Corn planting jumps higher in Missouri, U.S.

Date:05-19-2011

Corn planting in Missouri jumped 20 points last week to 79 percent complete. While that’s 10 days behind last year it’s five days ahead of normal. As of Sunday, 50% of corn had emerged, according to the Missouri Ag Statistics office, which is close to average but a week behind last year. Replanting is continuing where saturated ground has been a problem. Flood waters in southeast Missouri began to recede and there’s a big jump in cotton planting but at 39% complete that’s almost three weeks behind last year and the average. As one southeast Missouri farmer told Brownfield, “It’s a mess down here.”

Soybeans are 21 percent planted statewide, six days ahead of last year and two days ahead of normal.