The extreme hot temperatures and little rainfall from last week had a negative impact on the region’s crop conditions.  According to the weekly crop condition update as issued by the U-S Department of Agriculture, the corn crop across the corn belt deteriorated by as much as three percent from the previous week’s report.  Specifically, the Iowa corn crop is listed as 93 percent silking which is a couple of percentage points behind last year and the five-year average.  Iowa’s corn crop is listed as one percent very poor, five percent poor, 21 percent is in fair condition, 57 percent of the state’s corn crop is in good condition, and 16 percent is listed as being in excellent condition.  Topsoil moisture in the Hawkeye state is 20 percent very short, 30 percent as short, 48 percent as having adequate moisture, and two percent is listed as having a surplus moisture within the topsoil.  In Nebraska, 91 percent of the corn is in the silking stage.  11 percent of the state’s corn is considered very poor, 12 percent of Nebraska’s corn is poor, 27 percent is in fair condition, 40 percent is good, and ten percent of the Nebraska corn is excellent.  74 percent of Nebraska’s topsoil is either very short or short.  26 percent is listed as having adequate levels of moisture, and zero percent as having a surplus.  South Dakota’s corn crop is now 89 percent silking which is lagging behind last year’s rate and the five-year average.  The South Dakota corn crop is thought to be five percent in very poor condition, 13 percent poor, 23 percent as fair, 49 percent is good, and ten percent as listed in excellent condition.  Topsoil moisture levels in South Dakota indicate either you have sufficient moisture, or you don’t.  23 percent of the state of South Dakota is very short on moisture levels, while 25 percent is short.  Otherwise, nearly half of the state, 48 percent, has adequate levels of moisture, and just four percent has surplus moisture levels.  Minnesota has 90 percent of their corn silking.  In terms of the condition of the corn crop in Minnesota, three percent is very poor, six percent is poor, 21 percent is fair, 51 percent is considered in good condition, and eleven percent is thought to be in excellent condition.  Topsoil levels in Minnesota include: nine percent very short, 19 percent short, 63 percent as having adequate moisture, and nine percent with a surplus.