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Rain keeping southwest Ohio farmer out of the field

A southwestern Ohio farmer says he’s halfway done with the 2025 planting season. 

Eric Tipton farms in Fayette County.

“We’ve made some pretty decent progress,” he says. “I think we’re probably half done on corn and half done on beans. All of a sudden, we had to put the breaks on here. We’ve had about 4 inches of rain within the last four or five days.”

The latest crop progress and conditions report from the USDA shows 22 percent of Ohio’s corn crop has been planted, 14 percent ahead of last week, and 7 percent ahead of the five-year average. Four percent has emerged. Soybeans are 23 percent planted, 13 percent ahead of last week, and 10 percent ahead of the five-year average. One percent has emerged. Oats are 74 percent planted and 40 percent emerged. Winter wheat is 75 percent jointing, 7 percent headed, and 61 percent good to excellent. 

He tells Brownfield progress varies across the area.

“Hopefully here towards the end of the week, we’ll be able to get back in,” he says. “I think there’s some folks from the area that will be wrapping up and there’s other folks that are just going to be getting a good start. At this point, it is truly all over the board.”

Topsoil moisture is 98 ​percent adequate to surplus and subsoil moisture is 95 percent adequate to surplus. There were 2.8 days suitable for fieldwork in the week