Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig says some corn and soybean planting has slowed across the state.
“There have been some delays now or some folks and planters that have been sitting,” he said. “That’s because we’ve seen some widespread rain and some pretty significant rain in some places.”
He tells Brownfield it’s both a good and bad scenario.
“We’ve been so dry and we need the moisture. But of course, you don’t want to sit for too long before you get back in the field. I do like to remind folks that this is what a more normal spring looks like.”
But Naig says the state’s planting pace remains near the five-year average.
“We’re making really good progress. On average, we’re right on schedule. It looks like in the 10-day forecast, we’re going to get a really nice window here to really roll across the state.”
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor showed a significant 23% improvement for Iowa compared to the previous week.
