date:Apr 24, 2013
The effects of cool, wet weather were evident with minimal gains in planting during the latest week, while winter wheat conditions slipped slightly despite improved moisture conditions in the dry hard red winter wheat region as of April 21, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its weekly Crop Progress report released April 22.
Corn planting in the 18 major growing states was 4% completed as of April 21, up slightly from 2% a week earlier but well behind 26% at the same time last year and