As of April 12, American farmers have sown 6% of the planned area with soybeans, exceeding market participants' expectations and being 4 percentage points higher than the average for the same date over the past five years. This is reported by the agency Zerno On-Line, citing the National Agricultural Statistics Service under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (NASS). According to a previously published forecast, the area under soybeans this year will be expanded to 84.7 million acres (+4.3%). As of April 12, 5% of the planned area has been sown with corn, which is 1 percentage point higher than the average for the same date over the past five years. The sowing pace of spring wheat is slightly behind the five-year average – 6% ...