About 70 percent of the corn was planted by May 9, which was ahead of schedule.

Growers need to be cautious of some of their production practices when planting corn, especially when dealing with uncontrollable events like the weather.

What we learned from this is that corn can emerge from the ground 40 days or even longer after it is planted. We found that in some cases late emerging plants performed better than replanted corn, and vice versa.