Dry and warmer weather has allowed a lot of Iowa farmers to finally get into their fields. The new USDA crop report shows, as of Sunday, 17-percent of the state’s expected corn crop has been planted. That’s still four days behind the five-year average, but ZERO-percent of Iowa’s corn was in the ground one week ago. Planting progress is much slower in northern Iowa where fields remain wet from melting snow. Meanwhile, in southeast Iowa, 44-percent of the corn is planted. Most of the state received no precipitation last week and temperatures climbed to as high as 79 in De Soto, Atlantic, Red Oak, and Shenandoah on the afternoon of April 27th.

(Radio Iowa)