Illinois farmers took advantage of 4.2 days of good weather last week to draw closer to the end of planting season.
Wayne County farmer Matt Rush says it’s been a challenge.
“Started off by planting beans and got 85% of our first season beans planted.” He says, “But then when corn planting started, it just has been a struggle to get corn planted. Few of those acres will go back to beans.”
The USDA’s latest weekly crop progress and condition report shows corn planting is now 89% complete, while soybeans are 81%. Rush says…
“Of course, they’re saying rain again all week, and so the plan is now to just to switch a few acres to beans.” He says, “But overall, still optimistic, what corn we got planted looks good, what soybeans we got planted looks good.
