USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report

This article was originally posted at 3:05 p.m. CDT on Monday, June 6. It was last updated at 3:59 p.m. CDT on Monday, June 6.

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OMAHA (DTN) -- The pace of corn planting slowed last week, but nevertheless, farmers were able to push this year's planting progress ahead of the five-year average, USDA NASS said in its weekly Crop Progress report on Monday.

CORN

-- Planting progress: 94% nationwide as of Sunday, June 5, up 8 percentage points from the previous week. Current progress is now 2 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 92%.

-- Notable states for planting: North Dakota's corn is now 81% planted, up from 56% last week. Minnesota is 93% planted, up from 82% last week. Pennsylvania now shows the slowest progress, at 79% planted.

-- Crop development: 78% of corn was emerged nationwide as of Sunday, up 17 percentage points from the previous week and just 3 percentage points behind the five-year average of 81%.

-- Crop condition: 73% of corn was rated in good-to-excellent condition, near last year's rating at the same time of 72% good to excellent and near the higher end of a 12-year range that has spanned from 63% to 79% for the crop's initial rating of the season.

SOYBEANS

-- Planting progress: 78% nationwide as of Sunday, up 12 percentage points from the previous week, and just 1 percentage point behind the five-year average of 79%.

-- Notable states for planting: North Dakota was 41% planted, up from 23% last week. Minnesota was 72% planted, up from 55% last week.

-- Crop development: 56% of soybeans had emerged nationwide as of Sunday, 3 percentage points behind the five-year average.

WINTER WHEAT

-- Crop development: 79% of the winter wheat crop was headed nationwide as of Sunday, 5 percentage points behind the five-year average of 84%.

-- Harvest progress: 5% of winter wheat was harvested as of Sunday, ahead of 2% last year, but 1 percentage point behind the five-year average of 6%. Texas made the most progress at 36% harvested. North Carolina, Oklahoma and Arkansas showed some activity at 17%, 15% and 15% harvested, respectively.

-- Crop condition: 30% of winter wheat was rated good to excellent, up 1 percentage point from the previous week but 20 percentage points behind last year's rating at this time of 50% good to excellent.

SPRING WHEAT

-- Planting progress: 82% of the spring wheat crop was planted as of Sunday, up 9 percentage points from the previous week, but down 15 percentage points from the five-year average. "Minnesota's spring wheat planting increased from 53% to 65% over the week, while North Dakota's progress increased from 59% to 74%," said DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman. "The final planting date for spring wheat crop insurance in northern North Dakota was Sunday, June 5, but planting can continue with incremental penalties."

-- Crop development: 55% of spring wheat has emerged, 28 percentage points behind the five-year average of 83%.

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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 Planted	94	86	98	92
Corn Emerged	78	61	89	81
Soybeans Planted	78	66	89	79
Soybeans Emerged	56	39	74	59
Cotton Planted	84	68	70	76
Cotton Squaring	11	7	9	10
Winter Wheat Headed	79	72	84	84
Winter Wheat Harvested	5	NA	2	6
Spring Wheat Planted	82	73	99	97
Spring Wheat Emerged	55	42	89	83
Sorghum Planted	56	40	50	55
Oats Planted	94	88	99	97
Oats Emerged	80	71	94	91
Oats Headed	26	NA	36	33
Barley Planted	91	85	98	97
Barley Emerged	73	62	86	84
Rice Emerged	89	79	90	89

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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	1	3	23	61	12		NA	NA	NA	NA	NA		1	4	23	58	14
Winter Wheat	23	17	30	26	4		23	17	31	25	4		5	13	32	42	8
Sorghum	5	11	38	43	3		NA	NA	NA	NA	NA		1	2	23	66	8
Cotton	2	13	37	43	5		3	15	38	40	4		1	14	39	41	5
Rice	-	2	26	57	15		-	2	27	57	14		-	1	24	62	13
Oat	12	10	23	47	8		13	10	26	45	6		5	13	36	39	7
Barley	3	16	35	38	8		2	12	40	38	8		6	12	39	40	3

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

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