US corn crop status rating improved

Introduction: due to the more moderate crop growth environment last week, the US crop growth also performed well The status rating of corn, soybean and peanut has improved significantly, which is really amazing However, the ratings of spring wheat, oats, barley and rice did not increase but decreased According to the National Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (NASS) under the U.S Department of agriculture, 64% of all corn in the United States is rated good to excellent, and 60% of all soybeans are rated good to excellent, which respectively means 5 percentage points higher than last week's level The most significant areas of improvement in corn rating were North Carolina and Kentucky, with the best to best rating rate surging by 10 to 13 percentage points Iowa, the largest corn growing state, followed, with a 9 percent improvement in its status rating "It rained last week in Iowa, where 85 percent of the state's area rained more than an inch," Jay Johnson, a crop consultant in northeastern Iowa, told Doane agricultural consulting For the week, some isolated areas received more than eight inches of rainfall About 20% of the state's area may already have enough moisture to support corn's growth if the temperature is moderate for the rest of the year " An Indiana farmer praises the growth of his corn and soybean on a website "In my 43 years as a farmer, I don't remember a year when I could grow higher than this year Almost every piece of my land is more perfect than the picture." A full 22% of Indiana's corn is rated excellent.