Planting delays are an increasing concern in the northwestern Corn Belt with the final crop insurance planting date for corn on May 25 for all but far southeastern areas of both North Dakota and South Dakota and the northern third of Minnesota. The final plant date is May 31 for the remainder of those states. While farmers will likely plant corn past the final plant dates, some of the intended corn acres will get switched to other crops or taken as prevent-plant. As a result, Crop Consultant Dr. Michael Cordonnier cut his corn planted acreage estimate by 1 million acres to 89 million acres. He left his soybean acreage forecast at 91 million acres for now but says that could increase by 1 million to 2 million acres. Cordonnier left his yield projections at 177 bu. per acre for corn and 51.5 bu. per acre for soybeans.
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Planting delays are an increasing concern in the northwestern Corn Belt with the final crop insurance planting date for corn on May 25 for all but. . .
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