Nebraska’s corn crop is off to a great start.
The first official rating of the season puts the crop at 83 percent good to excellent, 16 percent fair and only one percent poor. Eighty-one percent of the crop has emerged, eight points better than the five-year average.
Soybean planting was 87 percent complete, with 53 percent emerged, both well ahead of average.
The state’s winter wheat rating continued to improve, with 67 percent of the crop called good to excellent and 25 percent fair.
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