The corn and soybean crops this year continue to look in great shape thanks to sufficient rain and limited hot weather. The featured map presents recent USDA NASS estimated percentage of corn crop acres currently in good or excellent condition. The values are color coded by departure from a recent ten year average approximately valid for this day of the year. Much of the corn belt is shown in great shape and much of the potential yield is already on board as corn reaches maturity. Soybeans could certainly still use more rain to support yields and even corn to help improve grain quality. August does look to end on a hot note, so more rain would certainly help reduce late season water stress.

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