1.   Conditions are dry as both crops enter crucial stages, particularly corn.

2.   Conditions are dry as both crops enter crucial stages.

3.   Supplies are strong, and bumper crops are entering the pipeline.

4.   The corn crop will be entering the pollination period, when high temperatures can be damaging.

5.   The dry weather comes at a time when the crop is entering the pollination stage, crucial to its development.

6.   Though the crop entered its dormant stage in excellent condition, the severe weather renewed concern that hard red wheat fields not blanketed by snow will be harmed.

7.   Unlike last year, when a long drought damaged wheat crops in the Plains, the winter wheat crop entered its dormant stage in excellent condition.

8.   He said soybean futures still have potential for strong gains because the crop is now entering its most critical development stage, when seed pods are filled with beans.

9.   Prices were up Monday on fears a heat wave would settle in the Midwest just as corn crops entered the pollination stage.