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Minnesota planting progress improves, but remains well behind normal

Warmer and drier weather allowed Minnesota farmers to pick up the planting pace last week.

USDA’s latest crop progress report says nine percent of corn is planted, compared to nearly 50 percent a year ago and the five-year average of 81 percent.

Two percent of soybeans are planted, well off last year’s pace of 59 percent and 25 percent normally.

Mike Landuyt of Walnut Grove in southwest Minnesota tells Brownfield he has about 20 percent of his corn planted and no soybeans.

“Some of the people north of me have made a little better progress, and some of the people south of me don’t have quite anything going yet (because) it’s been a little bit too wet for them.”

Spring wheat is two percent planted, oats are at 23 percent, barley is five percent done, and sugarbeet planting is eight percent complete.

In the first rating of the season, all hay is considered 52 percent good to excellent.

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