(Radio Iowa) – Dry weather gave farmers almost one full week to pull their planters through the fields, and they got a lot of seed into the ground. Corn planting moved from 49 to 76 percent complete by the end of last week. That percentage pushed the planting from two days behind last year to eight days ahead.

Soybean planting has moved from 38 to 64 percent, now completed. Corn planting is three days ahead of the five-year average, and soybean planting is five days ahead of average.

The U-S-D-A report says 30 percent of the corn has emerged and 16 percent of the beans are popping out of the ground.