Mixed weather and shifting input costs are shaping planting decisions this season, especially for farmers forced to replant.
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With the quarterly Grain Stocks, annual Prospective Plantings, and April World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports now in the rearview mirror, market attention has shifted toward weather and outside macro events. Most notably, the energy and fertilizer markets — driven by ongoing concerns over the war in Iran — remain major question marks for corn.
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A late-season freeze in northeast Louisiana has forced farmers to replant thousands of corn acres, adding costs, straining seed supplies, and raising concerns about shifting to soybeans.
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With a record corn crop on hand, the search for new demand isn’t slowing down. And one of the most unexpected opportunities might be hanging in your closet with athleisure clothing.
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U.S. farmers are wasting little time getting the 2026 crop in the ground, with corn planting already underway in nine states and running slightly ahead of the typical pace, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s first Crop Progress report of the season.
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USDA released the 2026 Prospective Plantings Report on March 31. Nationally, producers intend to plant fewer corn acres and more soybeans and cotton. Corn acreage is projected at 95.3 million acres, down 3.5% from the 2025 actual planted acreage, while soybean acreage is expected to increase 4.3% to 84.7 million acres.
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U.S. farmers are expected to plant fewer corn acres this spring and shift more land to soybeans as rising input costs continue to pressure farm budgets, analysts say. Higher fertilizer and diesel prices, driven in part by global geopolitical tensions, have made corn more expensive to produce than soybeans, which require less nitrogen.
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Robert Little and Jamie Edwards farm on opposite sides of the Corn Belt, but they have at least two things in common. Both have participated regularly in the National Corn Growers Contest. More importantly. both articulate key strategies that allow them to grow corn successfully.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has officially deregulated a new genetically engineered corn trait designed to combat one of corn growers’ most persistent pests: corn rootworm.
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With freezing temperatures hitting early-planted corn, farmers are weighing the costs and benefits of replanting. An LSU Extension specialist urges most of them to wait and see.
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An explosive upturn in energy prices — with crude oil recently reaching $119 per barrel (from the mid- $50s a month ago) and a strong influx of speculative money into the commodity complex — is providing underlying support for numerous contracts. Among these are corn, soybeans, and wheat.
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The bacteria that is responsible for nitrogen fixation in soybean is Bradyrhizobium japonicum. If a field has never been planted to soybean, it is likely the seed will need to be inoculated. The bacteria can survive many years until the next soybean crop, but the common recommendation is to inoculate seed if soybean has not been planted for 3 to 5 years. However, research has indicated that an increase in yield is possible if seed is inoculated in a regular soybean rotation.
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Corn planting is underway across Concordia Parish, where farmers have been quick to roll into the fields as a stretch of mild, steady weather opens the door for an early start. Planters are already moving across fields that have dried just enough to give this year’s crop a solid beginning.
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Corn and soybean prices have trended down for more than three years, squeezing margins. As preparations for the 2026 crop begin, are farmers looking at another tight year? Experts indicate most likely yes. What about the year after that and beyond? Maybe.
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Ethanol Producer Magazine’s Erin Krueger reported that “U.S. fuel ethanol production expanded by 9%, reaching a record high 1.196 million barrels per day the week ending Jan. 9, according to data released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration on Jan. 14. Stocks of fuel ethanol expanded by more than 3% and exports were up 5%.”
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