56% of Indiana corn, 52% of soybeans planted

The USDA says ideal fieldwork conditions allowed planting to move forward last week in Indiana.

Fifty-six percent of the state’s corn crop is planted, 20 percentage points ahead of the one-year average. Twenty-two percent of the crop is emerged.

Fifty-two percent of soybeans are planted, 27 percentage points ahead of the one-year average. Eighteen percent of the crop is emerged.

Seventy-eight percent of the winter wheat crop is rated good to excellent.

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