date:May 28, 2014
after delays caused by cold weather and snow, WeatherBELL Analytics LLC said yesterday. About 73% of the crop was planted as of May 18 from 59% a week earlier, the US Department of Agriculture said May 19. The USDA will update planting progress in a report today. Domestic output will reach a record 353.97 million metric tons in 2014-2015, it says.
Todays report may show corn planting is close to being completed in the US following a stretch of favorable, dry and warm weather last week, Vyanne L