FARMERS WERE ABLE TO GET SOME PLANTING DONE BEFORE THE WEEKEND RAIN HIT AS WE HEAR IN THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT. 

PRECIPITATION WAS ABOUT AN INCH ABOVE NORMAL THIS PAST WEEK…BUT PLANTING DID PROGRESS SAYS CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER.

37 PERCENT OF CORN ACRES HAVE BEEN PLANTED…UP FROM EIGHT PERCENT LAST WEEK. 

AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE IS RATED AS ONE PERCENT SHORT, 79 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 20 PERCENT SURPLUS.