Indiana planting pace remains slower than average

Indiana planting pace remains slower than average

Northeast Indiana farmer Carrie Vollmer-Sanders says they’ve planted nothing so far this year. “We don’t have anything in the ground except for the wheat that we planted last fall,” she says. Indiana corn and soybean planting progressed slightly last week. Corn is 31 percent planted, compared to 98 percent a year ago and the five-year average of 94 percent. Soybeans are 17 percent planted, compared to 93 percent a year ago and the five-year average of 80 percent.

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