June 4th Crop Progress Report
Hot/dry conditions are already showing up in crop condition scores. Corn conditions dropped 5% this week and were rated 64% good-excellent vs. 69% last week and 73% last year. The initial soybean condition scores for the year were released today and the crop is rated 62% good-excellent.
Planting is getting close to complete and prevent plant concerns are minimal. Corn planting is 96% complete vs. 93% last year and 91% on average. Soybean planting is 91% complete vs. 76% last year and 76% on average.
| Conditions (Good + Excellent) | |
| Corn Conditions | G/E: 64% TW vs. 69% LW, 73% LY |
| Soybean Conditions | G/E: 62% TW vs. NA LW, NA LY |
| Winter Wheat Conditions | G/E: 36% TW vs. 34% LW, 30% LY |
| Spring Wheat Conditions | G/E: 64% TW vs. NA LW, NA LY |
| Crop Progress Summary | |
| Corn Planted | 96% TW vs. 92% LW, 93% LY, 91% AVG |
| Corn Emerged | 85% TW vs. 72% LW, 76% LY, 77% AVG |
| Soybean Planted | 91% TW vs. 83% LW, 76% LY, 76% AVG |
| Soybean Emerged | 74% TW vs. 56% LW, 54% LY, 56% AVG |
| Milo Planted | 49% TW vs. 42% LW, 54% LY, 53% AVG |
| Winter Wheat Headed | 82% TW vs. 72% LW, 78% LY, 81% AVG |
| Winter Wheat Harvested | 4% TW vs. (NA)% LW, 5% LY, 4% AVG |
| Spring Wheat Planted | 93% TW vs. 85% LW, 81% LY, 93% AVG |
| Spring Wheat Emerged | 76% TW vs. 57% LW, 53% LY, 74% AVG |
| Source: USDA/NASS |
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May 28th Crop Progress Report
Planters have been working overtime to get the crop in the ground. Corn planted reached 92% complete this week vs. 84% last year and 82% on average. Corn emerged is at 72% this week vs. 58% last year and 63% on average. North Dakota was a concern with how slow the progress has been there but they had a huge week planting 40% of their crop to catch up to the average.
Soybean planting is 83% complete vs. 64% last year and 65% on average. Soybeans emerged are at 56% vs. 36% last year and 40% on average.
This report featured the first national crop condition scores of the year. The corn crop is rated 69% good-excellent. Notably, Minnesota is rated 80% good-excellent and Wisconsin is rated 82% good-excellent.
| Conditions (Good + Excellent) | |
| Corn Conditions | G/E: 69% TW vs. NA LW, 73% LY |
| Winter Wheat Conditions | G/E: 34% TW vs. 31% LW, 29% LY |
| Crop Progress Summary | |
| Corn Planted | 92% TW vs. 81% LW, 84% LY, 84% AVG |
| Corn Emerged | 72% TW vs. 52% LW, 58% LY, 63% AVG |
| Soybean Planted | 83% TW vs. 66% LW, 64% LY, 65% AVG |
| Soybean Emerged | 56% TW vs. 36% LW, 36% LY, 40% AVG |
| Milo Planted | 42% TW vs. 33% LW, 39% LY, 41% AVG |
| Winter Wheat Headed | 72% TW vs. 61% LW, 71% LY, 73% AVG |
| Spring Wheat Planted | 85% TW vs. 64% LW, 70% LY, 86% AVG |
| Spring Wheat Emerged | 57% TW vs. 32% LW, 40% LY, 59% AVG |
| Source: USDA/NASS |
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May 21st Crop Progress Report
Corn planting reached 81% complete in this week’s report which compares to 69% last year and 75% on the 5-year average. Corn emergence is also ahead of average at 52% this week vs. 35% last year and 45% on average.
Soybean planting is 66% complete vs. 47% last year and 52% on average. Soybeans emerged is at 36% vs. 19% last year and 24% on average.
In general, the northern tier of states and Ohio remain behind the pace of the other states. North Dakota is the biggest concern as their prevent plant dates are coming soon.
| Conditions (Good + Excellent) | |
| Winter Wheat Conditions | G/E: 31% TW vs. 29% LW, 28% LY |
| Crop Progress Summary | |
| Corn Planted | 81% TW vs. 65% LW, 69% LY, 75% AVG |
| Corn Emerged | 52% TW vs. 30% LW, 35% LY, 45% AVG |
| Soybean Planted | 66% TW vs. 49% LW, 47% LY, 52% AVG |
| Soybean Emerged | 36% TW vs. 20% LW, 19% LY, 24% AVG |
| Milo Planted | 33% TW vs. 28% LW, 32% LY, 33% AVG |
| Winter Wheat Headed | 61% TW vs. 49% LW, 61% LY, 61% AVG |
| Spring Wheat Planted | 64% TW vs. 40% LW, 48% LY, 73% AVG |
| Spring Wheat Emerged | 32% TW vs. 13% LW, 27% LY, 40% AVG |
| Source: USDA/NASS |
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May 14th Crop Progress Report
National corn and soybean planting progress made another leap forward in the past week and is maintaining its pace ahead of the 5-year average pace. Corn planting is 65% complete vs. 45% last year and 59% on average. Soybean planting is 49% complete vs. 27% last year and 35% on average. North Dakota stands out as struggling with a late spring and very little progress so far to report.
