# Late planting in Midwest could mean lower yields in fall - Marketplace

> Wet weather has left Midwest farmers behind on spring planting, with 49% of corn and 30% of soybeans planted in the 18 surveyed states versus 78% and 58% a year earlier. Iowa farmer April Hemmes said she was two and a half to three weeks behind schedule. Late planting cuts yields because crops accumulate less growing degree days before harvest.

- Date: 2022-05-19 · published 2022-05-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/13364-late-planting-in-midwest-could-mean-lower-yields-in-fall-marketplace
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Delayed planting threatens lower fall yields, which tightens corn and soybean supplies and supports feed prices. The size of the impact depends on whether planting catches up in May.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2022-05-03 | [U.S. corn planting could fall to among slowest in a quarter-century](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5845-u-s-corn-planting-could-fall-to-among-slowest-in-a-quarter-century.md) | +3.6% | +3.0% |
| CORN | 2018-03-16 | [Cooler, Wetter for Spring Planting in Midwest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65853-cooler-wetter-for-spring-planting-in-midwest.md) | -2.0% | +1.9% |
| CORN | 2018-04-24 | [Latest Planting in Four Years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65371-latest-planting-in-four-years.md) | +2.2% | +5.1% |
| CORN | 2017-07-18 | [Corn market figures in lower yields \| Illinois Extension \| Illinois](https://feedsoft.ai/events/69795-corn-market-figures-in-lower-yields-illinois-extension-illinois.md) | +0.4% | -2.4% |
| CORN | 2019-10-21 | [Ohio corn, soybean yields to be lowest in 10-plus years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56418-ohio-corn-soybean-yields-to-be-lowest-in-10-plus-years.md) | -1.0% | -2.5% |
| SOY | 2018-03-16 | [Cooler, Wetter for Spring Planting in Midwest](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65853-cooler-wetter-for-spring-planting-in-midwest.md) | -1.1% | +1.3% |
| SOY | 2018-04-24 | [Latest Planting in Four Years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65371-latest-planting-in-four-years.md) | +1.7% | +0.4% |
| SOY | 2019-10-21 | [Ohio corn, soybean yields to be lowest in 10-plus years](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56418-ohio-corn-soybean-yields-to-be-lowest-in-10-plus-years.md) | -1.5% | -1.7% |

## Sources

- marketplace.org: https://www.marketplace.org/story/2022/05/19/midwest-farmers-late-planting-lower-yields

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