Corn, Soybean Crops In Southern Indiana Slower Than Other Regions, But No Reason To Panic

The USDA's latest crop report says 95 percent of corn and soybean crops are in fair, good, or excellent condition.

(Aurora, Ind.) - Indiana farmers are hoping good spring weather continues into the summer for the sake of their crops.

The May 29, 2018 Indiana Crop Weather report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture says 95 percent of corn and 87 percent of soybeans in Indiana have been planted. Both rates are well ahead of the trailing five-year average.

That said, a little more rain wouldn’t hurt in southern Indiana. Warm and dry weather brought planting closer to completion but left some areas yearning for rain, according to Greg Matli, Indiana State Statistician for the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.

The USDA report says 71 percent of the southern Indiana’s corn crop emerged by the week of May 29. Central Indiana corn fields are a little more advanced, with 89 percent emerged in that region.

Meanwhile, 43 percent of the southern region’s soybeans were poking through the dirt, trailing behind central Indiana, where 75 percent of soybeans have already emerged.

So far, about 95 percent of Indiana’s corn and soybean crops are in fair, good, or excellent condition as the weather has been warm and soil moisture has been enough to keep seeds sprouting.

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