Corn and soybean condition ratings continued their downtrend in Monday’s USDA Crop Progress report. A whopping 38{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} of the U.S. corn crop is now rated at poor-to-very-poor. That’s up 8{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} from last week. The top end of the crop, at 31{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} good-to-excellent, is down from last week’s 40{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107}.
Soybeans are also seeing the decline with 30{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} rated poor-to-very-poor compared to last week’s 27{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107}.
With condition ratings dropping for corn and beans, 65{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} of the U.S. spring wheat crop is still rated good-to-excellent. That’s dropped a percentage point in the past week and compares to the 73{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} good-to-excellent rating at this time last year.
We are seeing the winter wheat harvest across the U.S. on the downward slide. As of this past Sunday, 80{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} of that crop had been harvested. That compares to 64{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} at this time last year and the five-year average of 65{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107}.
On a local level…
In Montana, harvest of winter wheat has begun early with 3{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} complete as of this past Sunday. Seventy percent of winter wheat, 16{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} of spring wheat, 5{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} of durum wheat, and 37{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} of barley has turned. Seven percent of dry peas and lentils have been harvested. See full report…
In Wyoming, 71{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} of the winter wheat is now harvested. That’s compared to 44{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} last week and 0{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} the week before. Seventy-four percent of barley has turned color and 15{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} of the crop is mature. Thirty-four percent of the spring wheat in the state has turned color. See full report…
In North Dakota, the spring wheat harvest is now underway at 1{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} complete as of this past Sunday. Fifty-four percent of the spring wheat, 17{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} of durum, and 64{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} of barley is turning. Over half of the state’s dry edible peas are now mature with 2{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} harvested. See full report…
In South Dakota, 82{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} of winter wheat has now been harvested. That’s compared to just 1{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} at this time last year and the five-year average of 15{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107}. Twelve percent of spring wheat has been harvested. Fifty-six percent of barley is ripe and, as of this past Sunday, 2{6b02cb02835b82b7f756ddf6717aaab7139b350de274ea97f5b53eb230607107} of the crop had been harvested. See full report…
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Haylie Shipp
