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 doesnt 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 ...
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.
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.
climatecrisis
globalheating
If it wasn’t for climate change, it would have been samer and less changey.
One way to beat the Chicoms is to starve them out. We need them less than the other way around.
Flooding in a lot of plains states this year have killed off a lot of cattle and made planting anything impossible for now.
That’s not what the report I got from Clarence Beeks says.
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.
Well, for one thing if there’s less corn you could stop making ethanol and burning food.
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.
Really wet in Iowa. Gonna be awhile before farmers get back to the field.
More rain today in KS and NE, both of which are waterlogged. Sunshine and dry weather the next 14 days is critical.
Non-anthropogenic Global Cooling is not going to be quite as pleasant for humanity as anthropogenic Global Warming would have been.
Fun fact: If each Chinaman ate a ham sandwich in the same day it would slaughter 30 million hogs.
“I miss the days when every family had land and a small farm.”
Yeah,about 150 years ago.
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How old are you?
Thats not what the report I got from Clarence Beeks says.
Thanks. Had not seen that.
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.
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.
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.
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