date:May 29, 2013
Though the last week of corn and soybean planting was punctuated with and ultimately cut short by rain delays, farmers managed to get 15% of this year's corn crop planted, bringing completion for that crop within 4% of the previous average pace at 86%, according to Tuesday's USDA-NASS weekly Crop Progress report.
Soybean planting's further behind at 44% complete compared to the previous average of 61%. Last year at this time, 87% of that crop was in the ground.
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