Iowa farmers nearly caught up on spring planting
Des Moines Register/Associated Press: Although spring storms initially slowed spring planting progress in Iowa and Nebraska, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports farmers have nearly caught up to five-year averages in the past week. Iowa farmers have 40 percent of the corn crop planted, about three days behind the average at this point in the season. Iowa soybean planting is at the average of 12 percent completed.