Crop Progress: Corn Plantings Faster than Expected

By Ben Potter

Farm Progress

USDA’s latest crop progress report, out Monday afternoon and covering the week through April 20, is giving traders more and more data to digest as the season gets more solidly underway. Of particular note, corn and soybean plantings were a bit speedier than analysts had predicted, while winter wheat quality was worse than expected.

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