Thanks to warmer temperatures, corn condition scores showed improvement from last week. The improvement was in line with trade expectations as the crop is rated 68% good-excellent vs. 65% last week and 75% last year.
The western plains will be closely watched as the spring has been very dry which has resulted in deteriorating conditions. Corn condition scores in South Dakota declined this past week as did the national spring wheat condition scores.
Corn and soybean progress is running very close to 5-year averages.
| Conditions (Good + Excellent) | |
| Corn Conditions | G/E: 68% TW vs. 65% LW, 75% LY |
| Winter Wheat Conditions | G/E: 49% TW vs. 50% LW, 62% LY |
| Spring Wheat Conditions | G/E: 55% TW vs. 62% LW, 79% LY |
| Crop Progress Summary | |
| Corn Planted | 96% TW vs. 91% LW, 97% LY, 97% AVG |
| Corn Emerged | 86% TW vs. 73% LW, 88% LY, 87% AVG |
| Soybean Planted | 83% TW vs. 67% LW, 82% LY, 79% AVG |
| Soybean Emerged | 58% TW vs. 37% LW, 62% LY, 59% AVG |
| Milo Planted | 55% TW vs. 44% LW, 56% LY, 60% AVG |
| Winter Wheat Headed | 87% TW vs. 80% LW, 90% LY, 85% AVG |
| Winter Wheat Harvested | 10% TW vs. (NA)% LW, 2% LY, 7% AVG |
| Spring Wheat Emerged | 90% TW vs. 79% LW, 95% LY, 85% AVG |
Read the complete NASS report here
Graphics courtesy of Advance Trading, Inc.
