date:Jul 18, 2012
ely toward a less healthy crop. Soybeans in the 18 major states were rated 34 percent good to excellent on July 15, down from 40 percent a week earlier and well below 64 percent a year ago, the USDA said.
The percentages of corn and soybean crops rated very poor to poor jumped sharply as of July 15 as well. Corn in the 18 states rated poor to very poor was 38 percent, up from 30 percent the week ended July 8 and well above 11 percent last year. Soybeans rated poor to very poor were 30 percent a