Despite severe weather and freezing temperatures, Indiana’s corn and soybean planting did progress this past week.
In Monday’s USDA Crop Progress Report, Indiana corn is 42% planted and 19% emerged. Hoosier soybeans are 44% complete and 20% emerged. While the numbers still look good, that doesn’t mean that all things are well.
“Last week we did have a pretty good hailstorm in certain areas of Dubois and Warrick counties,” JR Roesner, a farmer from Ferdinand in Dubois County, tells HAT. “It looks like we did receive some crop damage, mainly to soybeans. I’m not sure how much damage or if they’ll need to be replanted yet. We had a little bit of frost [Sunday] night, so we’ll see where we get with that. Other than that, we’re just getting going on some side dressing, also some post spraying, and trying to get Congress to pass E15 year-round legislation.”…