date:Aug 14, 2013
verage of 17% for the date, the U.S.D.A. said. Ninety-four per cent of the crop was silking, near the 95% average for the date.
The condition of the crop remained steady compared to the previous week. The U.S.D.A. said 64% of the crop was in good-to-excellent condition in the 18 major states as of Aug. 11, 25% was rated fair and 11% was very poor to poor, identical ratings as the previous week and in sharp contrast to a year ago when 23% of the crop was good to excellent and 51% was poor to ver