date:Oct 30, 2013
Despite a cool, wet planting season that included delays, the pace of the 2013 soybean and corn harvests was on track with current five-year averages, the U.S. Department of Agricultures latest Crop Progress data reported for the week that ended Oct. 27.
The U.S.D.A. pegged the soybean crop at 77% harvested in the 18 major states, equal to the five-year 2008-12 average, and the corn crop was 59% harvested as of Oct. 27, down just three percentage points from the 62% five-year average for the sa