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Planting still behind in Michigan
May 1, 2017, 16:27 PM
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Mostly warm and dry weather allowed Michigan farmers to start making progress on planting last week. The USDA says planting progress remains behind last year and the five year average for corn, soybeans, oats and sugarbeets.
The winter wheat condition dropped a point to 64 percent good to excellent, 23 percent of the crop is jointed, 10 percent behind last year.
Farmers planted five percent of corn last week, 32 percent of sugarbeets and 24 percent of the oat crop.
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