SpinnerMan wrote:The only people in the midwest that plant corn this year may be those planning to flood it for ducks. I've heard rumors that the farmers are already starting to collect insurance on corn since it is too late to plant it. They still might be able to get some beans in the ground if it ever stops raining long enough to dry out the fields. I haven't seen a single field that has been planted yet
I doubt we see the fields stacked full of mallards after our ducks season closed like last year. Maybe this will prompt them to move down before our season closes. This might really change behavior.
I'm really worried that our goose pits might be in weed fields. Without the corn, there won't be anything to hold them once it gets really cold.
Just looked into all of this for a quick story I did; as of the June 3 update the total corn crop in the field was only something like 60% average for the entire collection of major producers, when it should have been nearly 100%. S. Dakota alone was in the 20's for example (%). For most the date had passed for max yields, so could be interesting for southern hunters, and likely to be pricey at the marketplace for corn eaters.