date:Jun 04, 2013
lanting ranged from 55 percent to 60 percent compared with 93 percent a year ago and 79 percent as the recent five-year average for the date.
Corn futures were trading about 4-6 cents a bushel higher and soybeans about 25 cents a bushel higher in overnight electronic activity at the CME Group in Chicago.
One trade report said the last prevent plant date for corn was June 5 in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Missouri while that date had passed in other major Corn Belt states. Others have sugge