CONTINUED WET WEATHER IS LEAVING CORN AND SOYBEAN PLANTING MORE THAN 50 PERCENTAGE POINTS BEHIND THE FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE. 

ONLY ABOUT ONE DAY WAS SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK THIS PAST WEEK…NOT GIVING FARMERS MUCH TIME IN THE FIELDS SAYS CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER.

14 PERCENT OF SOYBEANS ARE NOW PLANTED WITH EIGHT PERCENT EMERGED. LAST YEAR, 89 PERCENT OF SOYBEANS BY THIS TIME. 

THE CONDITION OF THE WINTER WHEAT CROP DECLINED A BIT TO 35 PERCENT IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION. 

AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE IS RATED AS 30 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 70 PERCENT SURPLUS.