Illinois crops received another set of good ratings from the USDA this past week, but all were slightly lower than the previous week.
As of Sunday, USDA rates Illinois corn 74% good to excellent down 6 percentage points on the week. Soybeans are rated 73% good to excellent down 4 points and wheat is rated 76% down 11 points on the week. All ratings are better than this time last year.
Corn progressed to 93% emerged, 11 points ahead of the five year average.
