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CORN PLANTING CONTINUES AT A BRISK PACE IN ILLINOIS.

NOT MUCH RAIN AND WARM SUNNY DAYS HAVE GIVEN FARMERS PLENTY OF TIME IN THE FIELDS SAYS CHIEF STATE CROP STATISTICIAN BRAD SCHWAB.

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17 PERCENT OF CORN IS NOW PLANTED…WELL AHEAD OF THE THREE PERCENT COMPLETED BY THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR SCHWAB NOTES.

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91 PERCENT OF OATS AND ONE PERCENT OF SOYBEANS HAVE BEEN PLANTED. EIGHT PERCENT OF WHEAT HAS HEADED. ONE PERCENT OF SOYBEANS AND 91 PERCENT OF OATS HAVE BEEN PLANTED AS WELL. 84 PERCENT OF WINTER WHEAT AND 79 PERCENT OF ALFALFA IS RATED IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION.

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