With farmers' crops progressing with every passing day, the UW Extension office has set dates for upcoming corn dry-down events in Luxemburg and Sturgeon Bay. By comparison, corn harvested for grain usually has a moisture content between 13% and 25%, depending on storage methods. While marking your calendars for Sept. 9 at Rio Creek Feed Mill in Luxemburg and Sept. 15 at Door County Cooperative is good for planning, farmers have plenty of time before they need to collect samples. Sixteen percent of the corn crop has reached the dough stage, when the milky fluid inside the kernels begins to thicken before the kernels dent and reach maturity. Farmers across the state had 5.7 days suitable for fieldwork, with parts of eastern Wisconsin, including Door and Kewaunee counties, receiving some relief from the warm, dry conditions.