PRODUCERS HAVE MADE SOME NICE HEADWAY PLANTING CORN OVER THE PAST WEEK.
THERE WAS AN AVERAGE OF NEARLY FIVE DAYS AVAILABLE FOR FIELDWORK LAST WEEK…AND RAINFALL WAS BELOW NORMAL. CORN PLANTING SURGED AHEAD LAST WEEK…AND IS NOW 34 PERCENT COMPLETE SAYS CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER.
FOUR PERCENT OF SOYBEANS AND ONE PERCENT OF SORGHUM HAS BEEN PLANTED.
28 PERCENT OF THE WINTER WHEAT CROP HAS HEADED. AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE DECLINED TO SIX PERCENT SHORT…86 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND EIGHT PERCENT SURPLUS.
