date:Jul 26, 2012
t in more than 50 years.
The US Department of Agriculture said that in 18 major corn growing states, a total of 26 percent of the crop was rated good to excellent during the week of July 22, down 31 percent from the previous week. The proportion of the crop that was very poor to poor surged to 45 percent, up from 38 percent from the previous week. In the comparable year-ago period, 62 percent of the crop was rated good to excellent and only 14 percent was very poor to poor.
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