By Anthony Greder
DTN Managing Editor
OMAHA (DTN) -- In its first soybean harvest report of the season, USDA's National Ag Statistics Service estimated that 6% of the U.S. crop was harvested as of Sunday, Sept. 16, 3 percentage points ahead of the five-year average, according to the agency's weekly Crop Progress report released Monday.
This year's soybean harvest progress is also 2 percentage points ahead of 4% at the same time last year. Nationwide, the crop continued to mature ahead of normal with 53% of soybeans estimated to be dropping leaves, 17 percentage points ahead of the average pace of 36%. The crop's good-to-excellent rating dropped to 67% last week, down 1 percentage point from 68% the previous week.
The U.S. corn harvest also continued at an ahead-of-normal pace with an estimated 9% of the crop harvested as of Sunday, 2 percentage points ahead of last year and 3 percentage points ahead of the five-year average. The crop continued to mature ahead of normal with 54% of corn estimated as mature as of Sunday, 18 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 36%.
Corn condition, at 68% good to excellent, was unchanged from the previous week.
Meanwhile, winter wheat planting progress was estimated at 13% as of Sunday, near last year's pace of 12% and also near the five-year average of 14%.
Spring wheat harvest had nearly wrapped up with 97% of the crop harvested as of Sunday, near last year's 98% but ahead of the five-year average of 92%.
Sorghum coloring was 88%, ahead of the five-year average of 83%. Sorghum mature was estimated at 41%, near 42% at the same time last year but behind the five-year average of 44%. Twenty-six percent of the sorghum crop was harvested as of Sunday, behind the average pace of 29%.
Barley was 96% harvested as of Sunday, behind 99% last year but near the average of 97%.
Forty-nine percent of rice was harvested as of Sunday, behind last year's 53% but ahead of the five-year average of 47%. Forty-nine percent of cotton had bolls opening, ahead of the average of 46%.
"Nothing in Monday's numbers are apt to have much price impact on Tuesday," said DTN Analyst Todd Hultman.
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 Dented | 93 | 86 | 84 | 86 |
| Corn Mature | 54 | 35 | 32 | 36 |
| Corn Harvested | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Soybeans Dropping Leaves | 53 | 31 | 38 | 36 |
| Soybeans Harvested | 6 | NA | 4 | 3 |
| Winter Wheat Planted | 13 | 5 | 12 | 14 |
| Cotton Bolls Opening | 49 | 39 | 43 | 46 |
| Cotton Harvested | 13 | 10 | 11 | 6 |
| Sorghum Coloring | 88 | 79 | 83 | 83 |
| Sorghum Mature | 41 | 34 | 42 | 44 |
| Sorghum Harvested | 26 | 24 | 28 | 29 |
| Spring Wheat Harvested | 97 | 93 | 98 | 92 |
| Rice Harvested | 49 | 40 | 53 | 47 |
| Barley Harvested | 96 | 92 | 99 | 97 |
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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 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 21 | | 4 | 8 | 20 | 47 | 21 | | 4 | 9 | 26 | 48 | 13 |
| Soybeans | 3 | 7 | 23 | 49 | 18 | | 3 | 7 | 22 | 50 | 18 | | 3 | 9 | 29 | 48 | 11 |
| Sorghum | 5 | 12 | 30 | 44 | 9 | | 5 | 12 | 30 | 42 | 11 | | 2 | 6 | 27 | 53 | 12 |
| Cotton | 8 | 24 | 29 | 30 | 9 | | 13 | 21 | 28 | 29 | 9 | | 6 | 8 | 25 | 44 | 17 |
| Rice | - | 4 | 22 | 58 | 16 | | - | 3 | 22 | 59 | 16 | | 1 | 6 | 24 | 52 | 17 |
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