Although wet weather across Indiana has hindered fieldwork, crop conditions may not be quite as bad as they seem.

Despite wet weather, 95% of intended soy acres are planted, compared with the five-year average of 97%. Of those planted, 90% have emerged.

The "Indiana Crop and Weather Report," issued June 28 by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), shows 65% of the state's corn crop and 62% of soy are in good to excellent condition, and only 11% of corn and 12% of soy are poor to very poor.

"There are areas where fields were ponded, and in some areas of the state, crops look better than others, but when we look at the overall average of the state, we're seeing pretty good crop condition numbers," said Greg Preston, USDA-NASS Indiana Field Office director. "We have to think of the entire state of Indiana as one big field. You can lose a few acres and still have a great crop."

"Right now, for soy, we're in between that switch-over stage from planting and emergence to plant development," Preston said. "We've seen modest declines in the conditions from the heavy amounts of rain, but the crops, especially corn, got off to such a great start that conditions certainly haven't dropped like a rock."