This article was originally published at 3:05 p.m. CDT on Monday, July 14. It was last updated with additional information at 3:55 p.m. CDT on Monday, July 14.

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OMAHA (DTN) -- The condition of the U.S. corn crop remained steady last week while soybean conditions increased for the first time in several weeks, according to USDA NASS's weekly Crop Progress report released on Monday.

A slow-moving front is expected to bring widespread rainfall to the Corn Belt this week, though some areas like northern Indiana continue to experience dry conditions, according to DTN Ag Meteorologist John Baranick.

CORN

-- Crop development: Corn silking was pegged at 34%, 5 percentage points behind of last year's 39% but 1 percentage point ahead of the five-year average of 33%. Corn in the dough stage was estimated at 7%, steady with last year and slightly ahead of five-year average of 5%.

-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 74% of the crop was in good-to-excellent condition, unchanged from the previous week and 6 points ahead of last year's 68%. Five percent of the crop was rated very poor to poor, unchanged from the previous week and lower than 9% last year. The good-to-excellent rating for corn in Iowa is 85%, Illinois is 68% and Indiana is 62%.

SOYBEANS

-- Crop development: Soybeans blooming was pegged at 47%, 2 points behind last year's 49%, but consistent with the five-year average. Soybeans setting pods were estimated at 15%, 2 points behind last year's 17% and 1 point ahead of the five-year average of 14%.

-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 70% of soybeans were in good-to-excellent condition, up 4 percentage points from 66% the previous week and 2 percentage points ahead of last year's 68%. Five percent of soybeans were rated very poor to poor, 2 percentage points lower than 7% from the previous week and 3 percentage points below last year's 8%. Iowa soybeans remain at 79% good-to-excellent condition, while soybeans in Illinois jumped 6 percentage points to reach 60%.

WINTER WHEAT

-- Harvest progress: Harvest moved ahead 10 percentage points to reach 63% complete nationwide as of Sunday. That was 7 points behind of last year's 70% and 1 point behind of the five-year average pace of 64%. Kansas' winter wheat is 93% harvested, Illinois is 93% and Arkansas is 100% finished. Harvest in Montana has not yet started, with Idaho and Washington from 4% to 5% done.

SPRING WHEAT

-- Crop development: 78% of spring wheat was headed, 4 percentage points ahead of last year's 74% and 3 points ahead the five-year average of 75%.

-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 54% of the crop was in good-to-excellent condition nationwide, up 4 percentage points from 50% the previous week and 23 points down from 77% last year.

THE WEEK AHEAD IN WEATHER

Active weather will continue across most areas east of the Rockies this week, maintaining favorable growing conditions, though some regions like northern Indiana remain dry while the Pacific Northwest faces damaging hot and dry conditions for wheat crops, according to DTN Ag Meteorologist John Baranick.

"Finding weather issues for corn and soybeans are hard to do, but not impossible," Baranick said. "While some areas that were dry got rain last week, like northern Illinois, some areas like northern Indiana did not and remain dry.

"Yet again though, we've got another week of active weather east of the Rockies. A slow-moving front will bring widespread rainfall to the Corn Belt this week. Some areas of showers will occur from the Southern Plains to the Northeast and areas south from leftover 'garbage' from weeks prior and high humidity. And we might have to watch the Gulf for some close-in tropical storm development this week. All of that continues with the active weather pattern for most areas, generally keeping favorable weather conditions in play this week. Meanwhile, the Pacific Northwest stays awfully dry and generally hot, damaging to wheat, especially spring wheat as more of the crop heads out.

"We could start to see some changes this weekend in the Southern Plains, which continues into next week. Models are finally posting good chances for an upper-level ridge of high pressure to move into the Southern Plains and stall there through next week. Conditions underneath the ridge are generally hot and dry. That could start to impact Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri going into next week. If it continues to build northward, that would be a concern for more areas, so we'll have to pay close attention to this feature going forward."

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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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