By DTN Staff
OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite another week of scattered reports of flood and hail damage to crops, national good-to-excellent condition ratings for corn and soybeans fell only slightly last week, according to the USDA National Ag Statistics Service's weekly Crop Progress report released Monday.
NASS estimated that 76% of corn was in good-to-excellent condition as of Sunday, July 1, down just 1 percentage point from 77% the previous week.
"Corn's rating remains the highest since 1999 with crops in 2014 and 2016 within 1 point of this year's rating," said DTN Analyst Todd Hultman. "The highest poor-to-very-poor ratings were found in Texas, North Carolina, Kansas and Missouri."
NASS also lowered its good-to-excellent rating for soybeans 2 percentage points from 73% the previous week to 71% last week. That's still the highest good-to-excellent rating for soybeans since 2014, Hultman said.
"Missouri continues to have problems with 15% of soybeans rated poor to very poor there," he said.
Meanwhile, NASS estimated that 51% of winter wheat was harvested as of Sunday, slightly behind the five-year average of 49%, but even with last year's pace.
"Kansas winter wheat is now 71% harvested and the Pacific Northwest is just getting started," Hultman said.
Spring wheat was 58% headed as of Sunday, slightly ahead of the last year's 56% and also ahead of the five-year average of 48%. Seventy-seven percent of the spring wheat crop was rated in good-to-excellent condition last week, the same as the previous week and the highest rating since 2010, Hultman noted.
"South Dakota spring wheat had the most trouble with 14% rated poor to very poor," he said.
Sorghum was 22% headed, slightly behind 24% for both last year and the five-year average. Sorghum condition dropped 3 percentage points from 56% good to excellent the previous week to 53% last week.
Barley was 50% headed as of Sunday, slightly ahead of 48% last year but slightly behind the average pace of 51%. Oats were 82% headed, behind 83% last year but slightly ahead of the average of 80%. The good-to-excellent category for both crops rose 1 percentage point last week.
Rice was 15% headed as of Sunday, above both 13% last year and the average of 14%. Cotton was 42% squaring, ahead of the average of 40%, and was 12% setting bolls, also ahead of the average pace of 9%. The good-to-excellent category was also up 1 percentage point for both crops last week.
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.
| National Crop Progress Summary |
| This | Last | Last | 5-Year |
| Week | Week | Year | Avg. |
| Corn Silking | 17 | 5 | 9 | 8 |
| Soybeans Blooming | 27 | 12 | 17 | 13 |
| Cotton Squaring | 42 | 32 | 43 | 40 |
| Cotton Setting Bolls | 12 | 6 | 12 | 9 |
| Sorghum Headed | 22 | 20 | 24 | 24 |
| Spring Wheat Headed | 58 | 34 | 56 | 48 |
| Winter Wheat Harvested | 51 | 41 | 51 | 49 |
| Rice Headed | 15 | 7 | 13 | 14 |
| Barley Headed | 50 | 28 | 48 | 51 |
| Oats Headed | 82 | 67 | 83 | 80 |
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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 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 55 | 21 | | 1 | 4 | 18 | 58 | 19 | | 2 | 6 | 24 | 55 | 13 |
| Soybeans | 1 | 5 | 23 | 55 | 16 | | 1 | 4 | 22 | 58 | 15 | | 2 | 7 | 27 | 54 | 10 |
| Winter Wheat | 15 | 19 | 29 | 28 | 9 | | 15 | 19 | 29 | 28 | 9 | | 5 | 12 | 35 | 39 | 9 |
| Spring Wheat | 1 | 4 | 18 | 64 | 13 | | 2 | 3 | 18 | 63 | 14 | | 13 | 20 | 30 | 30 | 7 |
| Sorghum | 3 | 12 | 32 | 49 | 4 | | 3 | 9 | 32 | 51 | 5 | | - | 3 | 35 | 57 | 5 |
| Cotton | 6 | 18 | 33 | 36 | 7 | | 1 | 18 | 39 | 35 | 7 | | 2 | 10 | 34 | 43 | 11 |
| Rice | - | 5 | 24 | 56 | 15 | | - | 5 | 25 | 57 | 13 | | - | 4 | 23 | 51 | 22 |
| Oats | 3 | 3 | 21 | 60 | 13 | | 3 | 3 | 22 | 59 | 13 | | 7 | 13 | 27 | 45 | 8 |
| Barley | 1 | 2 | 13 | 66 | 18 | | 1 | 3 | 13 | 65 | 18 | | 5 | 12 | 31 | 41 | 11 |
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