Source: FARM PROGRESS, 10/24/16

A fairly dry week allowed advances in the corn and soybean harvests, with the corn harvest at 61% one point behind the five-year average and the soybeans at 76% on par with the average. In its first winter wheat rating of the season, USDA put the crop at 59% good to excellent (48% good, 11% excellent), which is an improvement from last year’s 47% for the same week. 

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