WET CONDITIONS SLOWED PLANTING LAST WEEK…BUT FARMERS ARE STILL WAY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE AS WE HEAR IN THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT.

CHIEF STATE CROP STATISTICIAN BRAD SCHWAB SAYS 64 PERCENT OF CORN HAS EMERGED WITH AN AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THREE INCHES.

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SCHWAB ADDS 21 PERCENT OF SOYBEANS ARE NOW PLANTED WITH SEVEN PERCENT EMERGED.

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AS FOR OTHER CROPS, 41 PERCENT OF SORGHUM AND 99 PERCENT OF OATS ARE NOW PLANTED. STATEWIDE AVERAGE TOPSOIL MOISTURE IS RATED AT 26 PERCENT SURPLUS, 68 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND SIX PERCENT SHORT.