Planting progress picked up in parts of Minnesota last week.

USDA’s latest crop progress report says corn planting reached 35 percent, compared to 94 percent a year ago and the five-year average of 72 percent.

Soybean planting is 11 percent done, well behind last year’s pace of 85 percent and the usual pace of nearly 50 percent by mid-May.

For small grains, wheat is five percent planted, barley is at 16 percent, and oat planting is about halfway done.

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