The USDA has boosted it's condition rating for soybeans but left it's corn rating the same as a week ago.
Soybeans are up 2 points at 63 per cent good to excellent, corn is steady at 68 per cent.
For corn, that's 6 points below a year ago.
For soybeans, 8 points below.
The USDA says 10 per cent of the U-S corn crop has been harvested - 5 points behind the five year average.
7 per cent of the soybeans are off - same as the five year average.
And the USDA reports 19 per cent of the American winter wheat crop has now been planted - just one point behind the five year average for this time of the year.
