LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – More cool weather and rain have hampered
crop development Nebraska.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture weekly crop report said
Monday that many low-lying fields along rivers and creeks are
saturated or covered by water.
Seventy-nine percent of Nebraska’s corn crop was rated in in
good to excellent condition, compared with 81 percent last year at
this time and the historical average of 77 percent.
Eighty percent of the state’s soybean crop was rated in good to
excellent condition.
The wheat crop condition was rated at 56 percent good to
excellent – well below last year’s figure of 71 percent good to
excellent.