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Crop Planting Progress Slows
2013-05-29 17:01:00| National Hog Farmer
Joe Vansickle Continued waves of precipitation across a wide swath of corn-producing states in late May have slowed corn planting progress, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) weekly Crop Progress report. For the top 18 corn producers, crop progress as of May 26 was pegged at 86% compared to 71% the prior week and 99% or nearly completed at this time a year ago. The average completion for 2008-2012 was 90%. USDA reports corn emergence for the 18 states at 44% vs. 87% for last year and the five-year average of 61%. read more
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