North Carolina farmers are the first to finish corn planting, USDA says

Corn planting is complete in just one state, according to the final Crop Progress report of May 2024.

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Natalina Sents Bausch is the Digital Director for Successful Farming and Agriculture.com. She manages the daily newsroom-style digital content creation and distribution strategy for Agriculture.com. She has covered stories ranging from infrastructure and young farmers to new machinery introductions and USDA programs. Natalina joined the Successful Farming team in 2017 to cover new farm machinery and news coverage for Agriculture.com.

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Corn planting is complete in just one state, according to the final Crop Progress report of May 2024. 

Corn planting

The week ended May 26, farmers in North Carolina wrapped up corn planting, USDA said. This is up from 98% complete the week prior. The states’ farmers are slightly ahead of both the five-year average and last year’s pace.

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Corn emergence

The corn emergence rate in North Carolina also leads the nation. USDA said 91% of the state’s corn is out of the ground in the week ending May 26. This is up just 1% from the previous week. The five-year average for corn emergence is 92%. Last year at this time 94% of North Carolina corn was out of the ground.

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Corn condition

The latest USDA Crop Progress report rated North Carolina corn 0% very poor, 2% poor, 20% fair, 63% good, and 15% excellent.

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