News Crop News Crop Progress Photos: May 2, 2016 By Anna McConnell Anna McConnell Anna McConnell was the digital content editor at Successful Farming from 2015 to 2018. Successful Farming's Editorial Guidelines Published on May 2, 2016 Trending Videos Close this video player Photo: Joshua Campbell Check out our weekly crop development slideshow featuring pictures from fields across the Midwest. 01 of 09 Corn in Irving, Illinois "This is around the second week of growth for this field," says Luke Tuetken (Instagram: @tuek32). Tuetken Farms saw over four inches of rain in the past week and is feeling the effects. According to this week's Crop Progress Report, 66% of the corn in Illinois is planted with 25% emerged. 02 of 09 Corn in Monroe City, Missouri "Most of the corn around here is planted and up, but rain has stifled progress this week," says Tyler Mudd (Instagram: @tmuddly17). "Each system has been somewhat spotty, however you might get a toadstrangler at one farm while your neighbor down the road barely gets his dust settled." In Missouri, 89% of the corn is planted and 57% is already emerged. 03 of 09 Corn in Crawfordsville, Indiana A cloudy and rainy weekend didn't stop this emerged corn from continuing to grow in Crawfordsville, Indiana. In Indiana, 30% of corn is planted with only 4% emerged. 04 of 09 Corn in Maxwell, Iowa This field of corn near Maxwell, Iowa, was planted on April 16th and is barely peaking through. According to the latest Crop Progress Report, 57% of Iowa corn is planted with 7% emerged. 05 of 09 Corn in Canton, Kansas "We planted this corn in early April," says Julie of Canton, Kansas. "The recent rainfall has helped it to grow!" Julie and her husband plan to plant their soybeans the second week of May. In Kansas, 50% of the corn is planted and 27% of that is emerged. 06 of 09 Corn in Clinton, Illinois "We're seeing sprouts from Pioneer corn planted on April 18th," says Kevin Toohill (Instagram: @toohillkevin) of central Illinois. 07 of 09 Corn in Belleview, Missouri Joshua Campbell This corn was planted by Joshua Campbell of Circle C Farms (Instagram: @circlecfarms) on April 19th in southern Missouri. 08 of 09 Corn in Carroll County, Indiana This field in Carroll County, Indiana was planted on April 18th. Farmer John Michael (Instagram: @jmichael93) planted at 8-9 mph with a John Deere ExactEmerge. 09 of 09 Wheat in Monroe City, Missouri "Our ultra early wheat varieties started to head out this week," says Tyler Mudd (Instagram: @tmuddly17). According to the latest Crop Progress Report, 56% of the winter wheat in Missouri is headed. Missouri's winter wheat is doing well with 57% rated as good, 28% rated fair, and 11% excellent. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit