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Condition ratings fall in Arkansas

A lack of soil moisture is pulling condition ratings lower in Arkansas.

The USDA says 54% of the corn crop is called good to excellent, 8% less than last week, with silking nearly complete, dough making and denting behind schedule, and maturity matching the five-year average.

62% of soybeans are rated good to excellent, 7% lower, with emergence over for the season and blooming and pod setting close to normal.

64% of cotton is in good to excellent shape, a decline of 9%, with squaring and boll setting both slower than the respective typical paces.

65% of rice is reported as good to excellent, up 1%, with 19% of the crop headed, compared to 33% on average.

74% of peanuts are in good to excellent condition, a drop of 10%, with 89% pegging, compared to the usual rate of 93%.

Just 34% of livestock in Arkansas are in good to excellent condition, 11% below a week ago, and 75% of pastures are in poor to very poor shape.