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Minnesota corn planting reaches 89%

Planting progress continues to run about two weeks ahead of normal in Minnesota.

The latest weekly USDA crop report says as of Sunday, 89 percent of the state’s intended corn acreage and 57 percent of the soybean acreage has been planted.

Corn emergence, at 32 percent, is nearly three weeks ahead of last year and almost a week faster than the five-year average.

Spring wheat planting is 40 percent complete, nine days off the usual pace.  Cool weather has also slowed emergence, which is 11 percent.

Sugarbeet planting has crossed the halfway point at 53 percent done.