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NAPERVILLE – Many US crop watch producers are reporting the emergence of some of the best corn they have seen over the years, although soybeans have not yet made their progress, and planting dates play a major role.
In North Dakota, producers have not started planting crops but are expected to start on Monday if the weather permits. However, he will not be able to plant all the corn acres initially intended.
CropWatch follows 11 maize and 11 soybean fields across nine US states by planting crops. This is the fifth year of the project and participating producers will provide weekly updates through the harvest.
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Crop watch producers in the western corn belt, including western Illinois, last week reported progress in efficient planting in areas other than Dakotas, where activity was high. Producers in southeastern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio say humid conditions slow down field work.
Four more crop watch fields were planted last week: corn and soybeans in Indiana, Ohio, South Dakota and West Iowa. It planted only three of the 22 subject areas: the Ohio Corn and both North Dakota fields.
Most growers have reported that corn has grown well and evenly in their area, and Minnesota, East Iowa and West Illinois have reported particularly good conditions. However, this is mainly related to optimal planting in the second week of May, which was warm and dry.
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Many growers have noted that the crop sown in the first week of the month, which was cool and characterized by heavy rainfall, did not get off to a good start. Many of these fields are soybean. West Illinois soybeans, planted May 2, hopefully need to be replaced by Tuesday.
While cold weather will dominate most parts of the Corn Belt this week, the rise will be somewhat slower. Scattered rains during the week will be helpful for the process, especially in places like Iowa. The warm weather expected for next week will allow for an increase.
North Dakota
Due to the extremely wet conditions in North Dakota, planting has started the slowest on record. For full insurance eligibility, the last date for planting maize is May 25, although farmers can plant a little later than that date.
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The crop watch producer expects to plant in his corn field on Monday or Tuesday, but the best situation is that he can plant 70% of his intended corn acre.
He will try to plant soybean or other crops on those lost corn acres before deciding to plant resistance, although at this point he thinks up to 20% of his total acreage will be resisted. The focus is now on corn and things are going on day by day in North Dakota, sometimes within hours চলছে
The North Dakota farmer said that despite the touch-and-go conditions, last week was probably the busiest for planting in his area. Progress may be modest in the first few days of this week if the rains stop, but it is possible to rain over the weekend.
The producer does not know when he will get soybeans, although he planted 2019 and 2020 crop watch soybeans in the first week of June. He has heard of some possible changes to the spring wheat from corn in his area about how late it is to get corn.
The states and counties of the 2022 crop watch corn and soybean fields are as follows: Griggs, North Dakota; Kingsberry, South Dakota; Freeburn, Minnesota; Bert, Nebraska; Rice, Kansas; Audubon, Iowa; Cedar, Iowa; Warren, Illinois; Crawford, Illinois; Tipecano, Indiana; Fairfield, Ohio.
Photos from the Crop Watch fields can be tracked on my Twitter feed using the @kannbwx handle. Karen Brown is a Reuters market analyst. The opinion expressed above is his own.
(Edited by Matthew Lewis)
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