Corn and soybean planting have reached record delays. USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey says as of Sunday only 67% of the nation’s corn crop was planted. “That is by far a record. The previous record was 77% on that date in 1995.” And with just 39% of US soybeans planted, Rippey says that also breaks the 1995 record. Nationally, soybean planting is 40 percentage points behind the five-year average. Corn planting is less than halfway done in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and the Dakotas.
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