Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- With a lack of prolonged spring heat and a very wet July, the Illinois corn and soybean crops are faring well.
According to the latest United States Department of Agriculture survey, the soybean crop condition was rated 21 percent fair, 53 percent good and 17 percent excellent. USDA Statistician Mark Schleusener says corn is in even better shape.
There is news of a new use of corn. Cameron Rylance of Bluestem Biosciences told the Illinois Corn Growers Association that they have uncovered a technology that could boost corn demand by over a billion bushels.
Illinois is the second leading corn producing state in the country.
Story from Illinois Radio Network
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