A question in hopes of bringing some sense of reason to the discussion

[Mark, ncIA]

http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/FM1859.pdf

Ken, I'd agree that logic says you're always better off planting something; however, it may not always be the case.  Also would depend on what level/type of coverage you have, what the aph is & potential with the late planting.  70% would seem to me hard pressed not to do something, 85% looks to be pretty easy to walk away.  Plant a hay crop if you've got cows or a mkt, or soy after the ins. date for a bet?  They were all corn acres, weren't they?  LOL.

Either way, mud stuff in late would be a recipie for disaster, imo.  I replanted some beans on GRIP acres here last year on 7/8.  Thought I'd keep the weeds back, if nothing else.  Some did better than the April planted SDS ones, all payed me something.

[DW11]

Ken,

We are on enterprise units, so unless all our farms are in trouble, we have an economic incentive to take PP on acres that are too wet to raise a decent crop this year.

Also, some of the river bottom ground around here the last two years has been 0-100 bushels per acre of corn.  Its looking the same for this year.  PP will look real good for a lot of these acres. 

[clayton58]

 guess I don't understand how PP works with enterprise units.  If you have one poor farm the rest can be good enough to raise the average so that there is no loss overall.  But if you go PP, each unit stands on its own?? 

[justinbarnes710]

Clayton-

That is how I understand it.  The way things are setting up for central Ohio there will be some difficult decisions.  The well-drained fields will likely get planted (although very late).  The fields that take a week to dry after a rain will probably be prevented planting.  One reason we are considering taking prevented planting on some fields is that we think the fields that do get planted in the next two weeks could still yield over our enterprise guarantee.

Right now we are sitting and waiting.  The forecast calls for a 50% chance of rain each day Sunday- Wednesday.

We are very fortunate to have crop insurance this year.  We have over $650/acre invested in our corn.

[SouthWestOhio]

Check out this post for some new deatils of PP for Enterprise units.

http://community.agriculture.com/t5/Marketing/Limitations-on-PP-for-Enterprise-Insurance/td-p/81691