56% of Illinois corn rated poor-very poor

The latest weekly crop update shows crop conditions continue to deteriorate across the state.

Compiled by staff

Published: Jul 17, 2012

Corn silked has reached 93 percent, compared to 52 percent last year and the 5-year average of 53 percent. Corn in the dough stage was at 20 percent, compared to 3 percent last year and the 5-year average of 6 percent.

Corn conditions continued declining and were rated at 26 percent very poor, 30 percent poor, 33 percent fair, 10 percent good, and 1 percent excellent.

Seventy percent of the soybean crop is now blooming, compared to 37 percent last year and the 5-year average of 42 percent. Fifteen percent of the soybean crop has begun setting pods, compared to 7 percent last year and the
5-year average of 8 percent.

Soybean conditions were rated at 16 percent very poor, 25 percent poor, 42 percent fair, 16 percent good, and 1 percent excellent. Seventeen percent of the sorghum crop is now headed and 2 percent is coloring.

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