Des Moines, IA- Farmers had dry planting weather most of last week before storms hit, and they made the most of it.
Radio Iowa reports the corn harvest shot to 70% planted compared to 29% in the previous week. Corn planting had been one day behind the five-year average, and is now one week ahead.
The USDA also reports that six percent of the planted corn has emerged, one day ahead of average. Soybean planting moved to 49% complete, up from 16% the week before, and one week ahead of the five-year average.
