Last week’s hot and dry weather has resulted in a two percentage point decrease in Iowa’s corn rating.

The corn crop is rated 83 percent good to excellent this week, compared to 85 percent last week. Soybean condition also dropped slightly, from 84 to 83 percent.

Silking on corn reached 35 percent and there were scattered
reports of corn reaching the dough stage. Soybeans blooming reached 58 percent
and ten percent of soybeans were setting pods.

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