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Planting progress slowed by wet conditions, still ahead of last year

May 3, 2016 By Dar Danielson

SPRING-PLANTING-Wet weather slowed the planting process last week. The U.S.D.A. crop report shows 57 percent of the corn crop is now planted, which is just 17 percent ahead of the report from last week.

Planting had been 6 days ahead of last year, but the slowdown last week now has farmers just one day ahead of last year at this time. The overall planting is still 8 days ahead of the 5-year average. The report finds farmers in north-central and central Iowa making the most headway, with more than three-quarters of their corn crop in the ground.

Soybean planting showed up on the report this week, with seven percent of that crop planted. That’s five days ahead of the 5-year average.

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