USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report

This article was originally posted at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 22. It was last updated at 4:52 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 22.

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OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and soybean good-to-excellent condition ratings both fell slightly again last week, USDA reported in its weekly Crop Progress report released Monday, Aug. 22.

Corn was rated 55% in good-to-excellent condition, down 2 percentage points from 57% the previous week. Soybeans were rated 57% in good-to-excellent condition, down 1 percentage point from 58% the previous week.

CORN

-- Crop development: 97% of corn was silking as of Sunday, Aug. 21, according to NASS, 2 percentage points behind the five-year average of 99%. Corn in the dough stage was estimated at 75%, 4 percentage points behind the five-year average of 79%. Corn dented was estimated at 31%, 4 percentage points behind the average of 35%. Corn mature was estimated at 4%, even with the five-year average.

-- Crop condition: 55% of corn was rated in good-to-excellent condition, down 2 percentage points from 57% the previous week and 3 percentage points below last year's rating of 60%. "That's the fourth lowest rating going back to 2000," DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman said.

SOYBEANS

-- Crop development: 97% of soybeans were blooming, even with the five-year average; 84% of soybeans were setting pods, 2 percentage points behind the five-year average of 86%.

-- Crop condition: 57% of soybeans were rated in good-to-excellent condition, down 1 percentage point from 58% the previous week but 1 percentage point above last year's rating of 56%. "That's tied for the seventh lowest rating since 2000," Hultman added.

WINTER WHEAT

-- Harvest progress: 95% of the crop was harvested as of Sunday, 2 percentage points behind the five-year average of 97%. "Northwestern states are lagging, with Idaho 40 points behind the five-year average, at just 45% completed, and Washington lagging its average by 13 points with 73% harvested," DTN Senior Analyst Dana Mantini said.

SPRING WHEAT

-- Harvest progress: 33% of the crop was harvested as of Sunday, 41 percentage points behind 74% last year and 21 percentage points behind the five-year average of 54%.

-- Crop condition: 64% of the crop was rated in good-to-excellent condition, even with previous week but far above last year's rating of 36%. " Minnesota posted an 8-percentage-point gain to 88% good to excellent, and North Dakota rose 2 points to 74% good to excellent. Montana continues to be poorly rated, at just 31% good to excellent, and was down 7 points on the week." Mantini said.

National Crop Progress Summary
	This	Last	Last	5-Year
	Week	Week	Year	Avg.
Corn Silking	97	94	100	99
Corn Dough	75	62	83	79
Corn Dented	31	16	38	45
Corn Mature	4	-	4	4
Soybeans Blooming	97	93	97	97
Soybeans Setting Pods	84	74	74	86
Cotton Setting Bolls	88	80	78	85
Cotton Bolls Opening	19	15	13	18
Winter Wheat Harvested	95	90	99	97
Spring Wheat Harvested	33	16	74	54
Sorghum Headed	79	67	89	86
Sorghum Coloring	37	30	42	42
Oats Harvested	70	58	85	79
Barley Harvested	44	31	69	60
Rice Headed	93	84	92	93
Rice Harvested	15	11	14	15

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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	7	11	27	43	12		6	10	27	45	12		4	10	26	46	14
Soybeans	4	9	30	47	10		3	9	30	48	10		5	11	28	45	11
Spring Wheat	1	7	28	56	8		-	6	30	58	6		28	35	26	10	1
Sorghum	14	26	35	23	2		15	23	35	25	2		2	8	28	52	10
Cotton	18	22	29	26	5		16	19	31	29	5		1	5	23	53	18
Rice	-	3	25	55	17		-	3	22	60	15		1	3	19	61	16
Barley	3	12	31	46	8		-	9	33	51	7		25	26	26	19	4

Brian Ethridge can be reached at brian.ethridge@dtn.com

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