By: Matt Scher, matts@977thebolt.com
(KHBT) – The USDA Crop report was released on Monday and shows that the wet weather slowed the planters in the fields a bit last week.
The USDA crop report showed an increase of 16 percent in the amount of corn planted during the week, about half the amount planted last week. The corn planting total is now at 86 percent, eight days ahead of last year and one week ahead of the five-year average.
Bean planting moved at about the same pace, gaining 20 percent compared to last week and putting the total at 69 percent. That’s about one week ahead of last year and the five-year average for beans. 35 percent of planted corn has emerged from the ground, nearly five times as much as last week. And the report now says 19 percent of the beans have emerged.