Corn planting underway in southern areas

For the week ending April 1, there were 5.5 days suitable for fieldwork, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Northern Plains Regional Field Office, Kansas. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 33 percent very short, 35 short, 31 adequate, and 1 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 29 percent very short, 43 short, 28 adequate, and 0 surplus. Winter wheat condition rated 13 percent very poor, 34 poor, 43 fair, 10 good, and 0 excellent. Corn planting was underway in southern counties and was 1 percent complete statewide, near 3 last year and 2 for the five-year average.