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Record slow planting puts 2019 crop at risk
Farm Futures (Farm Progress Daily) ^ | May 21, 2019 | Bryce Knorr

Posted on 05/21/2019 7:02:14 PM PDT by Western Phil

A cold, wet spring that caused record slow corn planting has the 2019 crop squarely behind the 8-ball. To recover lost potential, production must run the table with near-perfect conditions the rest of the growing season. Otherwise, a smaller crop could wipe out much of the surplus USDA forecasts for the coming year.

While the slow start doesn’t doom the crop, the unusual political and economic environment of 2019 could make recovery more difficult than in other years with major delays.

Related: USDA crop progress: Corn fails to reach the halfway mark

USDA reported only 49% of the crop planted as of Sunday, a key metric for corn traders, who like to see 85% of fields in by the end of the 20th week of the year.

(Excerpt) Read more at farmprogress.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: agriculture; coldwetspring; farmers; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; prepper; preppers; trumpusda; usda
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The cold wet spring has delayed 2019 crop planting in much of the Heartland. Local action here in east central Illinois appears to be behind the national average. The weather radar seems to be indicating a zone of green & yellow to red moving in our direction, putting the kibash on any more planting for a few days.

We are thankful for global warming, since without it, conditions would be much colder & wetter.

An interesting statement in the article is that the tariff relief for 2018 corn is 1 cent per bushel. Unfortunately for the farmer, this is difficult or impossible to collect due to the government strike.

1 posted on 05/21/2019 7:02:14 PM PDT by Western Phil
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To: Western Phil

We’re behind but catching up. Gotta good stretch of weather coming up in these parts. Should be done in a week or two. Might be harvesting on ice.


2 posted on 05/21/2019 7:05:08 PM PDT by kaintucky
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To: Western Phil

climatecrisis

globalheating


3 posted on 05/21/2019 7:06:25 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: Western Phil

If it wasn’t for climate change, it would have been samer and less changey.


4 posted on 05/21/2019 7:06:52 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Western Phil

One way to beat the Chicoms is to starve them out. We need them less than the other way around.


5 posted on 05/21/2019 7:09:36 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: Western Phil

Flooding in a lot of plains states this year have killed off a lot of cattle and made planting anything impossible for now.


6 posted on 05/21/2019 7:13:28 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Western Phil

That’s not what the report I got from Clarence Beeks says.


7 posted on 05/21/2019 7:14:09 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Western Phil

I miss the days when every family had land and a small farm. Fed the whole family with nourishing meals and enough to can for the winter season. Even could help a neighbor or passing stranger if need be.


8 posted on 05/21/2019 7:14:19 PM PDT by Cedar
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To: Western Phil

Well, for one thing if there’s less corn you could stop making ethanol and burning food.


9 posted on 05/21/2019 7:23:30 PM PDT by JPJones (More Tariffs, less income tax.)
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To: Western Phil

I was in central Iowa a little over a week ago, and there were lots of news reports about how the cool weather and ponding in the fields were really making the farmers nervous. Most of them have already committed to their acreage and crop planting plans and can’t afford to change them much.


10 posted on 05/21/2019 7:24:36 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: kaintucky

Really wet in Iowa. Gonna be awhile before farmers get back to the field.


11 posted on 05/21/2019 7:27:41 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: Western Phil

More rain today in KS and NE, both of which are waterlogged. Sunshine and dry weather the next 14 days is critical.


12 posted on 05/21/2019 7:28:21 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: All

Non-anthropogenic Global Cooling is not going to be quite as pleasant for humanity as anthropogenic Global Warming would have been.


13 posted on 05/21/2019 7:29:58 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: HighSierra5

Fun fact: If each Chinaman ate a ham sandwich in the same day it would slaughter 30 million hogs.


14 posted on 05/21/2019 7:30:31 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: Cedar

“I miss the days when every family had land and a small farm.”


Yeah,about 150 years ago.

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15 posted on 05/21/2019 7:31:08 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Cedar

How old are you?


16 posted on 05/21/2019 7:32:50 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: dfwgator

That’s not what the report I got from Clarence Beeks says.

Thanks. Had not seen that.


17 posted on 05/21/2019 7:38:31 PM PDT by Western Phil
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To: Western Phil

Along the Mo and Miss rivers there most likely wont be any crops planted this season.

Friend up in Wisconsin says that there is very few trying to work the ground. Even the hay is bad.

NW Mo is at abt 90% planted and the corn is up. Now if it doesnt drown.

Looks like 80 day corn for a lot of farmers...if they even get a chance to work the ground.


18 posted on 05/21/2019 7:41:32 PM PDT by crz
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To: JPJones

I grow weary of debunking that canard.

When corn is used to make ethanol, the spent grain is used as animal feed. The pub I frequent SELLS their spent grain to local farms, whether it’s malted barley or corn (they also distill alcohol).

They are NOT burning food. Stop perpetuating a bald faced lie.

The making of ethanol is mostly wasteful because of the “fossil” FUEL used for the process.


19 posted on 05/21/2019 7:45:24 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: kaintucky

Planting was late here last year in east central Illinois, but we had more than average growing degree days without excessive heat early in the summer and if anything, harvest time was average or earlier. Yields were better than average.


20 posted on 05/21/2019 7:46:53 PM PDT by Western Phil
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