date:Aug 28, 2013
rop in the 18 major states was rated 59% good to excellent as of Aug. 25, the U.S.D.A. said, down from 61% the previous week. The crop was rated 27% fair and 14% very poor to poor, compared with 26% fair and 13% very poor to poor the previous week. Like the soybean crop, the 2013 corn crop was in significantly better shape as of Aug. 25 than the same date in 2012, when 22% was rated good to excellent, 26% was fair and a majority of the crop (52%) was rated very poor to poor.
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