FARMERS STILL AREN’T GETTING MUCH TIME IN THE FIELDS…BUT SOME PLANTING IS UNDERWAY AS WE HEAR IN THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT. 

ONLY ABOUT TWO AND A HALF DAYS WERE SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK THIS PAST WEEK…BUT PRODUCERS MANAGED TO GET THREE PERCENT OF SOYBEANS PLANTED SAYS CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER. AS FOR CORN:

THREE PERCENT OF WINTER WHEAT IS HEADING, AND 44 PERCENT OF THE CROP IS RATED IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION. THAT’S A DECLINE FROM THE PREVIOUS WEEK.

AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE IS RATED AT TWO PERCENT SHORT, 45 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 53 PERCENT SURPLUS.