USDA released the weekly Crop Progress Report, the full report link can be found following this brief summary.
The national corn and soybean condition ratings both dipped slightly over the past week.
As of Sunday, USDA reports 75% of corn is in good to excellent condition, down 1% from the week before, but that is still well above this time last year. 78% of the crop is silking, compared to 67% a year ago and the five year average of 75%, while 17% is at the dough making stage, compared to 8% last year and 16% on average.
71% of soybeans are rated good to excellent, 2% less than a week ago, but 8% more than a year ago. 76% of soybeans are blooming, compared to 62% last year and 72% on average, with 38% at the pod setting stage, compared to 18% a year ago and 31% on average.
83% of the winter wheat crop is harvested, compared to 80% both last year and on average. 93% of spring wheat has headed, even with a year ago and the average pace, with 70% of the crop in good to excellent shape, unchanged, but with 1% moving from good up to excellent.
52% of U.S. pastures and rangelands are in good to excellent condition, down 1%.
For the full report click this link
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/CropProg/CropProg-07-28-2014.pdf