A recent crop report for Nebraska shows that corn and soybeans are progressing better than last year's crops.

A weekly report from the Nebraska Agricultural Statistics Service says corn conditions going into this week rated 6 percent poor or very poor, 19 percent fair, 56 percent good and 19 percent excellent. That's above last year's 74 percent good or excellent rating.

Irrigated fields rated 74 percent good or excellent -- well below last year. But dryland fields rated 80 percent good or excellent -- well above year-ago levels.

Soybean conditions rated 7 percent poor or very poor, 18 percent fair, 60 percent good and 15 percent excellent. That's well above last year's 67 percent good or excellent condition.