North Dakota is planting #corn & #soybeans at a record slow pace, corn by a comfortable margin. Only 56% of ND's corn was planted by May 29, and May 25 was the last day for most ND farmers to plant 🌽 and be fully eligible for elected crop insurance. ND grows 3% of U.S. corn. 
North Dakota grows 5% of U.S. #soybeans, a large portion of which get exported to China. Only 23% of ND's beans were planted by May 29 vs 86% last year. Final crop insurance planting date is June 10, but to complete planting, ND cannot have any more rainy episodes from here.
North Dakota's spring #wheat planting is no longer slowest ever (but it's close) at 59% complete by May 29. Final planting date is either May 31 or June 5, but 91% of ND's wheat should be planted by now. ND grows half of the country's protein-rich spring wheat.
Some feedback from the North Dakota #CropWatch22 producer on prevent plant (PP; govt payments you can get when you can't plant a crop): he has never seen PP payments pencil out to a profit. It is still expensive (rent, weed control, other debts, etc). PP is not preferable.
I have seen some chatter about PP payments being profitable this year, or the "govt paying farmers to not plant crops." At least for the Crop Watch producer, PP is truly a last resort and is not attractive at all. Maybe someone else has a different experience, likely not tho.
These dates exist because it is risky to plant past a certain date. Chance of losses increase significantly as it gets later and later. Farmers will plant past these dates, but not too far past because again, they know the risks of doing so.
The precipitation % of normal map shown here explains why North Dakota & northern Minnesota have had so much trouble planting this spring. Equipment cannot enter fields when it's so wet, and planting crops in very wet soils doesn't work out well.
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