DES MOINES – Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistical Service. The report is released weekly from April through November. “Farmers continue to make planting progress as conditions allow and now 65 percent of corn and 33 percent of soybeans have been planted,” Naig said. “But, progress varies greatly across the state. Northwest and north central Iowa are lagging well behind average due to wet conditions. North central Iowa has been the most impacted and as a result just 26 percent of corn and 3 percent of soybeans have been planted. On the other end of the spectrum, 91 percent of corn and 65 percent of soybeans have been planted in southeast Iowa and they would welcome additional precipitation.”