date:Jul 18, 2012
61 percent in the previous week, the USDA said. In Ohio, 19 percent of the crop was deemed good to excellent, down from 28 percent in the previous week, while 47 percent was rated very poor to poor, up from 36 percent a week earlier, the USDA said.
Iowa still had 36 percent of its corn crop rated as good to excellent in the latest week, down from 46 percent as of July 8. A total of 27 percent was in very poor to poor condition in the latest report, up from 18 percent the prior week. Although w