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Arkansas update: 82% corn and 57% rice planted

More ideal weather conditions are helping Arkansas farmers play catch up. Eighty-two percent of the corn crop has been planted, 9 points behind both last year and 6 points behind the 5-year average. Seventy-five percent is rated good to excellent.  Fifty-nine percent of the crop has emerged.  Rice planting is 57% complete, still well behind last year and the 5-year average.  Thirty-two percent of the crop has emerged.  Soybeans are 38% planted with 20% of the crop emerged.  Cotton is 32% planted, running ahead of last year.  Peanuts are 29% planted and 9% emerged. 

The Winter wheat crop is 78% headed, 7% coloring, with 74% of the crop rated good to excellent.

Hay alfalfa is rated 97% fair to good, other hay is rated 39% good to excellent.  Vegetables are rated 803 good to excellent.

Topsoil moisture was 97% adequate to surplus and subsoil moisture was 93% adequate to surplus.