For a large portion of the Dakotas and northern Minnesota, the final multi-peril crop insurance plant date for corn was Saturday. May 31 is the deadline in portions of the eastern Dakotas and the balance of Minnesota. Countryside Insurance owner Jennifer Otteson says corn can be planted after the final planting date, but insurance guarantees are reduced. “Your guarantee just reduces one percent a day up to the 25 days,” said Otteson. “Keep in mind if it’s really looking wet and you haven’t gotten your corn in, it would be a good idea to let your agent know and put in a notice of loss or potential preventive planting. If you later decide to put in soybeans instead, that notice of loss is just withdrawn and it’s insured as soybeans.”
