Despite a drop in top-corn-producer Iowa’s good-to-excellent score, the general situation of the nation’s corn crop held regular final week, USDA NASS stated in its weekly Crop Progress report on Monday.
NASS estimated that 72% of the corn crop was in good-to-excellent situation as of Sunday, Aug. 2, unchanged from the earlier week and nonetheless the third-highest good-to-excellent score in 10 years.
“Illinois corn was rated 76% good to excellent, Nebraska 77%, Minnesota 85% and Wisconsin 81%,” stated DTN Senior Analyst Dana Mantini. “Iowa’s good-to-excellent rating fell another 4 points last week to 73%.”
Corn growth nationwide continued to run forward of regular final week. Silking reached 92% as of Sunday, 5 share factors forward of the five-year common of 87%. Corn within the dough stage was estimated at 39%, 6 share factors forward of the five-year common of 33%.
Soybean growth additionally continued to run forward of the common tempo final week. Soybeans blooming was estimated at 85%, Three share factors forward of the five-year common of 82%. The portion of the crop setting pods was estimated at 59%, 5 share factors forward of the five-year common.
Soybean circumstances improved barely final week. NASS estimated that 73% of the nation’s soybean crop was in good-to-excellent situation as of Aug. 2, up 1 share level from 72% the earlier week. The present good-to-excellent score for soybeans is now the best in 10 years, Mantini stated.
“Illinois soybeans were rated 76% good to excellent, Nebraska 79%, Wisconsin 83% and Minnesota 85%,” Mantini stated. “Iowa fell another 3 points to 73% good to excellent last week.”
Winter wheat harvest slowed final week, shifting forward simply Four share factors to succeed in 85% full as of Sunday. That is Three share factors behind the five-year common of 88%.
DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman famous that though winter wheat harvest is barely behind regular, no important issues have been reported.
“Nebraska is within 4 percentage points of being finished, and South Dakota is 87% harvested,” Hultman stated. “Washington is one-third harvested, and Montana shows the least progress at 20%.”
Spring wheat harvest was additionally trailing the conventional tempo at 5% harvested as of Sunday, in comparison with the five-year common of 10%. South Dakota was main the pack at 35% full, Hultman famous.
Spring wheat situation elevated one other Three share factors to 73% good to glorious. That’s the third-highest score for the crop prior to now 10 years, Hultman stated.
“Sixty-eight percent of the spring wheat crop in North Dakota is rated good-to-excellent, up 4 points from the previous week,” Hultman stated. “The highest rating remains in Idaho at 83% good-to-excellent, even after this week’s 5-point drop.”
To view weekly crop progress studies issued by National Ag Statistics Service workplaces in particular person states, go to http://www.nass.usda.gov/…. Look for the U.S. map within the “Find Data and Reports by” part and select the state you want to view within the drop-down menu. Then search for that state’s “Crop Progress & Condition” report.
| National Crop Progress Summary | ||||
| This | Last | Last | 5-Year | |
| Week | Week | Year | Avg. | |
| Corn Silking | 92 | 82 | 72 | 87 |
| Corn Dough | 39 | 22 | 20 | 33 |
| Soybeans Blooming | 85 | 76 | 68 | 82 |
| Soybeans Setting Pods | 59 | 43 | 32 | 54 |
| Winter Wheat Harvested | 85 | 81 | 80 | 88 |
| Spring Wheat Harvested | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Cotton Squaring | 91 | 84 | 92 | 91 |
| Cotton Setting Bolls | 54 | 42 | 55 | 55 |
| Sorghum Headed | 55 | 44 | 42 | 56 |
| Sorghum Coloring | 23 | 20 | 22 | 26 |
| Oats Harvested | 49 | 32 | 29 | 43 |
| Rice Headed | 59 | 43 | 55 | 68 |
| 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 | 5 | 21 | 55 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 55 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 47 | 10 |
| Soybean | 1 | 5 | 21 | 58 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 57 | 15 | 3 | 10 | 33 | 45 | 9 |
| Spring Wheat | 1 | 4 | 22 | 62 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 60 | 10 | – | 5 | 22 | 63 | 10 |
| Cotton | 3 | 13 | 39 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 35 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 33 | 44 | 10 |
| Rice | – | 2 | 22 | 57 | 19 | – | 3 | 21 | 57 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 45 | 23 |
| Sorghum | 2 | 8 | 35 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 42 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 54 | 14 |
| Oats | 2 | 8 | 28 | 53 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 27 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 54 | 11 |
| Barley | 1 | 2 | 16 | 62 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 56 | 24 | – | 5 | 19 | 64 | 12 |
Source: DTN