USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report

This article was originally published at 3:05 p.m. CDT on Monday, June 12. It was last updated with additional information at 3:35 p.m. CDT on Monday, June 12.

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OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. soybean planting was 96% completed as of Sunday, June 11, ahead of the five-year average by 10 percentage points, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress report released on Monday.

Corn was 93% emerged and soybeans were 86% emerged. Soybeans were rated 59% in good-to-excellent condition, down 3 percentage points from the previous week. The corn crop was rated 61% in good-to-excellent condition, down 3 percentage points from the previous week.

Winter wheat headed was 89% and 8% of the crop was harvested. U.S. winter wheat condition was rated 38% good to excellent, up 2 percentage points from the previous week.

CORN

-- Crop progress: 93% of corn had emerged as of Sunday, up 8 percentage points from the previous week and 6 percentage points ahead of the five-year.

-- Crop condition: Nationally, corn was rated 61% good to excellent, down 3 percentage points from the previous week and below last year's rating at this time of 72%. "Many of the larger ratings drops were in eastern corn states that received rain on Sunday," DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman said. "Corn in Illinois was rated 48% good to excellent."

SOYBEANS

-- Planting progress: Soybean planting moved ahead 5 percentage points last week to reach 96% as of Sunday. That is 9 percentage points ahead of last year at this time, and 10 points ahead of the five-year average.

-- Crop progress: 86% of soybeans were emerged as of Sunday, 12 percentage points ahead of last year and 16 points ahead of the five-year average.

-- Crop condition: Soybeans were rated 59% good to excellent, as of Sunday. That's 3 percentage points lower than last week and 11 points below last year at this time. "As with corn, many of the larger drops in ratings came from eastern states that got rain Sunday," Hultman said.

WINTER WHEAT

-- Crop development: 89% of winter wheat was headed nationwide as of Sunday, up 7 percentage points from the previous week and now 1 point ahead of the five-year average.

-- Harvest progress: 8% of the crop was harvested as of Sunday, 1 percentage point behind both last year and the five-year average.

-- Crop condition: Nationwide, winter wheat was rated 38% good to excellent, up 2 percentage points from the previous week and slightly ahead of last year's rating at this time of 31% good to excellent.

SPRING WHEAT

-- Planting progress: 97% of the spring wheat crop was planted as of Sunday, up 4 percentage points from the previous week and still equal with the five-year average.

-- Crop progress: 90% of spring wheat was emerged as of Sunday, up 14 percentage points from the previous week and 3 percentage points ahead of the five-year average.

-- Crop condition: USDA said 60% of the spring wheat crop was rated good to excellent as of June 11, 4 percentage points down from last week, but up 6 points from the five-year average. "Spring wheat crops in North Dakota were 67% good to excellent, the same as a week ago." Hultman added.

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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 Emerged	93	85	87	87
Soybeans Planted	96	91	87	86
Soybeans Emerged	86	74	68	70
Cotton Planted	81	71	89	86
Cotton Squaring	11	6	14	14
Winter Wheat Headed	89	82	85	88
Winter Wheat Harvested	8	4	9	9
Spring Wheat Planted	97	93	92	97
Spring Wheat Emerged	90	76	70	87
Sorghum Planted	64	49	65	68
Barley Planted	97	92	96	98
Barley Emerged	88	72	85	90
Oats Emerged	93	86	87	93
Oats Headed	45	32	31	37
Rice Emerged	94	88	94	94

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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	31	51	10		1	5	30	53	11		1	4	23	59	13
Soybeans	2	7	32	51	8		2	5	31	53	9		1	4	25	59	11
Winter Wheat	12	19	31	32	6		14	20	30	31	5		24	18	27	26	5
Spring Wheat	1	6	33	56	4		-	2	34	58	6		2	7	37	49	5
Oats	6	6	35	49	4		6	7	30	53	4		12	9	21	51	7
Rice	-	3	30	54	13		-	3	27	59	11		-	1	26	57	16
Cotton	2	13	36	40	9		1	11	37	43	8		3	16	35	41	5

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

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