Corn and soybean emergence is coming along well and soon we will get national crop condition scores.
| Conditions (Good + Excellent) | |
| Winter Wheat Conditions | G/E: 29% TW vs. 29% LW, 27% LY |
| Crop Progress Summary | |
| Corn Planted | 65% TW vs. 49% LW, 45% LY, 59% AVG |
| Corn Emerged | 30% TW vs. 12% LW, 13% LY, 25% AVG |
| Soybean Planted | 49% TW vs. 35% LW, 27% LY, 36% AVG |
| Soybean Emerged | 20% TW vs. 9% LW, 8% LY, 11% AVG |
| Milo Planted | 28% TW vs. 24% LW, 25% LY, 28% AVG |
| Winter Wheat Headed | 49% TW vs. 38% LW, 46% LY, 48% AVG |
| Spring Wheat Planted | 40% TW vs. 24% LW, 37% LY, 57% AVG |
| Spring Wheat Emerged | 13% TW vs. 5% LW, 15% LY, 23% AVG |
| Source: USDA/NASS |
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May 7th Crop Progress Report
The first week of May offered active planting activity across the country. Corn planting is 49% complete vs. 21% last year and 42% on average. Minnesota is 38% planted just 1% below average with 30% of that accomplished in the past week. Soybean planting is 35% complete vs. 11% last year and 21% on average.
| Conditions (Good + Excellent) | |
| Winter Wheat Conditions | G/E: 29% TW vs. 28% LW, 29% LY |
| Crop Progress Summary | |
| Corn Planted | 49% TW vs. 26% LW, 21% LY, 42% AVG |
| Corn Emerged | 12% TW vs. 6% LW, 5% LY, 11% AVG |
| Soybean Planted | 35% TW vs. 19% LW, 11% LY, 21% AVG |
| Soybean Emerged | 9% TW vs. (NA)% LW, 3% LY, 4% AVG |
| Milo Planted | 24% TW vs. 21% LW, 22% LY, 24% AVG |
| Winter Wheat Headed | 38% TW vs. 25% LW, 32% LY, 35% AVG |
| Spring Wheat Planted | 24% TW vs. 12% LW, 26% LY, 38% AVG |
| Spring Wheat Emerged | 5% TW vs. 2% LW, 8% LY, 11% AVG |
| Source: USDA/NASS |
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April 30th Crop Progress Report
National corn and soybean planting progress was reported to be at or above the 5-year average pace once again. Although there is a clear difference between the northern tier of states and the rest of the country as the slow warm up in the north has planting off to a slower than average start. Corn planting is 26% complete vs. 13% last year and 26% on average. Soybean planting is 19% complete vs. 7% last year and 11% on average.
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April 23rd Crop Progress Report
Corn and soybean planting continued ahead of the 5-year average pace for this week as southern states continue to get the crop in the ground vs the slow start in the northern states. Corn planting is 14% complete vs. 7% last year and 11% on average. Soybean planting is 9% complete vs. 3% last year and 4% on average.
| Conditions (Good + Excellent) | |
| Winter Wheat Conditions | G/E: 26% TW vs. 27% LW, 27% LY |
| Crop Progress Summary | |
| Corn Planted | 14% TW vs. 8% LW, 7% LY, 11% AVG |
| Corn Emerged | 3% TW vs. (NA)% LW, 2% LY, 2% AVG |
| Soybean Planted | 9% TW vs. 4% LW, 3% LY, 4% AVG |
| Milo Planted | 18% TW vs. 15% LW, 19% LY, 20% AVG |
| Winter Wheat Headed | 18% TW vs. 10% LW, 10% LY, 14% AVG |
| Spring Wheat Planted | 5% TW vs. 3% LW, 12% LY, 12% AVG |
| Spring Wheat Emerged | 1% TW vs. (NA)% LW, 2% LY, 3% AVG |
| Source: USDA/NASS |
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April 16th Crop Progress Report
The 2023 US corn and soybean crop season is underway! NASS is reporting 8% of the crop is planted vs. 4% last year and 5% on average. 4% of the soybean crop is planted vs. 1% last year and 1% on average. Illinois and Missouri got a jump on soybean planting with the good weather.
| Conditions (Good + Excellent) | |
| Winter Wheat Conditions | G/E: 27% TW vs. 28% LW, 32% LY |
| Crop Progress Summary | |
| Corn Planted | 8% TW vs. 3% LW, 4% LY, 5% AVG |
| Soybean Planted | 4% TW vs. (NA)% LW, 1% LY, 1% AVG |
| Milo Planted | 15% TW vs. 13% LW, 17% LY, 17% AVG |
| Winter Wheat Headed | 10% TW vs. 7% LW, 7% LY, 8% AVG |
| Spring Wheat Planted | 3% TW vs. 1% LW, 8% LY, 7% AVG |
| Source: USDA/NASS |
Read the complete NASS report here
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