Corn and soybean planting are both 4 percentage points ahead of average in Illinois to start the 2021 season.
The amount of corn planted reached 12% as of Sunday, up from 5% the previous week. Soybean planting reached 5%, the first recorded number for this year.
Winter wheat is rated 69% good to excellent, a drop of 4 points on the week, with 5% of the crop headed.
Statewide there were nearly five days suitable for fieldwork last week with an average temperature of 49 degrees, 3 degrees below normal and average precipitation of 0.14 inches, 0.83 below average.
