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Corn planters make mammoth strides -- USDA By: Jeff Caldwell 05/20/2013 @ 3:36pm

Up until Sunday, it had been quite a week for farmers with corn to plant. All of a sudden, farmers are now within a few percentage points of the normal planting pace ...

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Storms bash central U.S., stall corn planting By: Jeff Caldwell 05/20/2013 @ 9:40am

The monstrous line of storms that stretched from Texas to Minnesota Sunday night saw tornadoes blow up and heavy rains ...

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Corn, soybean prices to inch higher By: Mike McGinnis 05/20/2013 @ 7:02am

The CME Group's old-crop corn, soybean contracts are seen lower, while the new-contracts are expected to be lower ...

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Soybean, corn prices seen rising Friday By: Mike McGinnis 05/17/2013 @ 7:25am

The CME Group's corn, soybean, and wheat markets are expected to start higher Friday. The early calls for the commodities on Friday, May 17, 2013, are higher. Corn is seen opening 1 to 2 cents ...

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Corn, soybeans to inch higher Thursday By: Mike McGinnis 05/16/2013 @ 6:53am

The CME Group's corn, soybean, and wheat markets are expected to start higher Thursday. The early calls for the commodities on Thursday, May 16, 2013, are higher. Corn is seen opening 1 to 2 cents ...

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Rain delays & weed control challenges By: Jeff Caldwell 05/15/2013 @ 7:42am

Much of the Corn Belt has seen a return to better corn-planting weather over the last few days, with temperatures not only reaching seasonal levels, but surpassing them by double-digits on Tuesday. And, while ...

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Corn, soybeans to drop Wednesday By: Mike McGinnis 05/15/2013 @ 7:15am

The CME Group's corn, soybean, and wheat markets are expected to start lower Wednesday. The early calls for the commodities on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, are lower. Corn is seen opening 1 to 2 cents ...

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Is your early-planted corn at risk? By: Jeff Caldwell 05/14/2013 @ 2:39pm

The sun's out, the temperature's rising -- perfect weather for planting corn. But, you may have already planted some of your acres when conditions were less-than-ideal. Even if you did, and ...

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Contract-spreading sends old-crop corn, soybeans down, new-crop higher

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