Minnesota Ag News – Crop Progress & Condition

Storms and heavy rainfall limited farmers to 2.4 days
suitable for fieldwork during the week ending May
15, 2022, according to USDA’s National Agricultural
Statistics Service.
Topsoil moisture supplies were rated 0 percent very
short, 1 percent short, 64 percent adequate, and
35 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were
rated 0 percent very short, 9 percent short,
64 percent adequate, and 27 percent surplus.
Corn planting reached 35 percent complete, compared
to 94 percent last year and the 5-year average of
72 percent. Soybean planting was 11 percent
complete, compared to 85 percent last year and the 5-
year average of 47 percent.
Planting progress for spring wheat is at 5 percent, oats
at 44 percent, barley at 16 percent, dry edible beans
at 1 percent, potatoes at 36 percent, and sugarbeets at
8 percent.
All hay condition was rated at 8 percent very poor,
9 percent poor, 33 percent fair, 43 percent good, and
7 percent excellent. Pasture condition was rated at
13 percent very poor, 9 percent poor, 38 percent fair,
35 percent good, and 5 percent excellent.