This chart shows what is planted on a week-to-week basis.

Our 13-year average shows that our peak week are the first and second week of May when 18-19% of the crop is planted. So typically, we plant an average of 37% of the crop in the first two weeks of May.

Any time we plant 20% in one week that is a pretty good week, as you can see in 2020, we had 20% planted the last week of April and 24% planted the first week of May. So, we had a good start to the planting season.

Last year we got off to a relatively slow start, we didn’t plant much in April just a couple of percent by the last week but then we planted 29% the first week of May and 21% the second week of May.

Last year we planted 50% of the US corn crop in the first 2 weeks of May.

This year as for the second week of April the US is 2% planted, therefore we need to see a significant change in the weather pattern to accelerate planting. Unfortunately, that pattern doesn’t look to change at least not in the next week.