Michigan Corn

Planting is rolling along! Corn is up to 75% planted and 37% emerged. Despite the slow start to planting, corn emergence this week is on par with this time last year and the 5-year average.

How is planting going for you? Is your corn emerging? Share your pictures in the comments!

Michigan Corn remembers and honors those who have served for us. Today, we pause in gratitude for the courage, sacrifice, and dedication of our nation’s heroes.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆

Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans — the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) — established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared it should be May 30. It is believed the date was chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country.

The first large observance was held that year at Arlington National Cemetery, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The ceremonies centered around the mourning-draped veranda of the Arlington mansion, once the home of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Various Washington officials, including Gen. and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, presided over the ceremonies. After speeches, children from the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphan Home and members of the GAR made their way through the cemetery, strewing flowerson both Union and Confederate graves, reciting prayers and singing hymns.

It's amazing what a little good weather can do! Planting progress jumped to 47% in the last week which puts us closer to the 5-year average of 52%. This week we also saw about 3% crop emergence.