USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report

This article was originally posted at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Oct. 13. It was last updated at 3:43 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

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OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. soybean harvest rocketed past the halfway mark last week, propelled by well-ahead-of-normal progress across the Midwest and Upper Midwest, according to the USDA NASS weekly Crop Progress report released on Tuesday. The report was delayed from Monday due to the federal holiday.

NASS estimated that 61% of soybeans were harvested as of Sunday, Oct. 11, a leap of 23 percentage points from 38% the previous Sunday. That pushed this year's harvest progress to 19 percentage points ahead of the five-year average pace of 42%.

"Soybean harvest is over 80% complete in Minnesota, the Dakotas and Nebraska and is 78% complete in Iowa," said DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman.

The harvest continued to be aided by the crop reaching maturity ahead of normal, with 93% of the crop dropping leaves as of Sunday compared to the five-year average of 90%.

Soybean conditions dropped 1 percentage point to 63% good to excellent as of Sunday.

The corn harvest also gained momentum last week thanks to mostly favorable weather conditions, moving ahead 16 percentage points to reach 41% complete as of Sunday. That puts this year's current progress at 9 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 32%.

"Forty-two percent of the corn crop in Iowa was harvested, well ahead of its usual pace," Hultman said. "Illinois is 45% harvested, a little behind its usual pace. As usual, Texas leads all states at 81% harvested."

Corn reaching maturity was estimated at 94% as of Sunday, 7 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 87%. Corn condition was down 1 percentage point from the previous week at 61% good to excellent.

Winter wheat planting also continued its rapid pace last week, moving ahead another 16 percentage points to reach 68% complete as of Sunday, 7 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 61%. An estimated 41% of winter wheat had emerged, 6 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 21%.

"The top two winter-wheat-producing states of 2019, Kansas and Washington, were 74% and 79% planted, respectively," Hultman said. "Colorado is the furthest ahead, at 94% 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 Mature	94	87	69	87
Corn Harvested	41	25	20	32
Soybeans Dropping Leaves	93	85	81	90
Soybeans Harvested	61	38	23	42
Winter Wheat Planted	68	52	61	61
Winter Wheat Emerged	41	24	37	35
Cotton Bolls Opening	90	83	86	83
Cotton Harvested	26	17	30	27
Sorghum Mature	90	77	76	79
Sorghum Harvested	49	38	38	43
Rice Harvested	83	71	84	87

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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	46	15	4	9	25	48	14	4	11	30	44	11
Soybean	3	8	26	49	14	3	7	26	50	14	4	10	32	45	9
Cotton	12	18	30	31	9	10	17	33	32	8	4	17	41	30	8
Sorghum	5	12	33	38	12	5	12	32	40	11	1	6	28	51	14

Anthony Greder can be reached at anthony.greder@dtn.com

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