ILLINOIS FARMERS CONTINUE TO BEAT LAST YEAR'S PACE FOR PLANTING CORN AND SOYBEANS.

IT WAS ANOTHER COOL, DRY WEEK, LEAVING AN AVERAGE OF FIVE DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK. STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER LOOKS AT CORN:

SCHLEUSENER LOOKS AT SOYBEANS.

15 PERCENT OF WINTER WHEAT HAS HEADED AND 66 PERCENT OF THE CROP IS RATED IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION, A DECLINE FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK. 

AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE ALSO DROPPED, TO TWO PERCENT VERY SHORT, 10 PERCENT SHORT, 69 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 19 PERCENT SURPLUS.