(Washington D.C) The U.S. corn crop rated 74-percent good to excellent, and unchanged from one week ago, according to the latest NASS crop conditions report released on Monday. The 74-percent overall rating is seven percentage points higher than this same time period one year ago. The portion rated poor to very poor increased slightly to 6%, up one point from the previous week but still below last year’s 10%. Iowa appears to be the garden spot amongst the top corn growing states showing 86% of the Hawkeye states corn in good-to-excellent condition, compared to Nebraska, 77 percent, 70 percent in Illinois, 60 percent in Indiana, and 59 percent in Ohio. Corn silking reached 56%, trailing both last year and the five-year average by two percentage points (58%). Corn in the dough stage was reported at 14%, two points behind last year’s 16% but two points ahead of the five-year average of 12%.
NASS rated 68% of the soybean crop in good-to-excellent condition, down two points from 70% the previous week but equal to last year’s rating. Seven percent of the crop was rated poor to very poor, a two-point increase from the previous week, but still one point lower than the 8% reported last year. In Iowa, soybean condition improved to 80% good to excellent, while Illinois held steady at 60%. Soybeans blooming reached 62%, one percentage point behind both last year and the five-year average (63%). Soybeans setting pods were at 26%, just one point below last year but matching the five-year average.
Topsoil moisture condition rated 3 percent very short, 16 percent short, 73 percent adequate and 8 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture condition rated 6 percent very short, 21 percent short, 65 percent adequate and 8
percent surplus.
