Dry weather continues to take a toll on the state’s row crops, as crop conditions worsen.

The corn crop was reported to be 26-percent very poor, 21-percent poor, 26-percent fair, 22- percent good, and only 5-percent excellent.

By Sunday, 95-percent of the corn crop had dented, behind 97-percent the previous year but ahead of 93-percent for the 5-year average. 57-percent had reached maturity, behind 2010 at 67-percent, but ahead of the 5-year average of 54 percent.

Kansas corn producers have harvested 22-percent of the crop for grain, behind 26-percent last year, but ahead of the 5-year average of 16-percent. Producers in the southeast district have harvested 82-percent of their crop.

95-percent of the soybean crop had set pods, compared to 96-percent in 2010 and the 5-year average of 99-percent. Leaves are dropping on 13-percent of the soybean acreage, behind 18-percent last year and 23-percent for the 5-year average.

Soybean condition declined to 24-percent very poor, 27-percent poor, 23-percent fair, 21- percent good, and 5-percent excellent.

The sorghum crop continues to be about a week behind last year and the average, as 11-percent of the acreage still had not headed by Sunday, compared to the average of 2-percent left to head and last year’s crop which was fully headed by now.

Fifty-one percent of the crop has turned color, well behind 82-percent for the previous year and the 5-year average of 70-percent.

5-percent of the sorghum has matured, compared to 18-percent last year and 12-percent for the 5-year average. The condition was rated as 25-percent very poor, 23-percent poor, 28-percent fair, 19-percent good, and 5-percent excellent.

Kansas winter wheat farmers are in need of moisture as they have only planted 3-percent of the crop, compared to 4-percent for both last year and the 5-year average.

Only 5-percent of the cotton crop has yet to set bolls as of Sunday, while 25-percent of the crop had bolls opening, behind 29-percent in 2010, but the ahead of the 5-year average of 15-percent.

The cotton condition was reported to be 19-percent very poor, 18-percent poor, 39-percent fair, 21-percent good, and 3-percent excellent.

65-percent of the sunflower crop had ray flowers dried, ahead of 55-percent last year and 59-percent for the 5-year average.

40-percent of the crop had turned yellow, ahead of 20-percent last year and 28-percent for the 5-year average, while 12-percent have already turned brown, compared to none last year and 1-percent for the 5-year average.

The condition of the crop was rated 5-percent very poor, 13-percent poor, 35-percent fair, 41- percent good, and 6-percent excellent.

The third cutting of alfalfa was 93-percent complete, behind 2010 at 100-percent and the 5-year average of 99-percent, while the fourth cutting was 36 percent complete as of Sunday, well behind 62-percent last year and 51-percent for the 5-year average.