The wheat market is trading with contracts mostly higher at midday on Tuesday. Chicago SRW futures are 5 to 6 cents higher at midday. KC HRW futures are up 4 to 5 cents so far on the day. MPLS spring wheat is showing fractionally mixed action at midday.
Crop Progress data showed the US spring wheat crop at 73% planted, now 7 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average pace of 66%. Montana and Washington were the only state to be reported below normal planting pace. Emergence was pegged at 39%.