54% of corn and soybeans rated good to excellent

54% of corn and soybeans rated good to excellent

Dry conditions continued in Indiana last week.

According to the latest USDA crop progress and condition report, 54 percent of the corn crop is in good to excellent condition. Eighty-eight percent of the crop is in the dough stage and 37 percent dented. Two percent of the state’s corn crop is mature.

Fifty-four percent of soybeans are in good to excellent condition, with 90 percent setting pods.

Seventy-six percent of third-crop alfalfa hay is cut, while 92 percent of second-crop other hay, and 37 percent third-crop other hay is harvested.

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