USDA released their weekly crop progress report on Monday and it continued to show deteriorating crop conditions. The featured map presents the two week change in percent of the corn crop rated as either in poor or very poor condition. The top number is the most recent value with the lower number in brackets representing the two week change in percentage points. Iowa is faring only slightly better than surrounding states, but things are expected to change quickly this week with much warmer temperatures and continued dry conditions. There is hope, at the moment, for a good rainfall this coming weekend, but forecast rain has been fickle to materialize so far this growing season.

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