percent fair, 18-percent good, and 5-percent excellent.

Thirty-five percent of the cotton crop had bolls opening, behind 43-percent in 2010, but the ahead of the 5-year average of 23-percent. The cotton condition improved to 20-percent very poor, 17-percent poor, 35-percent fair, 25-percent good, and 3-percent excellent.

Seventy-six percent of the sunflower crop had ray flowers dried, ahead of 69-percent last year and 71- percent for the 5-year average. Fifty-seven percent of the crop had turned yellow, ahead of 38-percent last year and 47-percent for the 5-year average, while 24-percent have already turned brown, ahead of 9-percent for both last year and the 5-year average.

The condition was rated 4-percent very poor, 13-percent poor, 37-percent fair, 40-percent good, and 6-percent excellent.

The third cutting of alfalfa was 94-percent complete, while the fourth cutting was 44-percent complete as of Sunday, well behind 69-percent last year and 60-percent for the 5-year average.