date:Aug 28, 2013
ybean crop conditions lost the most ground in the latest week: four percentage points in the good-to-excellent category in the 18 major states, compared with the previous week. The corn crop deteriorated by two percentage points in the 18 major corn growing states, the U.S.D.A. said.
A total of 58% of the soybean crop was rated good to excellent as of Aug. 25, down from 62% in the previous week. A total of 29% of the crop was rated fair, up from 28% a week earlier, and 13% was rated very poor t