Nebraska’s crop ratings fell following a week of hot, dry weather and crop-damaging storms.

Corn is rated 70 percent good to excellent this week, down
four points from last week.  Soybeans
rated 73 percent good to excellent, down three points. Sorghum rated 53 percent
good to excellent, down 15 points from last week.

Silking of corn was at 19 percent with one percent in the dough stage. Soybeans blooming was 57 percent with 13 percent setting pods.

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