The USDA released its weekly crop progress report on Monday, and for the first time this year, Indiana is on the board with a reported 1 percent of corn now planted in the state.
Throughout the rest of the country, 6 percent of corn and 3 percent of soybeans have been planted. Indiana’s soybean planting has yet to register on the report.
Heavy rains have so far prevented many Hoosier farmers from planting their crops. In warmer, drier places like Texas, 63 percent of corn has been planted.
On the whole, corn planting is lagging slightly behind 2023 planting progress but ahead of the fiver-year average. Soybeans are similarly ahead of the five-year average but on par with last year.
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