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IL crops get some rain but still hurting
For the first time, rain amounts were above normal in Illinois but crops and livestock had another week of above normal temperatures. As of Sunday, 1 percent of the corn crop was harvested – 81 percent was at the dough stage, well ahead of last year and normal, according to the Illinois office of the National Ag Statistics Service. Seventy-four percent of corn is in poor to very poor condition. At the high end, only four percent of the crop is considered in good condition.
Ninety-seven percent of soybeans are blooming, slightly ahead of last year and average; more than 80 percent of beans are now setting pods. Sixty-two percent of the soybean crop is in poor to very poor shape. A third of the crop is fair, with nine percent good and 1 percent excellent.
Ninety-five percent of pastures are in poor to very poor shape.
2012-08-06 15:38:11
Source: http://brownfieldagnews.com/2012/08/06/il-crops-get-some-rain-but-still-hurting/
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