GREELEY, Colo. — Corn planting progress nationally appears to have fallen slightly behind the five-year average, according to a new report released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
With six percent of total corn acres planted by Sunday, April 16, progress fell three percentage points short of the five-year average and six percentage points behind the same date in 2016.
The slower pace, in large part, resulted from wet conditions across many of the 18 states that account for 92 percent of the corn acres planted.
Here in Colorado, planting had just barely gotten off the ground as of Sunday, with just one percent planted. However, that’s the normal pace for this time of year in the Centennial State, which typically trails the rest of the U.S. in planting progress.
— Colorado Corn
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