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USDA Crop Progress Report Released - Good Crop Coming.

USDA Crop Progress Report was released.

Although the weather was less than ideal in much of the Widwest, U.S. corn and soybean planting continues to move faster than the five year average.

As of Sunday, 92% of corn is planted and 74% has emerged, both well ahead of the respective five year averages. In the first rating of the season, 74% of the crop is in good to excellent condition.

61% of soybeans are planted and 32% have emerged, also ahead of normal.

77% of winter wheat has headed, compared to 67% on average, and 55% of the crop is rated good to excellent, unchanged on the week. 96% of spring wheat has planted and 54% has emerged, with 69% of the crop called good to excellent, up 4% from a week ago.

60% of U.S. pasture and rangelands are rated good to excellent, a week to week improvement of 3%.

For the full report and to see the state breakdowns visit the following link

http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/CropProg/CropProg-05-26-2015.pdf

 

 

 


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