Crop progress has been slow but steady in Greene County, even after the late start due to the mid-March floods.

Landus Cooperative Field Agronomist Zach Minnihan explains how the floods impacted the start of the planting season.

“A lot of times we like to be working ground and kind of prepping fields the first week of April and we didn’t really start doing that until late April. We didn’t really start doing that until the 16th, 17th, 18th (of April). So we were about eight days (or) two weeks behind because of that moisture that we had, all that melting and kind of runoff and stuff.”

He adds that despite the slower start to the planting season, he estimates planting season to be on a faster pace compared to last year.

“As far as progress I’d say maybe on the calendar date maybe we’re a little bit behind.  But we did get started a little bit later too. But the corn went in I think quite a bit faster than it did a year ago. It can do that when we get kind of pinched for time, and rain coming, and things like that happening.”

Minnihan estimates about 80-90-percent of corn has been planted in Greene County and only about 10-15-percent of soybeans have been planted. He believes as long as the weather holds up, planting season could be wrapped up within the next two weeks.