A northeast Arkansas farmer says he has about 10 percent of his fields left to plant.

Derek Haigwood tells Brownfield these last few fields haven’t been easy. “I have 300 acres that is quite disagreeable,” he says.  “Some gumbo ground that was in rice last year that I just can’t get ground up to get beds on. My cotton is all up. Everything’s going like I want it to.”

Statewide, 97 percent of the corn crop is planted, and 91 percent emerged, with 71 percent rated good to excellent. 

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