By Anthony Greder
DTN Managing Editor
OMAHA (DTN) -- Good-to-excellent condition ratings for both corn and soybeans declined nationwide last week, according to the USDA National Ag Statistics Service's weekly Crop Progress report released Monday.
NASS estimated that 72% of the nation's corn was in good-to-excellent condition as of Sunday, July 15, down 3 percentage points from 75% the previous week.
"Hot and dry weather increased poor-to-very-poor ratings from Missouri to Texas," said DTN Analyst Todd Hultman. "Michigan is also experiencing dry weather with 20% of their corn crop rated poor or very poor."
Corn development continued to run well ahead of the average pace with NASS estimating that 63% of the crop was silking as of Sunday, 26 percentage points ahead of 37% for both last year and the five-year average.
Soybean condition also declined last week. The crop was rated 69% good to excellent on Sunday, down 2 percentage points from 71% the previous week. Poor-to-very-poor ratings increased in Missouri, Kansas and Michigan.
"Good-to-excellent ratings for both corn and soybeans are not as good as those seen in 2016, but are still significantly higher than a year ago," Hultman said.
Like corn, soybean development was also running well ahead of normal, with NASS estimating 65% of the crop blooming as of Sunday, 20 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 45%. Twenty-six percent of soybeans were estimated to be setting pods, 15 percentage points ahead of the five-year average pace of 11%.
Meanwhile, NASS estimated that 74% of winter wheat was harvested as of Sunday, equal to last year's pace of 74%, but slightly ahead of the five-year average of 71%.
Spring wheat was 93% headed as of Sunday, ahead of the last year's 89% and also ahead of the five-year average of 85%. The condition of the crop held steady from the previous week at 80% good to excellent. That's still the highest good-to-excellent rating for spring wheat for this time of year since 2010, Hultman noted.
Sorghum was 31% headed, equal to last year and near the five-year average of 32%. Sorghum coloring was 19%, near 20% for both last year and the five-year average. Sorghum condition slipped again from 51% good to excellent the previous week to 47% last week.
Barley was 90% headed as of Sunday, ahead of 87% last year and also ahead of the average pace of 88%. Oats were 96% headed, equal to last year and near the average pace of 95%. Sixteen percent of oats were harvested as of Sunday, ahead of 13% last year and also ahead of the five-year average of 14%.
Rice was 32% headed as of Sunday, near 31% last year and slightly ahead of the average of 29%. Cotton was 72% squaring, ahead of the average of 70%. Thirty-one percent of cotton was setting bolls, also ahead of the average pace of 24%. Cotton condition held steady last week while rice's good-to-excellent rating dropped 3 percentage points.
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 | 63 | 37 | 37 | 37 |
| Soybeans Blooming | 65 | 47 | 49 | 45 |
| Soybeans Setting Pods | 26 | 11 | 15 | 11 |
| Cotton Squaring | 72 | 59 | 69 | 70 |
| Cotton Setting Bolls | 31 | 21 | 25 | 24 |
| Sorghum Headed | 31 | 25 | 31 | 32 |
| Sorghum Coloring | 19 | 17 | 20 | 20 |
| Spring Wheat Headed | 93 | 81 | 89 | 85 |
| Winter Wheat Harvested | 74 | 63 | 74 | 71 |
| Rice Headed | 32 | 21 | 31 | 29 |
| Barley Headed | 90 | 78 | 87 | 88 |
| Oats Headed | 96 | 91 | 96 | 95 |
| Oats Harvested | 16 | 10 | 13 | 14 |
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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 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 51 | 21 | | 2 | 5 | 18 | 54 | 21 | | 3 | 8 | 25 | 51 | 13 |
| Soybeans | 2 | 6 | 23 | 53 | 16 | | 2 | 5 | 22 | 55 | 16 | | 3 | 8 | 28 | 51 | 10 |
| Spring Wheat | 1 | 3 | 16 | 67 | 13 | | 1 | 3 | 16 | 66 | 14 | | 21 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 6 |
| Sorghum | 5 | 12 | 36 | 43 | 4 | | 4 | 11 | 34 | 46 | 5 | | 2 | 6 | 29 | 56 | 7 |
| Cotton | 10 | 18 | 31 | 34 | 7 | | 8 | 19 | 32 | 34 | 7 | | 1 | 9 | 30 | 46 | 14 |
| Rice | 1 | 5 | 25 | 56 | 13 | | 1 | 5 | 22 | 59 | 13 | | 1 | 4 | 25 | 46 | 24 |
| Oats | 4 | 3 | 22 | 58 | 13 | | 3 | 3 | 21 | 60 | 13 | | 9 | 13 | 27 | 42 | 9 |
| Barley | 1 | 2 | 12 | 70 | 15 | | 1 | 2 | 12 | 68 | 17 | | 8 | 10 | 29 | 43 | 10 |
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