Great Bend – Kansas farmers are planting the last of their 2012 winter wheat crop, with just 8 percent of the fields left to seed.

Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reported Monday the 92 percent seeding is ahead of the five-year average of 86 percent planted by the last week of October. About 70 percent of the wheat has now emerged.

Fair weather over the past week also helped farmers make progress in bringing in their fall-harvested crops. About 85 percent of the corn crop has been cut, along with 74 percent of soybeans and 37 percent of the sorghum crop.

The report shows hay supplies are estimated to be 57 percent short to very short across Kansas.