Scott Bugg, a district sales manager for AgriGold Hybrids, highlights that dryness has adversely affected crops across the state, with the northwestern region suffering the most. The USDA's latest report shows that 64% of corn and 63% of soybeans are rated good to excellent, with 91% of corn silking and 90% of soybeans blooming. Additionally, the third cutting of alfalfa is 45% complete, the second hay cutting is 80% complete, oats are 94% mature and 83% harvested, with topsoil moisture at 55% adequate to surplus and subsoil moisture at 44% adequate to surplus.