From DTN Progressive Farmer:
This article was originally posted at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, July 18. It was last updated at 3:49 p.m. CDT on Monday, July 18.
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OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. corn and soybean development remained behind the five-year average last week, while conditions for both crops held mostly steady, USDA NASS reported in its weekly Crop Progress on Monday.CORN
-- Crop development: 37% of corn was silking as of Sunday, July 18, according to NASS. That is 15 percentage points behind last year's 52% and 11 percentage points behind the five-year average of 48%. Corn in the dough stage was estimated at 6%, 1 percentage point behind both last year and the five-year average of 7%.
-- Crop condition: 64% of corn was rated in good-to-excellent condition, unchanged from the previous week. The current rating remains 1 percentage point below last year's rating at this time. "Lower crop ratings in Pennsylvania, Kansas, South Dakota and Missouri were offset by modest gains in Illinois and Minnesota," said DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman.SOYBEANS
-- Crop development: 48% of soybeans were blooming, 7 percentage points behind the five-year average of 55%. Fourteen percent of soybeans were setting pods, 5 percentage points behind the five-year average of 19%....
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