USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report

This article was originally posted at 3:03 p.m. CDT on Monday, July 20. It was last updated at 4:00 p.m. CDT on Monday, July 20.

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OMAHA (DTN) -- The condition of the U.S. soybean crop rose slightly last week while the condition of corn was unchanged, USDA NASS said in its weekly Crop Progress report on Monday. Development of both crops was slightly ahead of normal.

NASS estimated that 69% of the corn crop was in good-to-excellent condition as of Sunday, July 19, unchanged from the previous week.

"Of the major corn-producing states, the best-rated crops are still Iowa (80% good to excellent), Minnesota (83% g/e), Wisconsin (81% g/e) and South Dakota at 84% good to excellent," said DTN Senior Analyst Dana Mantini.

Corn silking jumped ahead 30 percentage points to reach 59% as of Sunday. That was well ahead of 30% at the same time last year and moved this year's silking progress to 5 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 54%. Corn in the dough stage was estimated at 9%, also ahead of the five-year average of 7% by 2 percentage points.

Soybean development also continued to run ahead of normal last week. Soybeans blooming was estimated at 64%, 7 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 57%. The portion of the crop setting pods was estimated at 25%, 4 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 21%.

Soybean conditions improved slightly last week. NASS estimated that 69% of the soybean crop was in good-to-excellent condition as of July 19, up 1 percentage point from 68% the previous week.

"Major soybean-producing states with the highest ratings are Minnesota and Iowa at 80% and 79% good to excellent, respectively, with Nebraska at 71% and Illinois at 67%," Mantini said. "Ohio's soybean crop is the worst rated at 48% good to excellent due to having the highest percentage of very poor to poor at 14%."

Winter wheat harvest slowed last week, moving ahead 6 percentage points compared to 12 percentage points the previous week. An estimated 74% of the crop was harvested as of Sunday, 1 percentage point ahead of the five-year average of 75%.

"Harvest is finished in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas," said DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman. "States within 5 percentage points of being done are Missouri, Kansas, Indiana and Ohio. Nebraska is 79% harvested, and South Dakota is at 33%."

The percentage of spring wheat headed reached 91% as of Sunday, 3 percentage points behind the five-year average of 94%.

Spring wheat condition held steady at 68% good to excellent.

"Sixty-two percent of the North Dakota crop was rated good to excellent, up from 61% last week," Hultman said. "Montana has the highest good-to-excellent rating of 79%."

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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 Silking	59	29	30	54
Corn Dough	9	3	4	7
Soybeans Blooming	64	48	35	57
Soybeans Setting Pods	25	11	6	21
Winter Wheat Harvested	74	68	66	75
Spring Wheat Headed	91	80	88	94
Cotton Squaring	73	63	73	75
Cotton Setting Bolls	27	18	29	32
Sorghum Headed	34	27	26	34
Sorghum Coloring	19	15	15	19
Barley Headed	88	75	86	93
Oats Headed	96	93	92	97
Oats Harvested	20	12	11	19
Rice Headed	32	24	29	39

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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	2	6	23	52	17	2	6	23	52	17	3	10	30	47	10
Soybean	2	5	24	54	15	2	5	25	54	14	3	9	34	46	8
Spring Wheat	2	5	25	55	13	2	6	24	57	11	-	4	20	63	13
Cotton	5	17	31	39	8	4	22	30	36	8	2	8	30	50	10
Rice	-	3	24	57	16	-	2	24	56	18	1	6	28	46	19
Sorghum	3	9	37	43	8	3	13	38	39	7	1	2	24	60	13
Oats	2	8	29	52	9	2	8	29	50	11	3	5	28	52	12
Barley	-	4	21	48	27	1	4	26	46	23	-	5	19	58	18

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