Crop conditions showed little variation last week even with above average temperatures statewide.
Corn is rated 61% good to excellent, the same as the
previous week. While soybeans dropped four percentage points at 59% good to
excellent.
As of Sunday, the USDA reports 36% of the corn crop is silking,
compared to the five-year average of 52% with 1% reaching the dough stage.
Meanwhile, 37% of the soybean crop is blooming, three points behind average,
with 10% setting pods.