date:Aug 21, 2013
year average but up from 5% dented in the previous week, the U.S.D.A. said.
The good-to-excellent portion of the soybean crop as of Aug. 18 also deteriorated modestly in the latest week. The U.S.D.A. said 62% of the crop was rated good to excellent, down from 64% the previous week. A total of 10% of the crop was rated very poor to poor as of Aug. 18, up a percentage point from Aug. 11, the U.S.D.A. said.
A total of 72% of the soybean crop had reached the stage of setting pods as of Aug. 18, do