date:Aug 21, 2013
The portion of the corn crop in the 18 major states rated good to excellent as of Aug. 18 deteriorated by three percentage points compared to the previous week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its latest Crop Progress report.
The segment of the crop rated very poor to poor gained two percentage points in the latest week as well, the U.S.D.A. said.
A total of 61% of the crop was rated good to excellent as of Aug. 18, down from 64% the previous week, while 13% of the crop was rated ve