PRODUCERS WERE KEPT OUT OF THE FIELDS ONCE AGAIN AS WE HEAR IN THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT.
THERE WAS ON AVERAGE LESS THAN TWO DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK THIS PAST WEEK CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER HAS AN UPDATE ON WINTER WHEAT.
THERE WERE A FEW REPORTS OF CORN PLANTING.
USUALLY ABOUT FIVE PERCENT OF CORN HAS BEEN PLANTED BY NOW.
AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE IS RATED AT ONE PERCENT VERY SHORT, TWO PERCENT SHORT, 65 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 32 PERCENT SURPLUS.