U-S corn, soybean and spring wheat planting are all running ahead of the five-year average.
Corn is 14 points ahead, soybeans 7 and spring wheat 26 points ahead of the average.
The USDA's latest Weekly Crop Progress Report has the winter wheat crop at 62 per cent good to excellent.
That's up one point from the week before and 18 points better than at this time last year.