Minnesota, South Dakota Fuel Spring Wheat Planting Progress

US spring wheat planting advanced well this past week, thanks mainly to strong progress in Minnesota and South Dakota According to Monday’s USDA crop progress report, 15% of the national spring wheat crop was already planted as of Sunday. That is up 8 points on the week and 5 points ahead of the five-year average, easily topping the average pre-report trade guess of 12% planted.Planting in Minnesota jumped 15 points on the week to 18% complete as of Sunday, far ahead of the state average o