Planters were rolling over the weekend in parts of Champaign County, but rain from Monday into Tuesday has kept everyone out of the field since. Most fields I passed during my survey of the northern half of the county had been planted, but maybe only 10% to 15% had crop emergence. Cooler weather and relatively wet soils over the past couple of weeks have made the crop slow to emerge in many fields, with some taking more than two weeks after planting. Most soybeans are just starting to get out of the ground, while a few corn fields I saw were a bit further along, near the V2 stage. The one wheat field I found was still in the stem elongation phase, with the flag leaf visible on some of the more advanced plants.