A southwest Iowa farmer begins planting this week.
Carl Jardon of Randolph says conditions are good.
“We did get a little bit of rain last week and it’s dry now, so I think we’re going to start planting.”
He tells Brownfield rain is in the forecast Thursday night.
“So hopefully we can get a lot done before that in the next couple days.”
The USDA says corn planting progress in Iowa jumped from 3 to 14 percent complete over the past week.
Soybeans are one percent planted, compared to the five-year average of four percent.
