Northwest Missouri farmer Richard Oswald says dryness is keeping him from planting corn.
“I think we have soil moisture for germination, but we’ve been a little on the dry side,” he says. “But, we’ve been a little on the dry side this winter and we’ve had some rains pass through the area.”
USDA’s latest crop progress and condition report says 1 percent of the state’s corn and rice crops have been planted – both behind the five-year average.
