USDA: Corn crop 85% planted

Eighty-five percent of the nation's corn crop is planted and just over half of that in the ground has emerged, according to the latest USDA-NASS Crop Progress report. That number falls in line with previous trade estimates and shows a 10% bump in planting progress in the last week for corn. Meanwhile, soybean planting is almost to the halfway point, with 45% of that crop in the ground, the same report shows.