MANY CROP FIELDS FINALLY SAW A LITTLE RAIN THIS PAST WEEK…BUT NOT ENOUGH TO RELIEVE EXTREME DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN MOST AREAS.

38 PERCENT OF CORN IS IN THE DENT STAGE…SIX PERCENT IS MATURE AND ONE PERCENT HAS ALREADY BEEN HARVESTED. THE CORN CROP IS RATED IN MOSTLY POOR TO VERY POOR CONDITION. CHIEF STATE CROP STATISTICIAN BRAD SCHWAB SAYS 81 PERCENT OF CORN IS NOW IN THE DOUGH STAGE…AND 38 PERCENT IS IN THE DENT STAGE.

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82 PERCENT OF SOYBEANS ARE SETTING PODS AND ONE PERCENT IS TURNING YELLOW. SCHWAB SAYS 57 PERCENT OF THE SOYBEAN CROP IS RATED IN POOR TO VERY POOR CONDITION.

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FIELDS ARE STILL PRETTY DRY…WITH AVERAGE TOPSOIL MOISTURE NOW RATED AT FIVE PERCENT ADEQUATE…23 PERCENT SHORT AND 72 PERCENT VERY SHORT.