What Crops Should You Plant This Year? – AG Matters

It's hard to think about spring planting with Lake Effect Snow and sub zero wind chills in the forecast. Bonnie Collins, with Cornell Cooperative Extension says it's not an easy decision, and has some tips to help you decide.
Matt Bennett of Bennett Consulting in the Midwest says, deciding what to plant is made harder by the current commodity market.

We need to understand what it’s going to take to be able to get through what will probably be the toughest time in a lot of our careers.

The University of Iowa and the Iowa Agricultural Statistics Service have an electronic spreadsheet that can help determine the best plan when it comes to planting corn or soybeans as well as different types of hay and the costs related to planting the wide variety of options.  The spreadsheet even lets you take rotating crops

SOURCE: Cornell Cooperative Extension