date:Jul 23, 2013
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In Kansas, 71 percent of the top soil moisture was short to very short, according to the NASS office in Topeka.
For Illinois, the downgrade in corn as well as soybeans was due to drought stress, said Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois extension agronomist.
Nafziger said Illinois corn was in the midst of pollinating but the late planted corn would likely not complete pollination until the first week in August.
The most stressed crop was planted late and hasn't t