The latest USDA Crop Condition Report for Kansas shows that fall crops are doing well heading into the fall harvest season. Corn conditions in the state rated 8-percent excellent, 36 good, 28 fair, 17 poor and 11-percent very poor. Locally, Great Bend COOP Seed Manager Jeff Mauler says the crop remains in pretty good shape.

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The USDA report also indicated that 36-percent of the crop was mature, ahead of the 28-percent a year ago and the 21-percent average with just 6-percent of the crop harvested. Mauler expects that to change once things dry out.

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Soybean condition rated 4-percent very poor, 11 poor, 36 fair, 41 good, and 8 excellent while Sorghum condition rated 2 percent very poor, 6 poor, 26 fair, 52 good, and 14-percent excellent.