For the farmers with unplanted corn

tomstractorsandtoys

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• May 21, 2019

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There is still lots of corn to be planted but with unplanted corn you do not have what is happening in north east MO. My daughter called this morning to say several farmers have corn that is rotting in the ground it is so wet. They have lost most of their garden stuff as well. Tom

 

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tlock0331

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• May 21, 2019

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they are not alone....what would make you think they are all alone in that?

 

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tomstractorsandtoys

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• May 21, 2019

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I am not sure how big of an area it is. I guess a lot would depend on soil type. This is the first report I have heard of corn rotting this spring. Is it happening in your area as well? I had thought with as late as it is the ground would be warm enough for the corn to still grow. I know the ground is much colder than normal. Tom

 

Brendon-KS

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Goessel, KS

• May 21, 2019

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That same thing is happening in our area of central Kansas. Some guys, including my FIL, planted corn during a brief dry spell (well, drier - it's all relative this year) about three weeks ago. Since then we've gotten 10 to 12 inches of rain and most of those field have large areas where there's only a plant every here and there. There was some corn planted earlier in April during the only other possible window and since it was up before the wet weather it is looking good.

 

jon f mn

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• May 21, 2019

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That happens here once in a while, altho it's been a long time. We get it more often when we get early planting then a cold spell. No early planting this year, but it snowed Sunday.

 

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J. Schwiebert

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• May 21, 2019

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According to the report this morning only 9% of the corn is planted in Ohio. Around here if it does not rain any more this week we could probably plant in a week to 10 days.

 

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504

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• May 21, 2019

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Today one of the farm reports said 49% of the corn is in the ground country wide. That leaves a lot to go. The Mississippi river just opened here,most of the corn harvest is still in the bins.

 

big tee

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• May 21, 2019

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Just checked the coops weather radar-we are about 1/4 in. above the 1st O in Waterloo--Do you think it will miss us??? It is moving to the Northeast.---Tee

 

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fastfarmall

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• May 21, 2019

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I talked to guys that farm my land, they said there's, most of it's got, 3/4 In sprout on it, but that's not much i realize! we got rain in the forecast too.

 

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chuck from neb

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• May 21, 2019

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Here in northeast Nebraska we got most of our corn planted. I'm glad we farm hills

 

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fixerupper

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• May 21, 2019

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I am trying to rationalize rotting corn in warm soil but i suppose the seed could sprout but drown and die from lack of oxygen before it can come up. Corn standing in water will die because the roots lack oxygen. A hard crust from pounding rain won t help the seedling either.

 

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Leroy

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• May 21, 2019

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Nothing around me been done, no tillage or olanting. Yesterday was still under flood warnings.

 

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LAA

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• May 22, 2019

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Mines 3 feet high but behind because could not plant till nearly end of March, that?s late in my area.

 

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ffreeb

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• May 22, 2019

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In the Elmira, NY area. We just started working ground last Friday. We are mostly on hilltop clay ground and it?s just been too wet to get on. I should have been done planting grass and grain over a month ago.

 

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DoubleR

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Mid Mi

• May 22, 2019

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OLF on U-Tube said he head a strange noise in the storage area in his shop a week or so ago. When he went to investigate it was a couple of plts of corn seed crying "Please don't put me in that cold wet ground."

 

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Texasmark1

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• May 22, 2019

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My hay patch is already in the yellow stage and any day now I'll see black spots. Going to be a total loss and by the time the soil dries out and I can get on it to do something, it will be too late to plant a summer crop.

 

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Leroy

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• May 22, 2019

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Looks like there might be a lot of unplanted acres here in Ohio this spring the probably will go to winter wheat in fall as what beans will get in will be to late harvesting to be able to follow with the wheat, frozen ground so with those unplanted acreswill give them a window to get wheat in. This will be on unable to get planted on time crop insurance ground

 

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Leroy

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• May 22, 2019

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Word I was looking for and could not think of was prevented planting ground. What was figured for corn just might be too late planting for beans as well for insurance deadlines.

 

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paul

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• May 22, 2019

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On the other farm forum they are showing pictures of frozen tile lines and tractors getting stuck on frost in the ground. Nothing warm around here, might get into the 50s today, no sun, furnace been running the past few days.

Fields flooded. The planting that has been done was in very wet poor cold conditions.

Quite the mess, much like last year. More widespread this year.

Paul