Corn Planting Starts In Louisiana - Ready Or Not

At least a small amount of corn planting started in Louisiana over the weekend.

Here's a link to a report at NewAgTalk.Com, an independent (meaning no ads, quick-loading on dialup) farm forum.

In his weekend Ag Report, consultant Roger Carter said that a small amount of corn planting had started in his area in the last couple of days. Carter said that soil temperatures were still too cold at that point for him to be comfortable with putting seed in the ground.

Carter noted: "One farmer commented that if we put corn in the ground now it will eventually come up. Well, remember last year. We had very similar weather and the corn did not come up. Rainy and cold. Over 70% of the early-planted corn was replanted in our area last year. It is still not too late to have a good corn crop if we use good agronomic practices and plant when ground temps are right. Air temps can be cold as long as ground temps are 55 or above - corn can survive. Of course, 60 is better."