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U-S Crops Looking Good Early On

US farmers still working on their soybean planting this spring.

The USDA says it's 79 per cent completed - a little behind the 81 per cent five-year average.

The department issued it's first condition report for this year's soybean crop, pegging it at 69 per cent good to excellent.

That's 5 points behind this time last year.

The U-S corn crop is holding steady at 74 per cent good to excellent - same as last week - one point behind last year.

Spring wheat is 69 per cent good to excellent - down a point from last week and last year.

U-S winter wheat is 43 per cent good to excellent - also down a point from last week, but 13 points better than last year.

The USDA says 4 per cent of that winter wheat crop has been harvested - 8 points behind this time last year.

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