May showers continue to delay corn planting in Nebraska

Above-normal rainfall and cooler temperatures this month are playing havoc on farmers trying to get into the fields to finish corn planting. Corn planting was rated at 55% complete as of Sunday, according to the weekly Nebraska Weather and Crop Report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office.

That’s well behind last year’s rating of 64% complete and five days behind the average of 71%. The wet, cool weather is also delaying soybean planting statewide, as only 6% of the crop has been planted. That’s behind last year’s 23% and the five-year average of 19%.