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PLANTING DELAYED: Planting — actually any kind of field work — was complicated by soggy soils this spring.
As of the third week of June, 4% to 9% of cornfields in the Northeast were still unplanted or replanted due to soggy soils or just enough rainfall to keep planters out. That’s according to USDA reports from the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Few faced the predicament of the mud-mired tractor pictured. Unfortunately, the tractor wasn’t equipped with a hydraulic front-end loader that might have been used to walk it out backwards. Its best answer was to wait for dry soil and a bigger tractor with a long-chain.
Uneven stands in drowned out spots plus replantings were widespread in central Pennsylvania and New York. That suggests record yields will be fewer and farther between in the Northeast.
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