Planting delay considerations becoming more complicated

Farmers have a lot to contemplate while waiting for fields to dry out. Farm management analyst Kent Thiesse, who’s based in southern Minnesota, says impending crop insurance deadlines and emerging details of more trade aid has muddied up this year’s planting intentions. Thiesse recently ran some numbers on soybeans planted after June 10th with an expected yield reduction of 20 percent. “And it’s about a push when you compare that to prevented planting at $8 per bushel.

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