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U-S Corn, Soybean And Wheat Conditions Holding Steady

No change in the condition of the U-S corn crop this week, soybeans dropped a point while the winter wheat crop improved by a point.

The USDA has corn at 75 per cent good to excellent, 7 points better than a year ago.

Soybeans are 72 per cent good to excellent, 9 points ahead of last year.

And the winter wheat rating of 62 per cent good to excellent is 21 points better than last year.

The U-S spring wheat is 72 per cent good to excellent - down 4 points on the week but the same as it was last year.

The winter wheat harvest is 45 per cent completed.

That's 4 points ahead of the five year average and 12 points better than it was at this time last year.

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