The nation’s corn and soybean harvest continued to run at a near-average pace last week, with 10% of corn harvested compared to the five-year average of 9%, and soybeans 6% harvested, equal to the five-year average, as of Sunday, Sept. 19, USDA NASS said in its weekly Crop Progress report on Monday.
U.S. corn condition was rated 59% good to excellent, up 1 percentage point from 58% the previous week. Soybean condition was rated 58% good to excellent, up 1 percentage point from the previous week’s 57%.
Corn dented was 93% and corn mature was 57%. Soybeans dropping leaves were 58%.
Winter wheat planting was 21%, ahead of the five-year average of 18%. Three percent of the crop was emerged compared to the average of 2%.
National Crop Progress Summary | ||||
This | Last | Last | 5-Year | |
Week | Week | Year | Avg. | |
Corn Dented | 93 | 87 | 94 | 89 |
Corn Mature | 57 | 37 | 56 | 47 |
Corn Harvested | 10 | 4 | 8 | 9 |
Soybeans Dropping Leaves | 58 | 38 | 56 | 48 |
Soybeans Harvested | 6 | NA | 5 | 6 |
Winter Wheat Planted | 21 | 12 | 19 | 18 |
Winter Wheat Emerged | 3 | NA | 3 | 2 |
Cotton Bolls Opening | 48 | 36 | 56 | 53 |
Cotton Harvested | 9 | 5 | 10 | 11 |
Sorghum Coloring | 92 | 83 | 91 | 88 |
Sorghum Mature | 51 | 39 | 49 | 46 |
Sorghum Harvested | 25 | 21 | 26 | 28 |
Rice Harvested | 51 | 40 | 45 | 56 |
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National Crop Condition Summary | |||||||||||||||||
(VP=Very Poor; P=Poor; F=Fair; G=Good; E=Excellent) | |||||||||||||||||
This Week | Last Week | Last Year | |||||||||||||||
VP | P | F | G | E | VP | P | F | G | E | VP | P | F | G | E | |||
Corn | 5 | 10 | 26 | 45 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 44 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 47 | 14 | ||
Soybeans | 4 | 10 | 28 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 51 | 12 | ||
Cotton | 1 | 7 | 28 | 51 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 50 | 14 | 9 | 18 | 28 | 35 | 10 | ||
Sorghum | 4 | 11 | 29 | 46 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 29 | 47 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 33 | 40 | 11 | ||
Rice | 1 | 2 | 21 | 61 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 59 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 56 | 18 |
View all of the USDA data firsthand here: https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/8336h188j/vx022d38r/p5548r56w/prog3921.pdf
Clay Patton has the full report here: