More Crop News

• Roll On, Big P
  
  05/17/2013
  That’s P as in Planter. We finally got a break in the weather for a few days, with a huge jump in average daily temperatures. That was accompanied by wind in some areas, amplifying the soil drying effect. Producers put their new GPS equipped planters to work 18 hours a day or more in some cases, and got a lot of seed in the ground. USDA will tell us on Monday what the overall progress was, but it was clearly substantial. The advance would have been larger if not for widespread shower activity.
• Markets Focus on Rapid Planting Pace
  
  05/17/2013
  Heading into this week, corn planting was running at its slowest pace in nearly 30 years. That all changed as the week progressed.
• Record Planting for Corn?
  
  05/17/2013