date:Jun 18, 2014
US Department of Agriculture weekly crop condition ratings edged upward for corn but edged downward for soybeans.
Corn in the 18 major states was rated 76 percent good to excellent as of June 15, up one percentage point from a week earlier but well above 64 percent at the same time last year, the USDA said in its weekly Crop Progress report. This years crop was rated 20 percent fair (21 percent a week earlier and 28 percent last year) and 4 percent poor to very poor (4 percent a week earlier an