AgWeb Launches Maps to Track 2012 Planting Progress

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Similar to AgWeb’s Harvest Maps, th= Planting Maps show, by color, the percentage planted in a given state. Th= maps resemble a stock heat map, but rather than stock values, the values =n these maps are percentage planted, with the colors changing based on thetual percentage planted as reported by USDA.</p><p>In addition to showca=ing USDA’s reports on the country’s planting progress, AgWeb l=ts farmers submit their own crop photos or planting reports, which are fea=ured in the popular <a target="_blank" href="http://links.mkt1847.com=ctt?kn=2&ms=MzkwNjcwMDgS1&r=MTU5MTYyNjUyMDYS1&b=0&j=MTM5Mzg3MTM5=0&mt=1&rt=0" name="www_agweb_com_agweb_crop_comme">Crop Comments</a>=section. Farmers and online users can also receive the latest planting upd=tes on <a target="_blank" href="http://links.mkt1847.com/ctt?kn=4&m=MzkwNjcwMDgS1&r=MTU5MTYyNjUyMDYS1&b=0&j=MTM5Mzg3MTM5S0&mt=1&rt=0" name="twitter_com____farmjournal">Twitter</a> and contribute to the=online conversation using the hashtag #plant12.</p><p>The recently launche= Planting Maps follow the latest success of AgWeb’s Harvest Maps, wh=ch captured a win for Editorial Excellence - Special Section (in the b2b c=tegory) at min’s Best of the Web Awards last week. The section avera 5,000 page views a day for the first month and has received nearly 250, page views since its launch, according to Google Analytics.<br /></p></=d><td height="170" colspan="2"><p></p></td></tr><tr bordercolor="#020"><td height="65" width="97%" align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>About Farm Journal Media </b></font><b= />Farm Journal Media is the nation’s leading agricultural media com=any. 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