May 11, 2022: Dairy Week In Review

According to the USDA Crop Progress Report, spring planting of corn and soybeans is well behind last year and the five-year average (2017 – 2021). The top 18 states in corn production only have  22 percent, on average, of the 2021 acreage planted. This is well behind 2021’s level, which was 64 percent at this time last year, and the five-year average of 50 percent planted by the end of the first full week in May. Read More