The USDA is set to release updated weekly crop progress numbers today and will be very interesting to see how things have progressed over Iowa this past week. Conditions have generally improved greatly with warmer weather and mostly dry conditions. Both should help get the rest of the corn planted and that which was planted emerged. Both stats have been running below average this year as shown by the featured chart presented Iowa and Illinois' corn crop planting and emergence progress. Iowa has generally fared better than Illinois, but the cool May did not help what corn that did get planted up and out of the ground. Unfortunately, cooler and wetter weather has returned for this week.

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