date:Jul 18, 2012
lt initially but spreading west in July. The USDA reported that silking was 93 percent complete as of July 15 in Illinois, drastically higher than the five-year average of 53 percent at the same time of year. In Indiana, 79 percent of the crop had completed silking for the same period, up from only 39 percent for the five-year average. Ohios corn crop silking was 67 percent complete as of July 15, also well ahead of the 29 percent five-year average. Soybean crop conditions exhibited noticeable d