date:May 08, 2012
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But, while states like those are way ahead of the normal pace (Indiana farmers, for example, have almost 50% more of the crop planted than they did a year ago this week), farmers in other key states like Iowa are sticking closer to the normal pace. Normally, farmers there have 58% of the crop sown whereas this week, they've got 64% planted.
Soybean planting is also well ahead of normal, with 24% in the ground as of Sunday. That doubles the previous week's total and is almost 20% higher tha