Corn and Soybean Planting Progress Rounds Third And Heads for Home

Farmers have made admirable planting progress over the last week, despite several severe weather and tornado outbreaks last week across the heartland.

You can check out the latest weekly planting progress report every Monday from USDA for yourself here.

Corn farmers are surging ahead, with 10 of 18 states currently 80% planted or better as of May 26. At opposite ends of the field, you have North Carolina first across the finish line (100% planted) while Pennsylvania farmers sit just above half planted (53% - 13 points behind the state’s five-year average). Farmers in Michigan made huge gains over the week, adding 25 percentage points of corn planting progress to eclipse 75% total.

Soybean farmers, having a bit more wiggle room with a shorter to maturity crop than their corn growing brethren, are watching weather reports and still playing things a bit close to the vest.

Michigan (24% gained), Minnesota (21%) and North (21%) and South Dakota (19%) added the most soybean planting progress over the last week. Only two states – Iowa and Nebraska – remain behind the five-year average for soybean acreage planted. Meanwhile, Mississippi still leads the pack with 92% of its soybean acres planted and ready to go.

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#plant24 Updates from X

Kansas farmer Matt Long @LongRBEINC says that’s a wrap:

Ontario Farmer Claire Horan @clairehoran shows off some nicely emerged soybeans:

@Redwards40 gettin’ it done AND helpin’ out the neighbors, what a guy:

Firing up the pivots on the Western Plains with @Goldendeefarms: