Farmers in Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas have started planting the 2023 corn crop, according to the USDA Crop Progress Report published Monday.
CORN PLANTING PROGRESS
Kansas corn is 1% planted, on pace with the five-year average and 1% behind last year’s 2% pace.
In Kentucky, 2% of the corn crop is in the ground, ahead of both the 2022 and five-year average planting pace.
North Carolina farmers are slightly behind last year and the five-year average with 1% of the corn crop planted, so far.
Tennessee farmers have also planted 1% of their corn crop, on pace with the five-year average and ahead of the 2022 growing season’s planting pace.
Over the past seven days, farmers in Texas planted 5% of the state’s corn. Total planted corn acreage stands at 57% in The Lone Star State, says USDA. That’s 3% ahead of the 54% five-year average.
Across all 18 of top corn growing states, 2% of the U.S. corn crop is in the ground, says USDA.
Source: agriculture.com
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