Just 8 percent of Iowa’s expected corn crop was planted during the week ending Sunday, May 5th, for a total of 47 percent planted.
This meant progress went from ahead of average to lagging 2 days behind both last year and the 5 year average. 7 percent of the corn has emerged, 3 days ahead of last year and 1 day ahead of the average.
Soybean planting progress fell behind the previous year with 5 percent of Iowa’s expected soybean crop planted during the week ending Sunday, for a total of 30 percent of the expected soybean crop planted, 2 days behind last year.
4 percent of the soybean crop has emerged.
