According to USDA, corn silking and soybean blooming progress has remained ahead of historical seasonal figures through the week ending Jul 15^th while good-to-excellent crop conditions remained above five year average figures. Corn: Corn silking as of the week ending Jul 15^th was 63% complete, finishing significantly ahead of last year’s pace of 37% and the five year average pace of 37%. A total of 72% of the corn crop was in good or excellent condition as of the week ending Jul 15^th, down three percent from the previous week. Nine percent of the corn crop was identified as in poor or very poor condition, up two percent from the previous week. The current seasonal good-to-excellent corn conditions remained slightly above the five year average of 70.2% but finished below the good-to-excellent conditions experienced throughout 2014 and 2016. Soybeans: Soybean bloomings as of the week ending Jul 15^th were 65% complete, finishing significantly ahead of last year’s pace of 49% and the five year average pace of 45%. 26% of the soybean crop has set pods as of the week ending Jul 15^th, finishing significantly ahead of last year’s pace of 15% and the five year average pace of 11%. A total of 69% of the soybean crop was in good or excellent condition as of the week ending Jul 15^th, down two percent from the previous week. Eight percent of the soybean crop was identified as in poor or very poor condition, up one percent from the previous week. The current seasonal good-to-excellent soybean conditions remained above the five year average of 66.2% but finished below the good-to-excellent conditions experienced throughout 2014 and 2016.