14 days till corn in time

April 12th is official corn planting day here, maybe the snow will be melted by then.

I sure won't get any spuds planted tomorrow!

Don't plant by the calendar , I only plant by field conditions. Once it is warm and dry enough it is time enough for me. I understand if you have 3-4000 acres to put in , you probably start early and run late.

Not planting by calendar, but that is official day insurance is valid to plant.

We have had some years, that planters were loaded and waiting.

Well the way the weather patterns are stacking up i do not think that around here we will be able to even think of venturing into the field before the middle of may IF W E ARE LUCKY . Then there is the fact that before corn goes in the ground last years corn has to come off . we will not get into why last years corn is still somewhat standing .

Yea, I think the 11th is insurance date here, sure would have to be some unusual weather to get there from here! Snow forecasted Saturday and Monday with a cold front, we still have snow and ice from the last, frost is still several feet in the ground.

Paul

Around here it's usually the first two weeks of May - if it doesn't warm up there may still be snow on the ground by then
Pete

Easter is supposed to be the coldest in 40 years, temp. 15 degrees below normal until the middle of April.

People used to ask when we put our sheep out to pasture in the spring. I could answer kind of like the old yankee "Well some years it is April 20th but some years as late as the 21st. That is how predictable it used to be. No more.

A few years ago the weather was perfect so we had everything ready to go at Midnight on the day that insurance was good. At daylight we had 300 acres in the ground. At dark that evening we had over 1000 acres in the ground. We got rained out before the next morning. We had 1300 or so acres done when it rained us out. It was five days before we could get into the fields again. That fall that corn out yielded everything else we planted by over 5 bushels an acre.

Your insurance is "valid" as long as you had your application in to your agent by sales closing date of 3/15. Your insurance will attach once the crop is visible above the ground. The April 10/11/12 (varies by region) is just the date that you are covered by the replant portion of your federal crop insurance policy. You can plant before that date and still have the full level of insurance that you selected on your application, but you wouldn't be able to turn a replant claim in and have it covered. For corn, the replant provision pays 8 bushel x the spring price ($3.96) which amounts to just under $32 an acre. That's all you're forfeiting if you plant prior to that date. Many seed companies have a pretty good replant program themselves, so, many times, you're not out a whole lot. I'm a proponent of planting when conditions are good and the nearby forecast is favorable. Now, I agree that this year, it looks like it will be somewhere beyond 4/11 when its fit to roll. I just thought I'd throw this info out there as it is a very common misconception and there have been years when the weather was good a couple days prior to "the date" and guys sat simply because of it. My oats have been in for two weeks and had 3 snows on them, so at least they should be good! Lol! . Good luck this spring!

Think the neighbor just got done combining today, picture of a JD combine in a half section of corn. How many acres, 320??maybe. Weather it's corn or beans it never gets harvested until spring.