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Corn condition rated 0% very poor, 1% poor, 20% fair, 64% good, and 15% excellent. Corn silking was 59%, behind 67% last year and 69% average. Dough was 7%, equal to both last year and average.

Soybean condition rated 0% very poor, 3% poor, 34% fair, 54% good, and 9% excellent. Soybeans blooming was 86%, equal to last year, and near 84% for the five-year average. Setting pods was 38%, behind 55% last year and 52% average.

Spring wheat condition rated 0% very poor, 1% poor, 19% fair, 67% good, and 13% excellent. Spring wheat headed was 95%, near 99% both last year and average. Coloring was 33%, well behind 81% last year and 74% average. Mature was 4%, well behind 38% last year, and behind 21% average.

Canola condition rated 0% very poor, 2% poor, 30% fair, 63% good, and 5% excellent. Canola coloring was 31%, well behind 53% last year, and behind 49% average.

Sugarbeet condition rated 5% very poor, 8% poor, 37% fair, 45% good, and 5% excellent.

Winter wheat condition rated 0% very poor, 1% poor, 13% fair, 72% good, and 14% excellent. Winter wheat coloring was 90%, near 94% both last year and average. Mature was 49%, well behind 77% last year and 70% average. Harvested was 18%, behind 29% last year, and near 22% average.


In Minnesota, Corn silking was at 75 percent, 5 days behind the 5-year average. Corn dough reached 13 percent. Corn condition was 2 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 30 percent fair, 52 percent good, and 11 percent excellent. Soybeans blooming or beyond reached 81 percent, 5 days behind average. Soybeans setting pods reached 36 percent. Soybean condition was 1 percent very poor, 4 percent poor, 29 percent fair, 55 percent good, and 11 percent excellent.

Oats were 98 percent headed, 75 percent coloring, and 16 percent harvested. Oat condition was 1 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 30 percent fair, 53 percent good, and 11 percent excellent. Spring wheat was 100 percent headed and 45 percent coloring. Spring wheat condition was 0 percent very poor, 0 percent poor, 18 percent fair, 74 percent good, and 8 percent excellent. Barley was 98 percent headed, 48 percent coloring, and 4 percent harvested. Barley condition was 0 percent very poor, 1 percent poor, 31 percent fair, 62 percent good, and 6 percent excellent.