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USDA Weekly Crop Progress 09/04 08:17
USDA Crop Progress: Corn Rated 65% Good to Excellent, Soybeans 65% Good to
Excellent as of Sept. 1
Corn and Soybean were both rated 65% good to excellent as of Sunday, Sept.
1. Spring wheat was 70% harvested.
Chris Clayton
DTN Ag Policy Editor
This article was originally published at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Sept. 3.
It was last updated with additional information at 3:14 p.m. CDT on Tuesday,
Sept. 3.
OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn conditions held while and soybean conditions fell last
week, according to USDA NASS' weekly national Crop Progress report released
Tuesday.
Corn was rated 65% in good-to-excellent condition, the same as last week's
report. Soybeans were rated 65% good to excellent, down 2 points from 67% the
previous week.
Spring wheat was 70% harvested.
Both crops also appear to be reaching maturity ahead their five-year
averages, NASS reported.
CORN
-- Crop development: Corn in the dough stage was estimated at 90%, 2
percentage points behind last year's 92% but right at the five-year average
mark. Corn dented was estimated at 60%, behind last year by 2 percentage
points, but 2 points ahead of the five-year average of 58%. Corn mature was
pegged at 19%, which is 4 points ahead of last year's 15% and 7 points ahead of
the five-year average of 13%.
-- Crop condition: NASS estimated 65% of the crop was in good-to-excellent
condition, the same as last week but still above last year's 53%. Twelve
percent of the crop was rated very poor to poor, down from 13% the previous
week but below 17% last year.
"That portion of the crop rated poor to very poor fell by 1 point to 12%.
Illinois and Iowa are still highly rated at 71% and 77% good to excellent,
respectively, with Missouri 79% good to excellent," noted DTN Senior Analyst
Dana Mantini.
SOYBEANS
-- Crop development: Soybeans setting pods were estimated at 94%, the same
as last year, but 1 point ahead of the five-year average of 93%. Soybeans
dropping leaves were pegged at 13%, also the same as last year and ahead of the
five-year average of 10%.
-- Crop condition: NASS estimated 65% of soybeans were in good-to-excellent
condition, down 2 points from the previous week but still above last year's
rating of 54% good to excellent.
"Illinois is at 68% good to excellent (up 4%), Iowa is unchanged at 77% good
to excellent," Mantini said.
SPRING WHEAT
-- Harvest progress: Spring wheat harvest picked up speed last week, jumping
ahead 19 percentage points to reach 70% complete as of Sunday. That brought
this year's harvest progress to two points higher than last year's 68% and
right at the five-year average of 70%. "North Dakota is at 61%, catching up
from last week and Minnesota also accelerated to 75% harvested," Mantini said.
WINTER WHEAT
USDA also reported early progress on winter wheat planting at 2% nationally
compared to 1% for the same week last year, and right at the five-year average.
Washington State was 22% planted, which is 7 points above the five-year
average. Colorado was 7% planted and South Dakota was 5% planted.
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THE WEEK AHEAD IN WEATHER
A front that went through late last week brought widespread areas of rain,
which was beneficial in some areas like Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, but not in
Minnesota or Wisconsin. But when the front went through later in the week,
showers became much more spotty and missed a lot of key areas in the Southern
and Eastern Corn Belt, according to DTN Ag Meteorologist John Baranick
"And in some of these southern areas, the rain came too late," Baranick
said. "Harvest is starting up in some areas this week with an increase over the
next week or two. Maturing crops do not need the moisture and it would
undoubtedly be detrimental for some."
This week is much cooler and drier for most areas. Last week's front has
settled near the Gulf Coast and is bringing some needed rain for Texas, which
will help with winter wheat planting in the weeks to come. Another front will
sweep through the country later this week and will bring some limited showers.
But most areas will remain dry and the showers that do occur are likely to be
light.
"That is not a lot of help for those that need the rain, but for those that
don't, it should not be too wet," Baranick said. "The front will also bring
through a burst of colder air."
Models are currently calling for lows in the 40s across the Upper Midwest
and Great Lakes this weekend, but we could see some widespread 30s.
"I wouldn't be too shocked to see a couple of very unlucky areas reach the
freezing mark or close to it," Baranick said. "If that does occur, it would be
devastating for these northern areas that largely planted late due to wet
ground or had slower development from a lack of summer heat. That will be
something to closely watch this week."
Check this page throughout the afternoon for additional highlights from this
week's report.
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.
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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 add them to the Crop Progress report story. You can email comments to
Anthony.greder@dtn.com or direct message him on social platform X @AGrederDTN.
Please include the location of where you farm.
National Crop Progress Summary
This Last Last 5-Year
Week Week Year Avg.
Corn Dough 90 84 92 90
Corn Dented 60 46 62 58
Corn Mature 19 11 15 13
Soybeans Setting Pods 94 89 94 93
Soybeans Dropping Leaves 13 6 13 10
Spring Wheat Harvested 70 51 68 70
Cotton Setting Bolls 95 89 93 94
Cotton Bolls Opening 37 25 30 31
Sorghum Headed 95 90 92 94
Sorghum Coloring 62 48 57 59
Sorghum Mature 30 23 26 26
Sorghum Harvested 19 18 18 20
Oats Harvested 89 78 88 89
Barley Harvested 75 47 75 76
Rice Harvested 43 33 31 24
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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 4 8 23 50 15 5 8 22 49 16 6 12 29 44 9
Soybeans 3 7 25 52 13 2 7 24 54 13 5 12 30 44 9
Sorghum 6 13 31 42 8 7 13 32 40 8 10 16 30 36 8
Cotton 12 16 32 34 6 12 16 32 34 6 23 21 23 28 5
Rice 1 3 19 62 15 - 4 17 64 15 1 5 24 55 15
Chris Clayton can be reached at Chris.Clayton@dtn.com
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