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First Iowa corn rating released
May 22, 2017, 23:54 PM
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The first condition rating of the season for Iowa’s corn crop puts the crop at 12 percent excellent, 63 percent good, 22 percent fair and 3 percent poor to very poor.
As of Sunday, 92 percent of Iowa’s corn crop was planted, two days ahead of the five-year average. Corn emergence was 59 percent, four days behind last year.
Soybean planting reached 62 percent complete and 15 percent of soybeans had emerged.
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