USDA Crop Progress Report: Farmers Catching Up.

USDA News

The USDA released the weekly Crop Progress Report.

Improved weather and soil conditions for U.S. corn planting allowed farmers to make up a lot of ground over the past week.

The USDA says there were limited planting opportunities in parts of the Midwest, but when producers were able to get in the fields, they apparently made it count.

As of Sunday, 17% of U.S. corn is planted, compared to 6% a week ago and the five year average of 18%. 4% of corn has emerged, matching the usual pace.

Soybean planting is 6% complete, compared to 3% both a year ago and normally this time of year.

54% of U.S. winter wheat is rated good to excellent, unchanged on the week, and 32% has headed, compared to 23% on average. 22% of spring wheat is planted, compared to 34% typically, and 5% has emerged.

70% of the U.S. has adequate soil moisture levels.

For the full report and state by state information visit the following link.

http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/CropProg/CropProg-04-24-2017.pdf

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