Agricultural summary for May 4

Another week of cool, wet conditions caused planting activities to fall further behind schedule.

With a warmer and slightly dryer forecast on the horizon, producers continue to prepare for full swing planting to get underway.

Corn planting continues to inch forward, but is 20 percentage points behind last year’s pace.

The last time that corn planting progress was this slow was in 1993.

Temperatures averaged 59.3 degrees, 2.7 degrees above normal across the state. Statewide precipitation averaged 2.34 inches, 1.37 inch above normal. There was 0.5 day suitable for fieldwork reported. Topsoil moisture was rated 22 percent adequate and 78 percent surplus.