Crops Are In But An Up and Down Spring

Crops Are In, But An Up and Down Spring - 101.5 WKKG

[[{“value”:” https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2103/2025/05/28160309/a-good-start-in-up-and-down-spring.mp3   Corn and soybean planting is pretty well wrapped up in West Central Indiana. “I would say 99 percent planted and yeah, we’ve been all over the board. We have guys that are just finishing up planting within the last week or so, but we have guys that are already side dressing some corn,” says Blake Russell, Tech…

Crops Are In But An Up and Down Spring

[audio mp3="https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2103/2025/05/28160309/a-good-start-in-up-and-down-spring.mp3"] Corn and soybean planting is pretty well wrapped up in West Central Indiana. “I would say 99 percent planted and yeah, we’ve been all over the board. We have guys that are just finishing up planting within the last week or so, but we have guys that are already side dressing some corn,” says Blake Russell, Techn…

Ohio fields catching up as corn, soybean planting surge past 50%

Planting progress picked up significant speed across Ohio last week, as drier conditions allowed for steady fieldwork despite only 2.0 days suitable for operations, according to the latest USDA Crop Progress Report. Corn planting jumped 20 percentage points to 54%, narrowing the gap with the five-year average of 73%. Corn emergence also climbed to 36%. Soybeans saw a similar burst of activity, now 52% planted and 33% emerged — rapidly catching u…