Here in Indiana we have been hit with historic rain fall for almost 2 month. Thunderstorms almost daily, dumping 1/2" up to 3" each day. Almost all the fields in my area are unplanted . full of weeds and goldenrod. The few that got some out , I'm hearing will have to replant due to wash out. We're suppose to have corn around us this year , but I don't see that happening, maybe beans again, but rain for next 5 days or more. Never seen it this bad in my state. Daughter went to Tenn. and said corn was knee high , but everything north was like here. Anyone else seem concerned about the impact this is going to have on the economy and the trickle down affects ? We just had a string of tornados come through tonight, baseball size hail destroyed my son in laws car. It's been unreal this year.

The fields around here are mostly unplanted too and have so much yellow rocket growing in them that many non farmers think it's an intentionally planted crop.

I think the corn and beans will eventually get planted and do fine. First frost is a long time off still.

Keith

My son was asked if he had crop insurance.
All he has planted is some new hay ground.
Can you plant corn or beans with a helicopter?
just

In strip of dry ground here. A lot planted and up. North and south of us not so much. Approaching insurance cutoff for corn. Yields Will likely be lower but it depends on weather in August as well. Corn will be wetter in the fall. Prices are reflecting planting conditions.

The talk is Trumps going to pay $2 for soybeans and 4 cents for corn to counter the tariffs to China. Still have 3 weeks til cutoff date on beans so rain the next couple weeks will be something to watch. Of course beans will still produce good planted in July( don't know how many don't go with insurance ), just depends on frost.

Actually 20 years or so ago in a wet year they did fly on some beans and milo on wheat stubble around here.It just depends if the ground is soft enough for the seed to get in the ground a little and get a rain after. Shouldn't be a problem finding wheat stubble soft enough this year.

We will probably switch to beans after June 10th. It has happened before. 1981 we never got in the fields until June 26th, all beans that year. I have 5 ethanol plans within 40 miles of my house. I can see 2 of them from my deck, plus millions of turkeys, hogs and layers. Gonna be a lot of shipped in corn, if there is any. Mike

GOT all the corn planted this weekend. fields were in Great shape finally and 150 acres of corn. got a rain today and 80's so hope they warm and sprout quickly!
beat the insurance rap on corn, now on to beans if rains dont start again.
best of luck to you farmers in the mid west!

My wife and I have been counting corn plots over the weekend. Corn that has been planted near Missouri river looks a lot worse than last year. Stand counts seem reduced and many wet areas in fields. Nitrogen loss will be an issue as well in the corn ground that has been planted. Many acres remain unplanted and I am sure if it does dry up will be switched over to beans. Ephemeral gullies and lots more soil erosion out there this year. The corn in will be a lot more fun getting out this year.....

We're in a sweet spot here, don't get me wrong, stuff got in late and it is wet. 95% of corn in and 60% of beans I'd guess. The biggest corn is 4" tall maybe. Zero haying done.

I read where in MN, SD and ND a lot of ground will not be planted this year because to wet.

I haven't seen any corn popping up around northeast Wisconsin yet. That doesn't mean there isn't some, I just haven't seen it. Saw quite a few farmers discing their fields 2 weeks ago while driving north to plant some food plots, but haven't been back up since to see if they got planted. They were discing on Friday and Sunday was a washout with an inch or more of rain in spots.

Local weather guys keep saying big pattern change coming the middle of this week for the following 10 days or so. Jet stream goes higher so eastern Great Plains (maybe eastern Midwest as well)gets warmer and the any storms are more stretched out.

I thought I heard for this area that crop insurance on corn starts to drop 1% a day starting June 1 and then can't get any after June 15. I was out in the country both Sat and Sun afternoons working a third of an acre "extensive space" truck graden stuff I have going this year at a friend of mine's place and saw very few guys working/planting the fields, even though much of the rolling uplands seem dry enough. A lot of penciling out "prevent plant" going on.

From what I understand, the limitation on soybeans isn't necessarily the length of the growing season, although that obviously is important too, but when they flower and pod grow because beans need a certain threshold of daylight during that stage. You can have a great warm Sept but the yield will shrink substantially because of the falling amount of light per day. August makes soybeans.

I think the government should buy a lot more biodiesel made from sb oil this year. There's a much smaller percentage of diesel that is plant or animal fat-based than the percentage of ethanol used in gasoline so we could surely make more of it. Soybean oil as a percentage of biodiesel stock has been falling the past few years as the amount of Canadian canola and corn oil has eroded its share. The corn oil percentage may be self-correcting with less corn grown but the Canuks surely like to sell us canola (the U.S. is the largest buyer of Canadian rapeseed/oil. Instead of having to export 50% or more of our soybeans out of the country, let's make more use of them here within our borders!

The beans are up around Here already...haven't seen corn yet.

some corn up here. a lot is washed out a lot of what is up is spotty. per acre yield wont be good. wheat harvest is supposed to start in a few weeks. it is turning yellow but no way the combines get in or moisture content gets down enough if it keeps raining. I havnt seen any beans here at all

I just told my friend that the guy who invents a drone planter will retire early.

A lot of farmers do not carry the higher cost or option type crop insurance but the vast majority of corn and bean acreage is covered by crop insurance as most larger producers purchase the insurance as part of their crop planting or operating costs. Much depends upon the percentage of coverage the farmer is willing to buy and the price of the crop during the month of February as to cost per bushel and bushels covered. Several buy what is called a revenue coverage plan that gives a chosen value per acre. Those with prevent plant coverage will be the ones that have to determine what is best for them. Much depends upon when planting is considered to be too late (and that varies a lot as ND would be much different than MO etc.) as much of the corn belt has longer growing season windows. If you are raising corn and beans for ripe grain production then knowing if the crop will mature is the bigger question. Also many farmers have already purchased their inputs and most would prefer to plant if they can. With the modern equipment a week of good weather and most of the crop will be planted.
In our area where cornsilage is the major corn crop much corn will be planted later as we just need the corn to dent not ripen. With the weather we have now 1st cutting alfalfa will come off b4 most of the corn gets planted, if the fields dry enough to mow and chop.

Bryce

40 days and 40 nights.

I haven't laid eyes on a corn or bean sprout yet here in southern Michigan. The only thing growing around here is cabbage that got planted in late march. Even the sand hills have standing water on them with more rain forecasted.