Corn, Wheat, Cotton Planting Ahead of Average, USDA Says
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U.S. corn, spring-wheat and cotton planting was ahead of the prior five-year average after unusually warm March weather and April rains improved soil conditions, the government said.
About 17 percent of the corn crop, the world’s biggest, was planted as of April 15, up from 7 percent a week earlier and 5 percent a year earlier, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said today in a report. The average was 5 percent at this time of year from 2007 to 2011.