By Anthony Greder
DTN Managing Editor
OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and soybean progress continued at a faster-than-normal pace last week, while good-to-excellent condition ratings for both crops declined slightly, according to the USDA National Ag Statistics Service's weekly Crop Progress report released Monday.
Nationwide, 57% of corn was in the dough stage as of Sunday, Aug. 5, 20 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 37%. Twelve percent of corn was dented, 6 percentage points ahead of 6% for both last year and the five-year average.
NASS estimated that 71% of corn was in good-to-excellent condition as of Sunday, down 1 percentage point from 72% the previous week but still the third-highest rating of the past five years. The poor-to-very poor rating in Missouri jumped up from 31% last week to 44% on Monday, noted DTN Analyst Todd Hultman.
Soybean condition also slipped from the previous week. Nationwide, the crop was rated 67% good to excellent, down 3 percentage points from 70% the previous week. As with corn, the soybean rating was still the third highest in the past five years, Hultman said.
Soybeans were 92% blooming as of Sunday, 6 percentage points ahead of the average of 86%, and 75% of soybeans were setting pods, 17 percentage points ahead of the average of 58%.
NASS estimated that 90% of winter wheat was harvested with most wheat still standing from Montana to the Pacific Coast.
Spring wheat harvest was 13% complete as of Sunday, behind last year's 22% but near the five-year average of 14%.
"Seventy-four percent of spring was rated good to excellent, down from 78% a week ago as dry weather has become a recent concern," Hultman said. "It is still the highest good-to-excellent rating for spring wheat since 2010."
Sorghum was 69% headed as of Sunday, ahead of 60% last year and also ahead of the five-year average of 62%. Sorghum coloring was 31%, ahead of 26% last year but equal to the five-year average. Sorghum condition was rated 49% good to excellent, down 3 percentage points from 52% the previous week.
Barley was 16% harvested as of Sunday, behind 22% last year and also behind the average of 18%. Barley condition was down 1 percentage point to 79% good to excellent last week. Oats were 51% harvested as of Sunday, ahead of 48% for last year and also ahead of the five-year average of 49%. Oat's good-to-excellent condition rating held steady at 71%.
Rice was 82% headed as of Sunday, near 81% last year but ahead of the average of 70%. Six percent of rice was harvested, slightly ahead of the average pace of 5%. Cotton was 92% squaring, behind the average of 94%. Sixty percent of cotton was setting bolls, also behind the average pace of 62%. Nine percent of cotton had bolls opening, ahead of the average of 6%. Cotton's good-to-excellent condition rating was down 3 percentage points, while rice's good-to-excellent rating held steady.
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 | 96 | 91 | 92 | 92 |
| Corn Dough | 57 | 38 | 39 | 37 |
| Corn Dented | 12 | NA | 6 | 6 |
| Soybeans Blooming | 92 | 86 | 89 | 86 |
| Soybeans Setting Pods | 75 | 60 | 63 | 58 |
| Cotton Squaring | 92 | 88 | 92 | 94 |
| Cotton Setting Bolls | 60 | 49 | 56 | 62 |
| Cotton Bolls Opening | 9 | NA | 8 | 6 |
| Sorghum Headed | 69 | 54 | 60 | 62 |
| Sorghum Coloring | 31 | 26 | 26 | 31 |
| Spring Wheat Harvested | 13 | 4 | 22 | 14 |
| Winter Wheat Harvested | 90 | 85 | 93 | 92 |
| Rice Headed | 82 | 64 | 81 | 70 |
| Rice Harvested | 6 | NA | 8 | 5 |
| Barley Harvested | 16 | 2 | 22 | 18 |
| Oats Harvested | 51 | 38 | 48 | 49 |
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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 | 7 | 19 | 50 | 21 | | 3 | 6 | 19 | 50 | 22 | | 4 | 9 | 27 | 47 | 13 |
| Soybeans | 3 | 7 | 23 | 51 | 16 | | 2 | 6 | 22 | 53 | 17 | | 3 | 9 | 28 | 50 | 10 |
| Spring Wheat | 1 | 5 | 20 | 60 | 14 | | 1 | 3 | 18 | 64 | 14 | | 22 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 7 |
| Sorghum | 6 | 12 | 33 | 42 | 7 | | 4 | 11 | 33 | 44 | 8 | | 2 | 7 | 30 | 52 | 9 |
| Cotton | 11 | 21 | 28 | 32 | 8 | | 11 | 19 | 27 | 34 | 9 | | 6 | 8 | 29 | 41 | 16 |
| Rice | 1 | 7 | 23 | 56 | 13 | | 1 | 7 | 23 | 55 | 14 | | 1 | 5 | 22 | 55 | 17 |
| Oats | 4 | 3 | 22 | 58 | 13 | | 4 | 3 | 22 | 58 | 13 | | 10 | 13 | 26 | 42 | 9 |
| Barley | - | 2 | 19 | 64 | 15 | | 1 | 2 | 17 | 66 | 14 | | 8 | 12 | 35 | 37 | 8 |
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