South-Central Nebraska farmer August Fishell says recent rainfall has put the brakes on planting but brought relief to on-going drought.
“We’re getting here to the second week of May. It needs to dry out a little bit for us to get back in there.”
Topsoil moisture is rated at 64 percent adequate-to-surplus and subsoil moisture is rated at 41 percent adequate-to-surplus.
USDA’s latest crop progress and condition report says 39 percent of corn has been planted 26 percent behind last year and 4 percent has emerged.
