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Most of Wisconsin’s crops are planted, haying started.

Most of Wisconsin’s crops are planted. 

USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says 85% of the corn is planted with 52% of the crop already emerged.  That’s three days ahead of last year and two days ahead of the five-year average.  Sixty-two percent of the corn is rated good to excellent.

Eighty percent of Wisconsin’s soybeans are planted, with 42% emerging.  That’s two days ahead of average. 

Oat planting is 90% finished, and 68% of the crop has emerged.  Eighty-four percent of the state’s oats are rated good to excellent, which is the same as last week.

Potato planting is 88% complete.

First crop hay harvesting has begun, with 20% of the early alfalfa now in the bunk.  That’s four days ahead of the five-year average.  The all-hay condition rating has 79% of the crop in good to excellent condition, up one point from last week.

Pasture and range land benefited from last week’s rains, gaining eight percentage points with 73% of them in good to excellent condition.  Three-quarters of Wisconsin had at least an inch of rain last week.