The Planting Race Report

Sara Schafer, AgWeb Crops Online Editor

Corn planting continues to progress far ahead of the five-year average. Currently, corn planting for the main corn-growing states is at 50 percentage points complete. Last year only 20 percentage points were complete at this time, while the five-year average is 22 percentage points.

The state leaders in corn planting progress are:

See the entire USDA corn planting progress report.

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In cotton, planting progress is happening at a much more normal pace. Currently 16 percentage points of U.S. cotton is planting, which compares to a five-year average of 18.

The state leaders in cotton planting progress are:

See the entire USDA cotton planting progress report.

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Rice planting is also ahead of pace. As of this week, 69 percentage points of U.S. rice is planted. The five-year average for this week is 50.

The state leaders in rice planting progress are:

See the entire USDA rice planting progress report.


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Sorghum planting is right on track. The five-year average for this week is 26 percentage points and currently U.S. sorghum planting is at 25.

The state leaders in sorghum planting progress are:

See the entire USDA sorghum planting progress report.

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Spring wheat planting is at 43 percentage points complete, which is significantly above the five-year average of 27 percentage points

The state leaders in spring wheat planting progress are:

See the entire USDA spring wheat planting progress report.


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You can e-mail Sara Schafer at sschafer@farmjournal.com.