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Corn planting progressing in the US
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Corn planting progressing in the US
Despite the late onset of spring, farmers in the US Midwest and Great Plains are still making headway in their spring-planting progress. Reports from the USDA now indicate 40 percent of corn has been planted, a drop of 19 percent from the five-year average, and well below 2010's pace of 80 percent.
May 11, 2011 By Corn & Soybean Digest
May 11, 2011 – Despite the late onset of spring, farmers in the US
Midwest and Great Plains are still making headway in their
spring-planting progress. Reports from the USDA now indicate 40 percent
of corn has been planted, a drop of 19 percent from the five-year
average, and well below 2010's pace of 80 percent. | READ MORE
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