Excess precipitation stalled many farmers in Minnesota toward the end of last week.
USDA’s latest crop update says with four days suitable for fieldwork, corn planting advanced to 61 percent. That’s more than a week ahead of a year ago and one day faster than the five-year average. Corn emergence reached 15 percent.
Soybeans are 30 percent planted compared to 13 percent last week, 10 percent last year, and 37 percent normally.
