With less than half the crop in as of Sunday.. and only a 17% carry out.. (at 2.5 billion.. which isn't gonna happen now..)

We MUST CHUCK planting soybeans and GET FEED GRAINS in the ground to sustain our domestic demand base.. Feeders and Ethanol plants.

Conan said below..

I shudder to think of the livestock feeders and ethanol plants.

Yal.. part of the problem as you or someone noted.. farmers are not selling much because..

a) We need higher prices to cashflow
b) We don't have the crops in the ground yet
c) Some of the Grain is out of position..

Our Coop still has corn piles out.. and no way they can get to them until it stops raining.

We need to flex.. continue.. to plant feed grains vs Soybeans.. as supposedly we still got "alot" of beans left in the bins from last year.  It would be IDIOTIC policy to pay trade aid like the last go around MFP payments were structured.. which Favored Soybeans.. after they were planted.. and were basically an insult to the corn guys.. $.01.. why bother?

It's not fair to those who can't get much in due to the rains and flooding.. What about the guys who are still trying to dig out along the Missouri from earlier flooding this spring.. etc..

We need to FOCUS on Feed Grains.. Sorghum.. Corn.. etc. to..

Sustain the demand base here locally.. such as feeders and ethanol plants.

.. and yes there should be Trade Aid paid to the ethanol producers whom were harmed by the tariffs.  China was one of ethanol's biggest customers in both ethanol and DDGs.  (not to mention the war from the Big Oil interests.. and the SRE's..)

The Break in prices has added stress to the weather.. and put some in Cash Flow straights..  Producers need $$$ now to get the last half of the Corn crop in and to pay bills from what now will be a much smaller crop for 2019.

With the planting window closing.. can we get to a 13 billion bushel corn crop?

It looks like maybe we will be feeding some wheat..