This article was originally published at 3:07 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 28. It was last updated with additional information at 3:56 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 28.

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OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. corn planting moved slightly behind last year's pace, but ahead of the five-year average last week, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress report released on Monday.

Winter wheat conditions increased slightly last week, NASS reported.

CORN

-- Planting progress: 24% of corn was planted nationwide as of Sunday, 1 point behind of 25% last year and 2 points ahead of the five-year average of 22%. Kansas was the furthest ahead of average, at 39% complete as of Sunday, 10 points ahead of its average pace of 29%. That was followed by Iowa at 34%, 6 points ahead of the average pace of 28%. Texas was also ahead of average at 74% complete compared to the state's five-year average of 70%. Illinois and Indiana were both behind average at 16% and 10% planted, respectively.

-- Crop development: 5% of corn was emerged as of Sunday, 1 point behind last year but one point ahead to the five-year average.

SOYBEANS

-- Planting progress: An estimated 18% of intended soybean acreage was planted as of Sunday, 1 point ahead of last year's 17% at this time and 6 points ahead of the five-year average of 12%. Louisiana is leading the pack at 70% planted and 30 points higher than the five-year average. Illinois and Iowa are at 22% and 25% planted, noted DTN Senior Analyst Dana Mantini.

WINTER WHEAT

-- Crop condition: An estimated 49% of winter wheat was rated good to excellent as of April 27, up 4 points from 45% the previous week and consistent with 49% at the same time last year, according to NASS.

-- Crop development: 27% of winter wheat was headed nationwide as of Sunday. That's 1 percentage point behind last year's 28% but 5 points ahead of the five-year average. Top winter-wheat-producer Kansas' crop was 19% headed, 10 points behind of last year at this time and 9 points ahead of the five-year average.

SPRING WHEAT

-- Planting progress: 30% of the crop was planted nationwide as of April 27, 1 point behind of last year's 31% and 9 points ahead of 21% for the five-year average. South Dakota was the furthest ahead of the average, at 79% planted as of Sunday, 35 points ahead of its average pace of 44%.

-- Crop development: 5% of spring wheat was emerged as of Sunday, equal to both last year and five-year average.

THE WEEK AHEAD IN WEATHER

Multiple weather systems will bring rainfall to the Plains and Midwest this week, building soil moisture in many areas while Nebraska remains mostly dry.

"Last week was a tougher week to get field work in with all the rain, but there were enough breaks in there to see some progress," said DTN Ag Meteorologist John Baranick. "This week will be somewhat similar in that regard."

"We have multiple systems and fronts that will be pushing through the country with a focus for precipitation across the Plains and Midwest. Severe weather will be a challenge, so stay weather aware if you're out, but we'll also see quite a bit of rainfall, especially in the Southern Plains, where fronts are forecast to just pivot around and will lead to daily chances through the coming weekend.

"The rainfall is good to build some soil moisture though, and areas in the Northern Plains and especially South Dakota got some needed rainfall Sunday into Monday. We could see some improvements to crop conditions next week because of that. But Nebraska will sort of get missed by a lot of the activity this week. That will be good for getting some fieldwork in, but not for the ongoing drought across most of the region. A system will move back into the Plains this weekend though, setting up another wet week in the country's midsection."

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To view weekly crop progress reports issued by National Ag Statistics Service offices in individual states, visit http://www.nass.usda.gov/…. Look for the U.S. map in the "Find Data and Reports by" section and choose the state you wish to view in the drop-down menu. Then look for that state's "Crop Progress & Condition" report.

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Editor's Note: How are your crops looking? Are they better, worse or right on track with USDA NASS' observations this week? Send us your comments, and we'll include them in next week's Crop Progress report story. You can email comments to talk@dtn.com. Please include the location of where you farm.

National Crop Progress Summary
	This	Last	Last	5-Year
	Week	Week	Year	Avg.
Corn Planted	24	12	25	22
Corn Emerged	5	2	6	4
Soybeans Planted	18	8	17	12
Winter Wheat Headed	27	15	28	22
Spring Wheat Planted	30	17	31	21
Spring Wheat Emerged	5	2	5	5
Cotton Planted	15	11	14	14
Sorghum Planted	21	17	19	19
Oats Planted	61	53	61	53
Oats Emerged	37	31	41	35
Barley Planted	37	26	33	29
Barley Emerged	9	3	5	7
Rice Planted	64	48	70	51
Rice Emerged	42	28	46	31
Peanuts Planted	8	3	8	7
Sugarbeets Planted	54	21	60	38

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National Crop Condition Summary
(VP=Very Poor; P=Poor; F=Fair; G=Good; E=Excellent)
	This Week						Last Week						Last Year
	VP	P	F	G	E		VP	P	F	G	E		VP	P	F	G	E
Winter Wheat	5	14	32	40	9		6	15	34	38	7		5	11	35	43	6

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