date:Sep 18, 2013
ticipants remained concerned that a possible early freeze may damage a soybean crop that was being harvested a couple of weeks later than normal.
The USDA said 26 percent of the crop had dropped its leaves in the 18 major states, down from 35 percent as the five-year average. The percentage of the crop that had dropped its leaves as of Sept. 15 ranged widely by state, with as little as 6 percent dropped in North Carolina to as much as 70 percent dropped in Louisiana. Only 7 percent of the crop