Planting Zooms Ahead With Dry Weather

Statewide Iowa (RI) — Iowa farmers took advantage of dry weather this past week to get a lot of planting done.

The USDA report shows soybean planting more than doubled last week, reaching 27%, compared to 11% the previous week. Soybean planting is 9% behind what had been planted at this time in 2025.

The amount of corn planted was just short of doubling what was in the ground last week, going from 22% to 42%. Corn planting is now 5% behind last year.

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