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Missouri farmer finished corn planting ‘earliest I can remember’

The corn planting pace is faster than normal, but no state is as far along as Missouri, where most farmers are done or close to it.

DSCN2891North central Missouri farmer Robert Alpers is not accustomed to having his corn in the ground at this point in the season.

“We finished the earliest in history that I can ever remember,” Alpers told Brownfield Ag News Thursday.  “We planted our last field I believe it was on the 16th of April and a lot of times we’re just maybe getting started then.”

All of Alpers’ crop is up, and even his next worry of the growing season has been taken care of.

“The first of this week got about an inch and three-tenths [of rain],” he said.  “It came pretty hard, but we were needing the rain, so we’re off to a really good start.”

Alpers will soon be concentrating on soybean planting, which he’s delayed voluntarily in hopes of avoiding sudden death syndrome.

“We had a chance to go ahead and plant in mid-April, but we decided to hold off, and I think as soon as it dries up again, if and when, we’re going to go ahead and start,” said Alpers, “hopefully around the first few days in May.

Alpers farms near Prairie Home, Missouri.

AUDIO: Robert Alpers (4 min. MP3)

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