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Beans Crop Conditions Hold Steady

WASHINGTON - Aug 20/18 - SNS -- This year's dry edible bean crop remains in mostly good to excellent condition, judging from state level reports from the USDA.

Roughly 49% of the crop is rated good, 8% excellent, 27% fair, 7% poor and 2% very poor. As with previous weeks, conditions remain the worst in Colorado with 34% of the crop rated in poor or very poor condition.

In North Dakota, the most important producing state, crops are rated 48% good, 3% excellent, 36% fair, 11% poor and 2% very poor.

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