# Latest Planting in Four Years

> DTN reports that only 5 percent of US corn was planted as of April 22, one-third of the five-year average and the slowest pace for that date since 2014. Cold, rain and snow have slowed fieldwork across the Midwest, and even fertilizer application has been difficult.

- Date: 2018-04-24 · published 2018-04-24T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/65371-latest-planting-in-four-years
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

The slow planting pace raises the risk of reduced yields or a shift to later-planted acres, which supports corn and soybean prices. Prices will depend on whether May planting recovers.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2018-04-20 | [A Late Planting Season Lesson](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65370-a-late-planting-season-lesson.md) | +0.5% | +3.3% |
| 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 | 2022-05-19 | [Late planting in Midwest could mean lower yields in fall - Marketplace](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13364-late-planting-in-midwest-could-mean-lower-yields-in-fall-marketplace.md) | -0.6% | -2.2% |
| CORN | 2023-11-27 | [Brazil soy planting seen at slowest pace in eight years -AgRural – Reuters - AgRural](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13611-brazil-soy-planting-seen-at-slowest-pace-in-eight-years-agrural-reuters-agrural.md) | -0.8% | +0.4% |
| CORN | 2026-08-17 | [2026/27 Planting in South America](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13421-2026-27-planting-in-south-america.md) | +2.3% | +7.7% |
| SOY | 2018-04-20 | [A Late Planting Season Lesson](https://feedsoft.ai/events/65370-a-late-planting-season-lesson.md) | -0.9% | -4.1% |
| 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 | 2022-05-19 | [Late planting in Midwest could mean lower yields in fall - Marketplace](https://feedsoft.ai/events/13364-late-planting-in-midwest-could-mean-lower-yields-in-fall-marketplace.md) | +1.1% | +2.8% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/blogs/ag-weather-forum/blog-post/2018/04/24/latest-planting-four-years

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