Cold, Wet Conditions Persist Continuing to Delay Planting

Continued below-average temperatures and wet fields limited farmers to just 0.3 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending April 24, 2022, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. 

Topsoil moisture supplies were rated 2 percent very short, 7 percent short, 64 percent adequate, and 27 percent surplus. 

Subsoil moisture supplies were rated 2 percent very short, 17 percent short, 63 percent adequate, and 18 percent surplus. 

Oats planted was reported at 2 percent, and all other crops remained at 0 percent planted. 

The planting progress as of April 24 is the lowest since 2013.