date:Jul 24, 2013
rts of the Corn Belt. The rainfall would be occurring during the key pollination stage.
The soybean crop also advanced rapidly but still lagged the five-year average for some growth benchmarks. The U.S.D.A. said 46% of the crop was blooming in the 18 main soybean-growing states, up from 26% as of July 14 but below the five-year average of 59%. A total of 8% of the crop was setting pods as of July 21, behind the five-year average of 19%, the U.S.D.A. said.
Soybean conditions were rated 64% good