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Ohio farmers made solid planting progress over the past week, getting both corn and soybeans off to a faster-than-normal start. USDA says corn planting reached 9% as of April 19, a significant jump from just 1% the previous week and well ahead of both last year’s 2% and the five-year average. Soybean planting is also at 9%, up from 1% last week and running ahead of the typical 2% pace for this time of year.
Oat planting in Ohio reached 18%, up from 10% the week prior, with 5% of the crop now emerged. That remains a bit behind the five-year average pace, but progress is continuing. Winter wheat condition across the state is rated 67% good to excellent, indicating the crop is holding in solid shape as it moves through spring.
An official 3.9 days suitable for fieldwork last week, but growers took advantage of available windows to push planting ahead. Soil moisture seems to be less of a concern than many may have expected at this time a couple of months ago.
