date:May 21, 2013
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The newswire also said traders expected soybean planting to advance to 25% to 30% completed as May 19, which also would be below the 42% average for the date.
Anecdotal reports indicated very active planting across the Midwest late into the weekend, but also a considerable number of fields yet untended.
In its May 13 Crop Progress report, the U.S.D.A. said corn planting in the 18 major states was 28% completed as of May 12, far behind 85% a year earlier and 65% as the 2008-12 average for