The spring planting outlook appears favorable for Iowa and other parts of the Midwest, a welcome change after two years of extremely wet planting weather, DTN ag meteorologist Bryce An­­derson said last week.

"The situation right now is shaping up reasonably well for starting out field work," he said. "I don’t think we’re going to have the delays in Iowa and the Midwest like we have seen in the past couple of years."

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