CROP CONDITIONS DECLINED SLIGHTLY OVER THE PAST WEEK. 

LAST WEEK'S TEMPERATURES WERE ABOUT TWO AND A HALF DEGREES BELOW NORMAL AND RAINFALL WAS A LITTLE ABOVE AVERAGE. STATE CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER SAYS 80 PERCENT OF THE ILLINOIS CORN CROP HAS REACHED THE DOUGH STAGE.

95 PERCENT OF SOYBEANS ARE BLOOMING AND 80 PERCENT ARE SETTING PODS. THE CONDITION OF THE SOYBEAN CROP DROPPED TO 68 PERCENT IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT SHAPE. 

THE THIRD CUTTING OF ALFALFA HAY IS NOW MORE THAN HALFWAY DONE. 

AVERAGE STATEWIDE TOPSOIL MOISTURE IS RATED SEVEN PERCENT VERY SHORT, 20 PERCENT SHORT, 68 PERCENT ADEQUATE AND FIVE PERCENT SURPLUS.