FARMERS DIDN’T HAVE MUCH TIME IN THE FIELDS THIS PAST WEEK…BUT WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME PLANTING PROGRESS AS WE HEAR IN THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT. 

RAINFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL THIS PAST WEEK, BUT PRODUCERS MADE GOOD USE OF THE DRY DAYS SAYS CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER.

31 PERCENT OF SOYBEANS HAVE BEEN PLANTED AND TWO PERCENT HAVE EMERGED. 

20 PERCENT OF WINTER WHEAT HAS HEADED. AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE IS RATED AS TWO PERCENT SHORT, 72 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND 26 PERCENT SURPLUS.