Many crops in Kansas are past the point of recovering from extreme heat and drought.

The USDA says 29 percent of corn is rated good-to-excellent with 25 percent dented.

Thirty-six percent of soybeans are rated in good-to-excellent condition. Fifty-seven percent have set pods.

Sorghum is rated 27 percent good-to-excellent with 9 percent coloring.

Cotton condition is rated 29 percent good-to-excellent with 12 percent of bolls opening.

Thirteen percent of pasture and range conditions are good-to-excellent.

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