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Future U.S. Weather Past U.S Weather Morning Dom. Report Noon Update Evening/Weekend Update International Report Gary Rhea Commentary INTERNATIONAL MAPS InterRAD® RainRAD™ Tuesday, May 20, 2025 - Corn and soybean planting continues to make good progress from data releaded by the USDA yesterday afternoon. Corn planted went from 62 to 78% from last week and is above the 5 year average of 73%. Key Midwest corn staes show some variation with Iowa leading the way at 91% planted. Illinois has 74% planted while Indiana trails with 64% of this crop planted. Corn emergence gained 22% from last week and is at 50% as of Sunday, well above the 5 year trend of 40%. Soybean planting increased by 18% since last week and is at 66% and is well ahead of the 5 year level of 53. Soybean emergence doubled from 17 to 34% over the past week and is above the 5 year trend of 23%. The Winter Wheat condition saw a minor decline as this crop in good or excellent condition fell from 54 to 52%. However, winter wheat in poor or very poor condition held steady at 18% and this crp in fair condition gained 2% to 30%. Spring Wheat planting increased from 65 to 82% in the past week and is well above the 5 year pace of 65%.