Winter has yet to leave the U.S. Northern Plains. In fact, it hasn't even made a sincere attempt to create a false hope that spring is near. There is significant snow cover across most of the Dakotas and western Minnesota, with another potentially significant snowfall in the forecast for South Dakota and southern Minnesota. The extended forecasts offer no relief from the much-below-normal temperature readings for the next two weeks and maybe even beyond that. It is not late yet, but if current forecasts hold true, it will soon start to push the planting calendars back into early to mid-May. That could have some significant impacts on what farmers in this region plant. The table below shows what North Dakota's farmers have planted over the...