The USDA says cooler and wetter than normal conditions last week kept most crop conditions steady.    

Missouri’s corn crop is rated 74 percent good to excellent condition.     

Ninety-six percent of the crop has dented, four percent ahead of last year. Corn harvesting has begun (six percent).   

Seventy – three percent of Missouri soybeans are rated good to excellent with 26 percent of soybeans turning color. 

Cotton is rated 46 percent good to excellent and nearly all cotton is setting bolls. 

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