Indiana farmers have made significant planting progress as the calendar turns to June, with most of the state’s corn and soybean crop now in the ground.
The latest USDA data shows corn planting at 87 percent complete and soybeans at 81 percent in Indiana. Planting is nearing completion statewide, emergence is progressing well, and crop conditions are generally favorable
In the Northwest, Denise Scarborough says it’s been extremely dry.
She says, “We actually turned on irrigation Friday and over the weekend for our specialty crops that we grow on our farm because we have turned that dry, which I know is a little bit different from the rest of the states. We do have some soybeans on some low ground that we’re still trying to finish up, and then most of our seed corn has now been planted.”
In Central Indiana, Jenna Scott says, “This last week, we felt like we were going a little bit of every direction trying to finish planting, replanting and then starting side dressing.”
Meanwhile, southern Indiana growers, who often begin planting earlier in the spring, are focusing more attention on crop emergence and stand establishment rather than getting seed in the ground.
While scattered rains have caused occasional delays, agronomists say the 2026 planting season has progressed much more smoothly than some recent years.
With June underway, attention is beginning to shift from planters to crop conditions as corn and soybean fields emerge across the Hoosier State.
