Cool, wet weather slowed down corn and soybean planting last week, but didn’t stop it.

USDA reports that 38 percent of the soybean crop is now planted and 87 percent of the corn – which is way ahead of last year in both cases and a comfortable amount above normal. Both crops are emerging ahead of normal – corn at 55 percent and soybeans. The rain especially put the brakes on planting in Illinois, Iowa and Missouri and there are concerns that a little replanting may be necessary in some areas that got a little flooding or have standing water.

This photo was taken in a field right next to the Missouri River where it flows past Jefferson City. The river was expected to crest higher than it did over the weekend, which spared this field all but a few rows on the edges.