This article was originally published at 3:06 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 10. It was last updated with additional information at 3:40 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 10.

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OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn condition ratings were unchanged for the second consecutive week while soybean ratings declined slightly, according to USDA NASS's weekly Crop Progress report released Monday.

A busy week of showers and thunderstorms is expected across much of the Corn Belt, while hot and dry conditions threaten crops in the South-Central states, according to DTN Ag Meteorologist John Baranick.

CORN

-- Crop development: Corn silking was pegged at 94%, 1 percentage point ahead of both last year and the five-year average of 93%. Corn in the dough stage was estimated at 61%, 5 percentage points ahead of last year's 56% and 6 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 55%. Corn dented was estimated at 16%, 3 percentage points ahead of last year's 13% and 4 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 12%.

-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 61% of the crop was in good-to-excellent condition, steady with the previous week and 11 percentage points below last year's 72%. Fourteen percent of the crop was rated very poor to poor, equal to the previous week and 7 percentage points above the previous year's 7%. Iowa's corn crop was rated 78% good to excellent, compared with 66% in Indiana, 61% in Illinois and 47% in Kansas.

SOYBEANS

-- Crop development: Soybeans blooming was pegged at 93%, 3 percentage points ahead of last year's 90% and 2 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 91%. Soybeans setting pods were estimated at 74%, 5 percentage points ahead of both last year and the five-year average of 69%.

-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 62% of soybeans that had emerged were in good-to-excellent condition, 1 percentage point below the previous week's 63% and 6 percentage points below the previous year's 68%. Soybean condition ratings were 77% good to excellent in Iowa, 59% in Illinois, 55% in South Dakota and 31% in North Dakota.

WINTER WHEAT

-- Harvest progress: Harvest moved ahead 5 percentage points last week to reach 91% complete nationwide as of Sunday. That was 2 percentage points ahead of last year's 89% and steady with the five-year average. Winter wheat harvest is nearing completion, with 95% harvested in South Dakota, 97% in Nebraska, 85% in Oregon, 67% in Washington and 50% in Montana among some of the remaining states.

SPRING WHEAT

-- Harvest progress: Spring wheat harvest jumped ahead 19 percentage points last week to reach 24% complete as of Sunday. That was 10 percentage points ahead of last year's pace of 14% and 5 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 19%. Spring wheat harvest is furthest along in South Dakota at 65% complete, followed by Washington at 30% and Minnesota at 28%.

-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 51% of the crop was in good-to-excellent condition nationwide, down 4 percentage points from the previous week's 55%.

THE WEEK AHEAD IN WEATHER

Much of the Corn Belt could see frequent rain and thunderstorms this week, while heat and dryness create stress for crops farther south, according to DTN Ag Meteorologist John Baranick.

"It appears to be a busy week across the Corn Belt as the weather pattern is really setting up to bring round after round of showers and thunderstorms to the vast majority of the primary croplands," Baranick said. "A big upper-level trough over Hudson Bay will provide periodic disturbances and energy while a big upper-level ridge across the South will provide the heat and humidity. A stalled front and those disturbances will ride between the two big features and create daily showers and thunderstorms from the Dakotas and Nebraska through the Ohio Valley, a setup that we expected to see more of during this El Nino summer. While that may produce some good rainfall, it may also produce frequent severe weather, and we'll have to monitor that closely throughout the week. Temperatures across the vast majority of the Corn Belt will be mild this week as well, keeping stresses low for those that don't see much precipitation.

"While this is overall good news for the Corn Belt, it's not so great for those in the South-Central states. The upper-level ridge will be the strongest there, making for some rather hot and dry conditions this week, being very stressful for filling crops in those areas. That may include southern Corn Belt states like Kansas, Missouri, southern Illinois and at least western Kentucky, Tennessee and the rest of the Delta region as well."

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To view weekly crop progress reports issued by National Ag Statistics Service offices in individual states, visit http://www.nass.usda.gov/…. Look for the U.S. map in the "Find Data and Reports by" section and choose the state you wish to view in the drop-down menu. Then look for that state's "Crop Progress & Condition" report.

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Editor's Note: How are your crops looking? Are they better, worse or right on track with USDA NASS' observations this week? Send us your comments, and we'll include them in next week's Crop Progress report story. You can email comments to talk@dtn.com. Please include the location of where you farm.

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National Crop Progress Summary
	This	Last	Last	5-Year
	Week	Week	Year	Avg.
Corn silking	94	90	93	93
Corn dough	61	43	56	55
Corn dent	16	6	13	12
Soybeans blooming	93	88	90	91
Soybeans setting pods	74	62	69	69
Winter wheat harvested	91	86	89	91
Spring wheat harvested	24	5	14	19
Cotton squaring	93	88	92	93
Cotton setting bolls	65	55	64	67
Cotton bolls opening	10	4	8	9
Sorghum headed	61	52	63	65
Sorghum coloring	31	28	28	28
Oats harvested	63	48	53	55
Barley harvested	27	7	16	22
Rice headed	87	77	84	80
Rice harvested	14	9	10	9
Peanuts pegging	94	90	94	93

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National Crop Condition Summary
(VP=Very Poor; P=Poor; F=Fair; G=Good; E=Excellent)
	VP	P	F	G	E
Corn
This Week	4	10	25	48	13
Prev Week	4	10	25	48	13
Prev Year	2	5	21	52	20
DTN 5-Yr Avg	5	10	26	46	13
Soybeans
This Week	2	8	28	51	11
Prev Week	2	7	28	52	11
Prev Year	2	5	25	53	15
DTN 5-Yr Avg	4	10	28	47	11
Spring Wheat
This Week	3	13	33	44	7
Prev Week	2	10	33	48	7
Prev Year	5	13	33	44	5
DTN 5-Yr Avg	8	16	29	40	7
Rice
This Week	1	3	25	55	16
Prev Week	0	4	25	56	15
Prev Year	0	3	21	54	22
DTN 5-Yr Avg	1	3	22	58	17
Oats
This Week	8	16	30	40	6
Prev Week	8	16	29	41	6
Prev Year	8	10	24	49	9
DTN 5-Yr Avg	7	9	30	48	6
Barley
This Week	1	7	42	38	12
Prev Week	2	8	44	38	8
Prev Year	3	14	40	41	2
DTN 5-Yr Avg	1	7	39	48	4
Peanuts
This Week	1	6	29	56	8
Prev Week	1	6	29	55	9
Prev Year	0	3	23	61	13
DTN 5-Yr Avg	2	8	32	51	7
Cotton
This Week	6	16	38	33	7
Prev Week	5	15	38	34	8
Prev Year	7	11	29	43	10
DTN 5-Yr Avg	12	17	30	34	6

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