CORN PLANTING IN ILLINOIS IS INCHING CLOSER TO COMPLETION AS WE HEAR IN THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT.
94 PERCENT OF CORN HAS BEEN PLANTED…AND 87 PERCENT EMERGED. 71 PERCENT OF THE CROP IS RATED IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION. STATE CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER SAYS SOME GOOD PROGRESS WAS MADE WITH SOYBEAN PLANTING…WHICH IS NOW 72 PERCENT COMPLETE.
94 PERCENT OF CORN HAS NOW BEEN PLANTED, WITH 87 PERCENT EMERGED.
EIGHT PERCENT OF SORGHUM AND 95 PERCENT OF OATS HAVE BEEN PLANTED, AND THE FIRST CUTTING OF ALFALFA IS A LITTLE MORE THAN HALFWAY DONE.
AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE STANDS AT ONE PERCENT VERY SHORT, FIVE PERCENT SHORT, 73 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 21 PERCENT SURPLUS.
