The U-S-D-A crop report shows Iowa’s corn crop is rated at 58 percent good to excellent — a slight drop from last week’s 61 percent rating.  The soybean condition was also rated at 58 percent good to excellent — down from 60 percent the week before. Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig says things could have been a lot worse if not for some rain that helped in some of the dry areas. Things still remain very dry in areas of the state, and overall Naig says we are still behind.

Naig also noted that some farmers are still trying to recover from last year’s derecho damage.