For many American corn farmers, that point is now. Ohio trailed behind, with 68 percent of its corn planted, South Dakota had 78 percent, and Michigan and Indiana each had 84 percent of their hoped-for acres planted. Already-saturated ground got even more rain in May and into June, said Tyler Urban, 31, who sells crop insurance and farms corn and soybeans near Sioux Falls, S.D. But farmers’ decisions to forgo planting will have ramifications for many of the businesses that furnish farmers with equipment and supplies. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue initially stated that the money would be available only for planted acreage, not acreage forestalled by protracted bad weather.

Source: Washington Post June 18, 2019 15:40 UTC