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Iowa corn planting surges to 14% as farmers hit the fields

A southwest Iowa farmer begins planting this week.

Carl Jardon of Randolph says conditions are good.

“We did get a little bit of rain last week and it’s dry now, so I think we’re going to start planting.”

He tells Brownfield rain is in the forecast Thursday night.

“So hopefully we can get a lot done before that in the next couple days.”

The USDA says corn planting progress in Iowa jumped from 3 to 14 percent complete over the past week.

Soybeans are one percent planted, compared to the five-year average of four percent.