date:Jun 19, 2013
corn-growing states, the U.S.D.A. said. The condition of the crop was little changed with 64% rated good to excellent, compared with 63% the previous week and 63% at the same time last year.
Soybeans planted as of June 16 were 85%, lagging the five-year average of 91% by six percentage points, but emergence at 66% lagged the average of 80% a bit more significantly. In its first condition report of the season, the crop was deemed 64% good to excellent, up from last years good-to-excellent ratin