1.   The rapid planting pace indicates the U.S. will likely harvest a bumper crop, analysts said.

2.   The rapid planting pace improves prospects for a bumper crop.

3.   U.S. corn and soybean farmers kept up a near-record planting pace in the last week, increasing the odds of bumper harvests this fall, traders said.

4.   A fast planting pace and the lack of a weather threat to the emerging crop weighed on the market.

5.   A speedier planting pace also weighed on the market.

6.   Assumptions that the planting pace quickened over the past few days also weighed on the market.

7.   Corn also dipped lower in a bearish trading atmosphere, although the overall planting pace is about average.

8.   Corn futures tumbled Monday in early dealings on the Chicago Board of Trade, pressured by assumptions that good weather is producing a rapid planting pace in the Midwest.

9.   Corn prices sank to new contract lows Tuesday in early activity on the Chicago Board of Trade, pressured by a fast planting pace and favorable weather forecasts.

10.   Corn futures edged lower Tuesday in early dealings on the Chicago Board of Trade, pressured by a rapid planting pace.