With the early planting season well underway, the pace of planting corn and spring wheat is far ahead of last year and the past 5-year average. Winter wheat progress is also ahead of the average pace.
Yesterday, USDA reported that 7% of the U.S. corn crop is in the ground. This put it ahead of last year's progress, which showed 3% of corn planted at this time in 2011. The average pace during the past 5 years is only 2%.
Today, USDA reported 68% of the corn crop is in "good" or "excellent" condition, which is below last week’s 70% and last year’s 73%; 65% of soybeans are in “good” or “excellent” condition vs. 68% last year at this time;
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we look at President Trump's tariff reduction on ag equipment, the latest dealer sales forecasts, and how high input costs are keeping farmer sentiment down.
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