Walnuts are being collected from groves in the area and the walnut buying season has opened on Friday, Nov. 8 this year.

Later planted spring cereal fields were in the milk to soft dough ... Beef producers have started their second cut beef hay harvest, while dairy producers reported good yields for second cut alfalfa.

Figure 2. Temperature of round bale alfalfa hay from summer (16% moisture) and fall (20% moisture) cuttings relative to the ambient air temperature during the first few days after baling.