Iowa farmers take advantage of warm, dry week

Warm and dry conditions allowed Iowa farmers to make significant planting progress last week. USDA’s latest crop update says corn is now 76 percent planted, eight days ahead of last year and three days ahead of the five-year average. Soybean planting advanced to 64 percent, 10 days faster than a year ago and five days […]

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