As the growing season moves on the crop progress and condition reports for both corn and soybeans are mirroring each other. The latest soybean numbers from USDA show 86% of the crop blooming and soybeans setting pods at 55%.
"The five-year-average is 93%," said USDA Meteorologist Brad Rippey. "Last year at this time we were similar at 87%. Soybean setting pods - 72% is the five-year-average; last year we were only a little bit ahead of this year's pace at 57%."While Rippey says that while there is delay in progress, the crop condition still remains very good across the board.
"About 66% of the crop rated good to excellent, better than last year's 63%," said Rippey. "Only 9% of the crop rated very poor to poor; last year we were looking at 11%."
Corn also continues at slow progress but counters with conditions 68% good to excellent, about the same range as last year."
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