date:Sep 18, 2013
The 2013 corn harvest was 4 percent complete as of Sept. 15 in the 18 major states, below the 2008-2012 average of 10 percent, the US Department of Agriculture said in its Crop Progress report released yesterday.
The crop continued to make progress in its development but lagged several key five-year averages, continuing to show effects of late planting because of excessive rains in much of the Corn Belt earlier in the season.
The USDA said 22 percent of the corn crop was mature as of Sept. 15,