date:Apr 24, 2013
ington (55%).
Sugar beet planting also made slow progress with 16% of the crop planted in the four major states, up from 13% a week earlier and compared with 58% a year ago and 34% as the five-year average. There were no beets planted as of April 21 in the two largest producing states of Minnesota and North Dakota.
Winter wheat conditions, meanwhile, actually slipped in the latest week. The aggregate rating for the 18 major winter wheat states as of April 21 was 35% good to excellent (down s