U-S corn growers have caught up to last year's planting pace.
The USDA says 94 per cent of the crop has been planted - same as last year - and 2 points ahead of the five year average.
Soybeans are 73 per cent planted - 7 points ahead of the average and 5 points better than a year ago.
The department has also issued it's first condition rating for this year's corn crop, putting it at 72 per cent good to excellent.
That's 2 points behind last year.
73 per cent of the winter wheat is rated good to excellent - up a point from last week, 19 points better than a year ago.
And 79 per cent of the U-S spring wheat is rated good to excellent - 3 points better than last week and 8 points ahead of last year at this time.
