date:May 22, 2013
Producers used a recent multi-day window of warm, dry weather to make major progress 43 percentage points in one week in the planting of the 2013 corn crop, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its May 20 Crop Progress report.
In the 18 main corn-growing states, corn planted in the week ended May 19 totaled 71%, up from only 28% planted as of May 12, but still behind the 2008-12 average of 79%.
Plantings during the cool, wet spring experienced across the Corn Belt remained significantl