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Missouri corn crop 81 percent planted

Missouri corn planting is 81 percent complete, 19 percentage points behind last year. What’s emerged is 27 percent good to excellent. Soybeans are 37 percent planted, 52 percentage points behind last year. Cotton planting is 80 percent finished. Cotton is 32 percent good; none is excellent. Rice planting is 85 percent complete, 13 percentage points behind normal. Rice is 48 percent good to excellent. Winter wheat is almost all headed and is 37 percent good to excellent. The first cutting of alfalfa is about half done, 30 percentage points behind last year. Topsoil moisture is 99 percent adequate to surplus.