Corn planting lags across the state

Despite sunshine this past weekend, Iowa's corn planting remains well behind schedule. Just 8 percent of the crop has been planted, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, compared with 82 percent last year and an average of 48 percent by this date in the last five years. The Iowa State University soil temperature map showed soils reaching the requisite 50 degrees for corn seed

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