With rain delays slowing planting progress in the Eastern Corn Belt, an insurance specialist says key crop insurance deadlines are approaching. Jason Williamson, with Ohio-based Williamson Crop Insurance, says the final planting date for most areas in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan is June 5th for corn and June 20th for soybeans. “The final plant date is just the […]
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