U.S. farmers have gotten a solid start on their corn and soybean planting efforts this spring after making impressive progress last week, which is much welcomed after last year’s historic difficulties, reports Reuters.
According to the USDA’s statistics service, farmers had planted 27% of their corn crop by Sunday, up 20 points on the week and above the recent five-year average of 20%.
That is the fastest corn planting progress for the date since 34% for 2016’s crop, which is still the largest U.S. corn harvest on record.
Some 8% of U.S. soybeans were planted as of Sunday, the most for the date since 2017 and up 6 points on the week.
