The standout was Iowa, the country’s biggest corn-producing state, which came in at 83pc cent good-to-excellent, down three points across the week. Kansas and Ohio, the sixth and eighth-largest producing states, respectively, came in at the lower end of the rating range. Kansas was rated at 55pc good-to-excellent, also down three points compared to the previous week. The rating dip was much larger in Ohio, falling from 66pc on June 12 to 58pc a week later.
