date:Sep 26, 2012
is time of the year.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that 39% of the nation's corn crop and 22% of the soybean crop had been harvested through Sunday, up 13 and 12 percentage points, respectively, from a week earlier. The corn harvest is well ahead of its usual pace. The five-year average for this time of year is for 13% of the crop to be completed.
Anecdotal reports of better-than expected yields from early harvests added to the negative tone in markets Tuesday, with traders ac