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Crop condition ratings fall as Iowa stays dry

Expanding dryness is evident in the latest weekly crop report for Iowa.

USDA says with just isolated rain showers the past seven days, nearly 60 percent of subsoil statewide is now conserved short to very short.

Dry conditions did allow farmers to finish up soybean planting, spray crops, and cut hay.

Corn considered good to excellent fell to 70 percent with emergence at 98 percent.

Soybeans are 66 percent good to excellent with 95 percent emerged.

The first cutting of alfalfa is progressing about two weeks faster than average at 91 percent complete.

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