date:Jul 18, 2012
eclines as well in the period ended July 15, the USDA said.
In Illinois, only 17 percent of the crop was rated good to excellent in the latest week, down modestly from 20 percent in the week ended July 8, the USDA said. A total of 41 percent of the Illinois corn crop was rated very poor to poor as of July 15, down slightly from 42 percent the week ended July 8.
The good-to-excellent portion of the Indiana soybean crop was only 11 percent in the latest week, down from 14 percent in the previous