Watch the full process from start to finish! #KiotiTractor #FoodPlots #LandManagement nd plant corn and soybean food plots.

“And there’s absolutely nothing you can do,” Nywening said. Reflecting the poor planting conditions, the crop-insurance deadline for corn has been extended to June 17, two days later than usual.

O’Connor said that after being rained out for two weeks, he got into his tractor around 5pm, hoping to spend the night planting corn.

A small percentage of corn and soybean planting remains after a busy week in the fields. The U.S.D.A. report shows that 98% of the corn crop is in the ground.

Many farmers are finished with planting corn, while others continue the effort to get the crop in the ground. We talked with a Lancaster County farm family about planting season.

The first week of April 2021 was warm enough many farmers in central Illinois fired up their tractors, put seed in their planters and went to the field. That’s not the case this spring, says Ken ...