LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Growing conditions are improving in Nebraska as more normal temperatures return, but some areas have had problems with hail and grasshoppers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued its weekly update on the state’s crops on Monday. The USDA says some recent rain storms brought hail that damaged crops in the eastern end of the state. And grasshoppers remain a concern in parts of western Nebraska. But the state’s two main crops appear to be in pretty good shape. About 78 percent of the corn crop rated in good or excellent condition at the end of last week. And about 79 percent of the soybean crop was in good or excellent condition.