Crop Conditions Worsening in U.S. as Drought Withers Fields By ,
About 40 percent of the corn crop was in good or excellent condition as of
July 8, down from 48 percent a week earlier and the lowest for this time of year
since a drought in 1988, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said today in a
report. An estimated 40 percent of soybeans got the top ratings, down from 45
percent and also the lowest in 24 years for that date....
...Hot, dry weather also eroded the condition of spring wheat, a high-protein
variety of the grain that’s used to make bread and pasta, grown in the northern
Great Plains. Little or no rain has fallen in North Dakota, the biggest U.S.
wheat grower, in the past week, National Weather Service data show.
About 66 percent of spring wheat was rated good or excellent, down from 71
percent the prior week and 73 percent a year earlier, the USDA said...
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