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National Corn Rating Improves, Soybeans Unchanged, Cotton Crop Mixed
Mon, 06 Jul 2015 15:41:41 CDT
The nation's corn crop improved slightly over last week. That's according to the latest crop progress report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In the top 18 corn producing states in the nation, 69 percent of the crop rated in good to excellent condition. That's up one percent from last week. Corn silking was at 12 percent, which is behind the five-year average of 18.
In the major corn producing state of Iowa, the crop rated at 82 percent good to excellent condition. Illinois dropped another point to 61 percent good to excellent.
Nationally, soybean planting was 96 percent complete with 93 percent of the crop emerged. In the top 18 soybean producing states in the nation, the crop condition was unchanged over last week with 63 percent in good to excellent condition. USDA reports 21 percent of the crop is blooming. That's on target with the five-year average.
The condition of the nation's cotton crop was mixed. In the 15 main cotton producing states, USDA reported 57 percent of the crop rated in good to excellent condition. The crop gained one point in the excellent category and one point in the very poor category. USDA reported 48 percent of the crop was squaring, behind the five-year average of 55. Ten percent of the crop was setting bolls. That's behind the average of 14.
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