Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,294.50	-12.67	-0.08%
S&P 500	1,650.51	-4.84	-0.29%
Nasdaq	3,459.42	-3.88	-0.11%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,294.50

-12.67

-0.08%

S&P 500

1,650.51

-4.84

-0.29%

Nasdaq

3,459.42

-3.88

-0.11%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,773.80	-2.98	-0.11%
FTSE 100	6,652.44	-44.35	-0.66%
DAX	8,300.88	-51.10	-0.61%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,773.80

-2.98

-0.11%

FTSE 100

6,652.44

-44.35

-0.66%

DAX

8,300.88

-51.10

-0.61%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,612.50	+128.47	0.89%
Hang Seng	22,618.70	-51.01	-0.23%
S&P/ASX 200	4,983.50	-78.95	-1.56%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,612.50

+128.47

0.89%

Hang Seng

22,618.70

-51.01

-0.23%

S&P/ASX 200

4,983.50

-78.95

-1.56%

German Farmers Can Start Planting Corn in Most Regions, DMK Says

By Rudy Ruitenberg - 2012-04-23T16:16:23Z

German farmers in most regions can start planting corn because soil temperatures have risen above 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit), industry lobby Deutsches Maiskomitee e.V. wrote.

The past two months have been too dry, and available soil- moisture reserves in large parts of Germany are at 65 percent, the Bonn-based group wrote in a report on its website today.

To contact the reporter on this story: Rudy Ruitenberg in Paris at rruitenberg@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Claudia Carpenter at ccarpenter2@bloomberg.net

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