Planting in Arkansas remains in full swing.  Forty-three percent of the corn crop is planted, and 21 percent is emerged.  Twenty-six percent of rice has been planted with 3 percent emerged and 12 percent of soybeans have been planted with 2 percent emerged.  One percent of peanuts have been planted. 

Northeast Arkansas farmer Derek Haigwood says this is the most they’ve ever had planted at this point in the growing season.  “I have soybeans up, I have corn up, and I have rice up,” he says. 

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