[Western Phil]

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.

[faucetman]

Like farming isn’t ALWAYS a crap shoot.

[bgill]

Texas peaches should have a good harvest this year. We usually get a cold snap that “supposedly” ruins the crop EVERY year but didn’t get one this year. Of course, the ever grumpy peach farmers will raise the price just because they can.

Thank goodness for the global freezing that brought in glaciers to the Heartland to break up the rock a million years ago. Thank goodness for global warming that caused the glaciers to melt so we’d have great farmland. Thank goodness for the glaciers that created gold and coal. Thank goodness for long darkness that gave us oil and gas. Oh, wait, never mind. I forgot any variation in temperature is baaaad.

Bernie and AOC would tell the farmers they should be giving away their corn for free.

[SunkenCiv]

A cold, wet spring...

Not to fan the flames of panic, but this is how the Little Ice Age started. :^) Thanks Western Phil.

[Lurker]

I’d love your input here.

Thanks,

L

[jjotto]

Note that it only takes a few good days to catch up with today’s equipment.

There will still be over 90 million acres in corn, a high number for the last couple decades.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Feh. The country is 243 years old.
We’ve had cold, wet Springs before. We’ll survive.

[N. Theknow]

Seen worse “climate” for crop planting.

Always had corn “knee-high by the 4th of July” anyway.

[IamConservative]

Time to trade that 120 day seed in for 90 day seed. I’ve seen corn planted as late as first week in July.

It’s certainly wet in my neck of the woods. I’ve got parts of my yard I have yet to be able to mow and the grass has gone to seed. Looks like hell.

[Ellendra]

I grow short-season corn varieties. As long as I can get my corn planted by mid-July, it’ll ripen in time.

Some of my other crops, like gourds or melons, I’m a little more concerned about.

So far I only have 1/3rd of my tilling done, and nothing planted.

[csvset]

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