date:Jul 18, 2012
Belt continued to tumble as of July 15. In Illinois, only 11 percent of the crop was rated good to excellent, down from 19 percent in the week ended July 8. A total of 56 percent of the crop was evaluated as very poor to poor, up from 48 percent in the previous week. In Indiana, only 8 percent of the crop was rated good to excellent in the week ended July 15, down from 12 percent in the previous week. A total of 71 percent of the Indiana corn crop was rated very poor to poor, up noticeably from