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92% Of U-S Soybean Harvest Completed

American corn and soybean growers continue to run ahead of the five-year average with their harvests.

Corn is 85 per cent off, soybeans 92 per cent done.

That's 6 points ahead of the average for corn, 4 points for soybeans.

The USDA's latest Crop Progress Report has 88 per cent of the winter wheat planted - 2 points behind the average.

The department says that crop is now 49 per cent good to excellent - 2 points better than the previous week - but 10 points behind this time last year.

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