Agricultural & Farming Forecast
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United States Soil Temperatures
Forecast Updated : May 13th
Forecaster : WeatherTower.com
Not a
lot of change in the weather pattern is seen for the next couple
weeks except for there will be less rain.
Upper air progs suggest that the entire corn belt will see Below
Normal temps for the next 10 days to two
weeks. Monday's crop progress report showed that we have 51% of the corn crop in the
ground. On average by May 12 we should have 77% of the corn crop in
the ground. There is talk that a
large shift of acres to soybeans will occur now due to time running out for corn
planting. But with a lot of the corn acres being fertilized for corn
production already and sizeable amounts of bushels being priced for fall
delivery, adding a lot more bean acres is unlikely. A record corn crop is
now out the window. Other years with
similar planting delays occurred in 1991, 1993, 1995 & 1996. Three of those
years saw way below average production while 96' was just slightly below
average. It is important now to have seasonal weather from here on
out to salvage as close to trend line yields as
possible out of the 2008 corn crop. With record low stocks
we can't afford a short crop next fall.