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.

   **

   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.

   **

   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

    

   **

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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