USDA Released the Crop Progress Report.
U.S. corn planting is off to a good start and ahead of the five year average.
As of Sunday, 13% of this year’s crop is planted, up 9% on the week and 5% ahead of the normal pace. At 58% complete, Missouri is the furthest along and also made the largest week to week jump.
57% of winter wheat is rated good to excellent, up 1% from a week ago, and 12% has headed, a little bit behind average.
27% of spring wheat is planted, compared to the five year average of 19%.
The USDA is expected to report the first soybean planting number of the season next week.
To see the whole Crop Progress Report and state breakdown visit
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/CropProg/CropProg-04-18-2016.pdf