Cool, rainy spring delays corn planting, lowers crop rating

Just 65 percent of the U.S. corn crop was rated in good or excellent condition in the USDA’s first assessment of the year. That figure came in well below the 72 percent rating at the end of May 2016, when farmers were headed for a record-setting harvest. Seed companies told DTN that this year they face higher… » Read More

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