USDA Crop Progress Report

This article was originally posted at 3:07 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 13. It was last updated at 3:54 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 13.

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OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. corn crop has consistently developed at a near- to slightly ahead-of-average pace throughout this growing season, and, so far, harvest also appears to be kicking off at a near-average pace, USDA NASS' said in its weekly national Crop Progress report Monday.

In its first national corn harvest report of the season, NASS estimated that 4% of the crop had been harvested as of Sunday, Sept. 12, 1 percentage point behind both last year's 5% and the five-year average of 5%.

Meanwhile, the portion of the crop remaining in fields continued to reach maturity slightly ahead of normal. NASS estimated that 87% of corn was dented as of Sunday, 6 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 81%, and 37% of the crop was mature, also 6 percentage points ahead of the average pace of 31%.

The condition of corn still in fields slid again last week, dropping 1 percentage point from 59% good to excellent as of Sunday, Sept. 5, to 58% good to excellent on Sunday, Sept. 12. That is the fifth-lowest good-to-excellent rating for the crop at this time in the past 12 years, noted DTN Senior Analyst Dana Mantini.

"That portion of the crop rated poor to very poor rose 1 point to 15%," Mantini said.

As with corn, soybeans also continued to mature at a faster-than-average pace last week. NASS pegged soybeans dropping leaves at 38%, 3 percentage points ahead of last year and 9 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 29%.

"Fifty-seven percent of the soybean crop was rated good to excellent, unchanged from the previous week and tied with 2011 for the fourth-lowest rating in the past 12 years," Mantini said. "The poor-to-very-poor portion of the crop was unchanged at 14%."

Winter wheat planting also continued ahead of normal last week, with NASS estimating 12% of the crop had been planted as of Sunday, 7 percentage points ahead of last year and 4 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 8%.

The following are some other highlights from this week's Crop Progress report:

Sorghum coloring was pegged at 83%, 3 percentage points ahead of the average. Sorghum mature was 39%, 1 percentage point ahead of average. Sorghum harvested was 21%, 4 percentage points behind average.

Cotton setting bolls was 96%, 3 percentage points behind the average pace. Cotton bolls opening was 36%, 7 percentage points behind the average. Cotton condition was rated 64% good to excellent, up 3 percentage points from the previous week.

Rice harvested was 40%, 3 percentage points behind the average pace.

Barley was 97% harvested, 4 percentage points ahead of the five-year average.

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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	87	74	88	81
Corn Mature	37	21	39	31
Corn Harvested	4	NA	5	5
Soybeans Dropping Leaves	38	18	35	29
Winter Wheat Planted	12	5	9	8
Cotton Setting Bolls	96	94	99	99
Cotton Bolls Opening	36	29	46	43
Cotton Harvested	5	NA	6	8
Sorghum Coloring	83	73	83	80
Sorghum Mature	39	32	38	38
Sorghum Harvested	21	19	23	25
Barley Harvested	97	92	94	93
Rice Harvested	40	28	33	43

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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	10	27	44	14		4	10	27	45	14		5	10	25	46	14
Soybeans	4	10	29	45	12		4	10	29	46	11		3	8	26	50	13
Cotton	1	5	30	50	14		1	6	32	50	11		7	20	28	36	9
Sorghum	4	10	29	47	10		3	10	30	47	10		6	11	31	40	12
Rice	1	3	22	59	15		1	3	21	60	15		1	4	23	56	16

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

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