By Kayla Bergman, policy associate, Center for Rural Affairs
Planting and emergence progress for both corn and soybeans are ahead of the five-year average across the Midwest, but still fresh in farmers’ minds is the 2019 planting season, which was severely delayed due to record-breaking precipitation that led to flooded fields and excess soil moisture.
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