Cold Weather Continues to Affect Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Planting Across U.S.
Reuters today reported that rain and late-season snow continues to affect corn, soybean, and winter wheat crops across the U.S.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s weekly report released on Monday, U.S. farmers have planted just 12% of their intended corn acreages as a result of the weather. The Iowa field office of the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service stated, “Temperatures dropped low enough for snowfall to be seen across much of Iowa. Records for both May snowfall and coldest daily high temperature were set in some areas.” Iowa, Reuters reports, is the nation’s top producer of corn; while corn planting progress in Iowa was up 2% from last week, it was still the slowest since 1995.
The USDA’s weekly report also reveals soybean planting was just 2% complete as of last Sunday, “tied with 1983 and 1993 for the second-slowest pace by early May.”
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According to state climate.org may was by far the snowiest may in history. Snow fall was 3.4 inches composted to old record of 1.2 ... Set in 1947
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