# Corn At Seven Week High On US Planting Delays | Checkout

> Chicago corn rose for a third straight session to a seven-week high after planting delays were reported, with 30% of the crop planted versus a 66% five-year average. Soybeans and wheat also gained as Trump eased concerns about the US-China trade war.

- Date: 2019-05-15 · published 2019-05-15T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6668-corn-at-seven-week-high-on-us-planting-delays-checkout
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Slow U.S. planting raises weather risk to the crop, supporting corn prices and the feed cost outlook, while speculative shorts add to upward pressure.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲
- WHEAT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2019-05-28 | [Corn futures hit three-year high after rains prolong planting delays](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5438-corn-futures-hit-three-year-high-after-rains-prolong-planting-delays.md) | +2.6% | +8.8% |
| CORN | 2019-06-03 | [Delayed corn planting hits feeder cattle](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11381-delayed-corn-planting-hits-feeder-cattle.md) | -1.9% | +1.4% |
| CORN | 2021-03-05 | [Wet Weather Delays Safrinha Corn Planting in Mato Grosso](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47963-wet-weather-delays-safrinha-corn-planting-in-mato-grosso.md) | +5.1% | +7.2% |
| CORN | 2019-05-15 | [Grains jump on planting delays short-covering \| Saxo](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5740-grains-jump-on-planting-delays-short-covering-saxo.md) | +5.5% | +11.1% |
| CORN | 2017-04-24 | [WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: Corn planting hits high gear before rain; soy b](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8225-weekly-grain-movement-corn-planting-hits-high-gear-before-rain-soy-b.md) | +0.8% | +4.0% |
| SOY | 2019-05-28 | [Corn futures hit three-year high after rains prolong planting delays](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5438-corn-futures-hit-three-year-high-after-rains-prolong-planting-delays.md) | +5.9% | +9.6% |
| SOY | 2017-04-24 | [WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: Corn planting hits high gear before rain; soy b](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8225-weekly-grain-movement-corn-planting-hits-high-gear-before-rain-soy-b.md) | -0.6% | +0.2% |
| SOY | 2017-05-19 | [U.S. grains: Corn hits one-week high on weather worries - AgCanada](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7590-u-s-grains-corn-hits-one-week-high-on-weather-worries-agcanada.md) | -0.6% | -0.6% |

## Sources

- checkout.ie: https://www.checkout.ie/supply-chain/corn-7-week-high-us-planting-delays-74931

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