National Ag News

Illinois had significant corn planting progress last week. As of Sunday, corn planting was 34-percent complete, according to the National Agriculture Statistics Service (NASS).

Kim Curry, who farms in west-Central Illinois’ Pike County, tells Brownfield he and his neighbors have corn in the ground and are moving to soybeans.

“I would say nearly all the corn is planted,” Curry told Brownfield Ag News, from his sprayer, Monday.  “There’s a few people finishing up, but most of it’s in the ground and a lot of farmers have switched to [planting] beans.”

Illinois soybean planting is five percent done, according to the latest NASS data as of Sunday. 

Continue reading Illinois corn planting about a third finished at Brownfield Ag News.