We will remember the 2019 crop year for quite some time. The early spring flooding led to historic planting delays all across the country, which led to delayed emergence of the crops. And the pattern of delayed development continues to today.

The planting problems and subsequent crop progress issues have also created questions/concerns about any crop projections, especially those from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The June Acreage report received a lot of scrutiny for showing a ...