The southern-most counties remain low on moisture, while many northern counties received significant precipitation that interrupted fieldwork. The Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA shares details on how things are looking.
Corn planting was nearly complete. Corn emergence was at 91 percent, 11 days ahead of last year, but even with the 5-year average. The condition of the corn was rated 71 percent good to excellent, down 3 percentage points from last week.
Soybean are nearing compleation with 85 percent emerged. That’s 3 days ahead of last year but 1 day behind the average. Soybean condition was rated 72 percent good to excellent.
The first cutting of alfalfa hay was 79 percent complete. That’s 2 days ahead of last year but 2 days ahead of the average. Winter wheat was 83 percent headed, 5 days behind last year but 4 days ahead of the average. Winter wheat condition was rated 70 percent good to excellent, unchanged from last week.
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