Corn planting is nearly complete in Iowa.
USDA’s latest weekly crop progress report shows 91 percent of intended acres are planted, 12 days faster than last year and four days ahead of the five-year average.
Corn emergence, at 58 percent, is three days ahead of normal.
Soybean planting reached 84 percent, compared to 58 percent this time a year ago and the usual pace of 71 percent.
Emergence is six days ahead of normal at 42 percent.
Nearly 90 percent of the state’s oat crop has emerged, with 86 percent rated in good to excellent condition.
And the first cutting of alfalfa is 23 percent done, compared to nine percent last year and just four percent normally.
