USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report

This article was originally posted at 3:07 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 14. It was last updated at 3:52 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 14.

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OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. corn and soybean conditions declined again last week as corn harvest got underway, according to the USDA NASS weekly Crop Progress report released on Monday.

NASS estimated that 60% of the nation's corn crop was in good-to-excellent condition as of Sunday, Sept. 13, down another 1 percentage point from 61% the previous week. The crop's current good-to-excellent rating is still tied for the fifth highest in the past 10 years. The portion of the crop rated very poor to poor rose by 1 point to 15%.

"Iowa corn condition was rated 43% good to excellent and 27% very poor to poor," said DTN Senior Analyst Dana Mantini. "The corn good-to-excellent rating for Nebraska was 61%, Illinois 72%, Minnesota 76% and Wisconsin 78%."

NASS estimated that 89% of corn was dented, 7 percentage points ahead of the average. Corn mature was estimated at 41%, 9 percentage points ahead of the five-year average.

In its first corn harvest report of the season, NASS estimated that 5% of the crop had been harvested as of Sunday, slightly ahead of 3% last year at the same time and equal to the five-year average.

The condition of soybeans also slipped slightly again last week. NASS estimated that 63% of the nation's soybean crop was in good-to-excellent condition as of Sept. 13, down 2 percentage points from the previous week. The crop's current good-to-excellent rating is the fourth highest in 10 years.

"Iowa soybeans were rated 48% good to excellent and 20% very poor to poor, while Nebraska's crop was rated 64% good to excellent and 15% very poor to poor," Mantini said. "Minnesota and Wisconsin soybeans are still highly rated at 77% and 79% good to excellent, respectively."

Soybeans dropping leaves jumped ahead 17 percentage points last week to reach 37% as of Sunday, 6 percentage points ahead of the five-year average.

Spring wheat harvest continued to make steady progress again last week, moving ahead another 10 percentage points to reach 92% complete as of Sunday, now equal to the five-year average.

"North Dakota spring wheat is 90% harvested, and Washington is now the slowest at 87%," said DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman.

Meanwhile, winter wheat planting was ahead of the normal pace, at 10% complete as of Sunday compared to the average of 8%.

"Washington is 44% planted, Colorado is at 30% and South Dakota is at 20% planted," Hultman said. "Kansas, the largest winter wheat producer, was 2% planted."

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To view weekly crop progress reports issued by National Ag Statistics Service offices in individual states, visit http://www.nass.usda.gov/…. Look for the U.S. map in the "Find Data and Reports by" section and choose the state you wish to view in the drop-down menu. Then look for that state's "Crop Progress & Condition" report.

National Crop Progress Summary
	This	Last	Last	5-Year
	Week	Week	Year	Avg.
Corn Dented	89	79	64	82
Corn Mature	41	25	16	32
Corn Harvested	5	NA	3	5
Soybeans Dropping Leaves	37	20	13	31
Spring Wheat Harvested	92	82	75	92
Winter Wheat Planted	10	5	6	8
Cotton Bolls Opening	47	37	51	45
Cotton Harvested	6	NA	8	8
Sorghum Coloring	85	74	75	81
Sorghum Mature	39	29	32	39
Sorghum Harvested	23	21	23	26
Barley Harvested	95	85	86	94
Rice Harvested	34	26	41	47

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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	25	46	14	5	9	25	46	15	4	10	31	44	11
Soybean	3	8	26	50	13	3	7	25	52	13	4	10	32	45	9
Cotton	7	20	28	36	9	11	16	28	36	9	3	14	42	34	7
Rice	1	4	23	56	16	1	3	18	61	17	1	5	25	47	22
Sorghum	6	11	31	40	12	6	11	34	37	12	1	6	28	51	14

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