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• Markets Focus on Rapid Planting Pace
  
  05/17/2013
  Heading into this week, corn planting was running at its slowest pace in nearly 30 years. That all changed as the week progressed.
• Wheat Supplies Limit Upside Potential Despite Weather Concerns
  
  05/17/2013
  Weather-based planting delays have plagued producers of spring wheat for weeks, but analysts say wheat producers could make rapid headway.
• Watch Planters Rolling on Seven Farms
  
  05/17/2013
  Corn and soybean growers are loading seed and traversing fields both in daylight and at night for the 2013 spring planting season, videos from Twitter's Vine app show.
• Farmland Price Plateau Ahead, Bankers Say
  
  05/17/2013
  While good values and cash rental rates rose in some places, they fell in other states, and some bankers are worried about farmer financial health.
• Soybeans Rise on Signs of Sustained Chinese Demand for U.S. Crop
  
  05/16/2013
  Soybeans advanced in Chicago on signs of sustained demand for U.S. supplies from China, the world’s largest importer of the oilseed.