date:Jul 09, 2014
ta overnight showing that as of Sunday 15% of corn was silking, part of the pollination process, at a time when 75% of the crop was in good or excellent condition.
While unchanged on the week, that rating was the second best of the past 20 years for the time of year, beaten only by the 1999 figure.
'High humidity was beneficial'
The increase reflected largely an improvement in southern growing states, such as Texas, where USDA scouts reports that corn experienced rapid growth as a result of r