USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report
Corn 8% Harvested, Soybeans 6% Harvested
This article was originally posted at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 21. It was last updated at 3:36 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 21.
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OMAHA (DTN) -- After starting out ahead of normal, the U.S. corn harvest fell slightly behind the five-year average by the end of last week, according to the USDA NASS weekly Crop Progress report released on Monday.
NASS estimated that, as of Sunday, Sept. 20, 8% of U.S. corn had been harvested, 2 percentage points behind the average pace of 10%. This was despite corn development continuing to run ahead of average with 95% of the crop dented, ahead of the average of 90%, and 59% of the crop mature, 10 percentage points ahead of the average of 49%.
"Texas corn was 69% harvested and Midwestern states are just getting started," noted DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman.
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NASS estimated that 61% of the corn crop was in good-to-excellent condition as of Sunday, up 1 percentage point from 60% the previous week.
"In general, crop ratings get less attention this time of year after the September WASDE report already provided a yield estimate based on field data," Hultman said.
In its first soybean harvest report of the season, NASS estimated that 6% of the crop was harvested as of Sunday, ahead of 2% last year and equal to the five-year average. Like corn, soybean development continued ahead of normal with 59% of the crop dropping leaves, 9 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 50%.
"Ten percent of soybeans in Nebraska were harvested, and 7% of Minnesota and Iowa soybeans were harvested, leading most other Midwestern states," Hultman said.
The condition of soybeans remained unchanged at 63% good-to-excellent.
Spring wheat harvest inched toward completion last week, moving ahead 4 percentage points to reach 96% complete as of Sunday, still equal to the five-year average.
Meanwhile, winter wheat planting continued to run slightly ahead of the normal pace, at 20% complete as of Sunday compared to the average of 19%. Three percent of winter wheat had emerged, 1 percentage point ahead of the five-year average of 2%.
"Kansas is 14% done planting winter wheat, while Nebraska is 40% planted -- slightly below the average," noted DTN Senior Analyst Dana Mantini.
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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 | 95 | 89 | 76 | 90 |
Corn Mature | 59 | 41 | 26 | 49 |
Corn Harvested | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
Soybeans Dropping Leaves | 59 | 37 | 29 | 50 |
Soybeans Harvested | 6 | NA | 2 | 6 |
Spring Wheat Harvested | 96 | 92 | 84 | 96 |
Winter Wheat Planted | 20 | 10 | 18 | 19 |
Winter Wheat Emerged | 3 | NA | 2 | 2 |
Cotton Bolls Opening | 57 | 47 | 61 | 55 |
Cotton Harvested | 11 | 6 | 10 | 10 |
Sorghum Coloring | 92 | 85 | 87 | 89 |
Sorghum Mature | 51 | 39 | 40 | 48 |
Sorghum Harvested | 27 | 23 | 25 | 29 |
Rice Harvested | 47 | 34 | 55 | 59 |
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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 | 9 | 25 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 46 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 46 | 11 |
Soybean | 3 | 7 | 27 | 51 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 50 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 45 | 9 |
Cotton | 9 | 18 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 42 | 32 | 7 |
Rice | 1 | 4 | 21 | 56 | 18 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 56 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 47 | 22 |
Sorghum | 5 | 11 | 33 | 40 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 31 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 51 | 14 |
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