USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report

This article was originally published at 3:03 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 29. It was last updated with additional information at 3:50 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 29.

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OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite scattered rain across parts of the country last week, corn and soybean harvests continued to advance. This week's warm, dry conditions are expected to keep fieldwork moving, including progress on winter wheat planting, according to USDA NASS's weekly Crop Progress report released on Monday.

Both corn and soybean harvests remain slightly behind their five-year averages.

CORN

-- Crop development: Corn dented was estimated at 95%, equal to last year's pace, but 1 point behind the five-year average of 96%. Corn mature was pegged at 71%, 2 points behind last year's 73% and 3 points behind the five-year average of 74%.

-- Harvest progress: The pace of corn harvest picked up slightly last week, moving ahead 7 percentage points to reach 18% complete as of Sunday. That is 2 points behind last year's 20% and 1 point behind the five-year average of 19%. Illinois' crop was 21% harvested, and Iowa's crop was just 15% harvested.

-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 66% of the crop was in good-to-excellent condition nationwide, unchanged from the previous week. Ten percent of the crop was rated very poor to poor, also unchanged from the previous week but 2 points below 12% from last year. Illinois' and Iowa's corn crops were rated 57% and 71%, respectively.

SOYBEANS

-- Crop development: Soybeans dropping leaves were pegged at 79%, equal to last year but 2 points ahead of the five-year average of 77%.

-- Harvest progress: Soybean harvest gained momentum last week, moving ahead 10 percentage points last week to reach 19% complete as of Sunday, 5 points behind last year's 24% and 1 point behind the five-year average of 20%. Louisiana and Mississippi were leading at 78% and 66% harvested, while Kansas remains behind at 5% harvested.

-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 62% of soybeans still in fields were in good-to-excellent condition, up 1 point from 61% the previous week and below last year's rating of 64%. Iowa and Kansas soybeans were rated at 73% and 65% good to excellent.

WINTER WHEAT

-- Planting progress: Winter wheat planting jumped ahead 14 points last week to reach 34% nationwide as of Sunday, 3 points behind last year's 37% and 2 points behind the five-year average of 36%. Washington's winter wheat planting still remains the furthest along at 68%, with South Dakota second at 60% complete, followed by Colorado at 59%.

-- Crop development: An estimated 13% of winter wheat had emerged as of Sunday, equal to last year but 1 point ahead of the five-year average of 12%.

THE WEEK AHEAD IN WEATHER

This week is shaping up to be a productive one for farmers, as much of the country will see conditions that support both corn and soybean harvests and winter wheat planting, according to DTN Ag Meteorologist John Baranick.

"Overall, it looks like a good weather week to get some fieldwork done in a lot of the country," Baranick said. "There are some showers early this week in the Southeast, and the Northwest will get some occasional rain that will mess with winter wheat planting. But the rest of the country is going to be rather warm and mostly dry. Some spotty showers will be out there throughout the week. A front will get into the Northern Plains on Wednesday that may produce some showers. And that front will come alive more likely starting on Friday as it pushes a little farther south into the Central Plains and east into the Upper Midwest with showers for the weekend. Some disruption will be possible there. But overall, it still looks like a good week to get outside and get some work done, whether it be harvest or winter planting."

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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.

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Editor's Note: How are your crops looking? Are they better, worse or right on track with USDA NASS' observations this week? Send us your comments, and we'll include them in next week's Crop Progress report story. You can email comments to talk@dtn.com. Please include the location of where you farm.

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National Crop Progress Summary
	This	Last	Last	5-Year
	Week	Week	Year	Avg.
Corn Dented	95	91	95	96
Corn Mature	71	56	73	74
Corn Harvested	18	11	20	19
Soybeans Dropping Leaves	79	61	79	77
Soybeans Harvested	19	9	24	20
Winter Wheat Planted	34	20	37	36
Winter Wheat Emerged	13	4	13	12
Cotton Bolls Opening	67	60	71	69
Cotton Harvested	16	12	19	16
Sorghum Coloring	93	89	95	95
Sorghum Mature	61	52	68	65
Sorghum Harvested	28	25	34	32
Sugarbeets Harvested	15	12	15	17
Rice Harvested	77	71	77	67
Peanuts Harvested	17	9	10	13
Sunflowers Harvested	-	-	1	1

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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	3	7	24	49	17		3	7	24	49	17		4	8	24	49	15
Soybeans	3	8	27	49	13		4	8	27	48	13		3	8	25	52	12
Cotton	5	12	36	37	10		6	12	35	37	10		17	20	32	27	4
Peanuts	2	11	32	47	8		3	11	31	46	9		3	8	37	47	5
Sorghum	3	7	26	46	18		3	7	26	46	18		8	15	32	37	8

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