USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report

This article was originally posted at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 29. It was last updated at 3:35 p.m. CDT on Monday, Aug. 29.

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OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn condition fell slightly again last week, while soybean condition held steady, USDA NASS reported in its weekly Crop Progress report released Monday, Aug. 29.

The percentage of corn reaching maturity was near the five-year average, while the percentage of soybeans dropping leaves was behind the average pace, NASS said.

CORN

-- Crop development: Corn in the dough stage was estimated at 86%, 2 percentage points behind the five-year average of 88%. Corn dented was estimated at 46%, 6 percentage points behind the average of 52%. Corn mature was estimated at 8%, near the five-year average of 9%.

-- Crop condition: 54% of corn was rated in good-to-excellent condition, down 1 percentage point from 55% the previous week and 5 percentage points below last year's rating of 60%. The current rating is the fourth lowest going back to 2000, according to DTN Senior Analyst Dana Mantini. "Wisconsin and Illinois are the best rated at 76% and 69% good to excellent, respectively," Mantini said. "Kansas is the worst, at just 22% good to excellent."

SOYBEANS

-- Crop development: 91% of soybeans were setting pods, 1 percentage point behind the five-year average of 92%. Four percent of soybeans were dropping leaves, 4 percentage points behind last year's 8% and 3 percentage points behind the five-year average of 7%.

-- Crop condition: 57% of soybeans were rated in good-to-excellent condition, unchanged from the previous week and still 1 percentage point above last year's rating of 56%. The current rating is tied for the seventh lowest since 2000, Mantini said. "Wisconsin and Illinois soybeans are the best, at 74% and 66% good to excellent, respectively, while Kansas is again the worst, at just 27% good to excellent," he said.

SPRING WHEAT

-- Harvest progress: Spring wheat harvest moved ahead 17 percentage points last week to reach 50% complete as of Sunday. That is 36 percentage points behind last year's 86% and 21 percentage points behind the five-year average of 71%.

-- Crop condition: 68% of the crop remaining in fields was rated in good-to-excellent condition, up 4 percentage points from 64% previous week and far above last year's rating of 11%. "Minnesota fell 3 points to a still-best 85% good to excellent, and North Dakota rose 2 points to 76% good to excellent," Mantini said. "Washington state is rated at 94% good to excellent."

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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 Anthony.greder@dtn.com or direct message him on Twitter @AGrederDTN. Please include your first and last name and the location where you farm.

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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 Dough	86	75	90	88
Corn Dented	46	31	56	52
Corn Mature	8	4	8	9
Soybeans Setting Pods	91	84	92	92
Soybeans Dropping Leaves	4	NA	8	7
Cotton Setting Bolls	94	88	85	91
Cotton Bolls Opening	28	19	20	24
Spring Wheat Harvested	50	33	86	71
Sorghum Headed	88	79	94	93
Sorghum Coloring	48	37	57	53
Sorghum Mature	23	20	23	25
Sorghum Harvested	18	NA	18	20
Oats Harvested	80	70	91	87
Barley Harvested	62	44	83	76
Rice Headed	96	93	96	98
Rice Harvested	18	15	18	21

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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	8	11	27	42	12		7	11	27	43	12		4	10	26	46	14
Soybeans	4	9	30	46	11		4	9	30	47	10		5	10	29	45	11
Spring Wheat	1	5	26	58	10		1	7	28	56	8		28	35	26	10	1
Sorghum	16	28	35	19	2		14	26	35	23	2		3	9	30	49	9
Cotton	17	19	30	29	5		18	22	29	26	5		1	5	24	55	15
Rice	1	3	26	53	17		-	3	25	55	17		1	2	20	62	15
Barley	4	11	29	47	9		3	12	31	46	8		25	26	26	19	4

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