Minnesota planting pace slips after fast start

Minnesota planting pace slips after fast start

Corn planting is in line with the usual pace across Minnesota.

USDA’s latest weekly crop update shows 56 percent of the crop is in, with 14 percent emerged.

Soybean planting, at 26 percent, trails the five-year average of 34 percent.

Sugarbeet growers are nearing the end of planting season with 91 percent of the crop in the ground.