US corn and soybean crop condition ratings remained unchanged this past week as both crops continued to progress mostly ahead of the average pace.
Monday’s USDA crop progress report pegged the American corn crop at 67% good to excellent as of Sunday, while the national soybean crop was rated 68% good to excellent – both above 59% at this time last year.
Illinois corn and soybean conditions both slipped on the week, with corn down 4 points to 77% good to excellent as of Sunday, and soybeans down 3 points to 75%. The Indiana corn crop was down 1 point on the week to 69% and soybeans steady at 68%, while Iowa corn was unchanged at 77% and soybeans up a single point at 77%.
The condition of the Michigan corn crop dropped 2 points to 59% good to excellent and soybeans lost 4 points to 56%. Ohio corn eased 2 points to 62% and soybeans fell 4 points from a week earlier to 59% good to excellent as of Sunday.
At 69% good to excellent, the condition of the North Dakota corn crop was down 4 points from the previous week and soybeans steady at 61%.
Across the country, 94% of the US corn crop was silking as of Sunday, up from 88% a week earlier and matching the five-year average. An estimated 60% of the nationwide corn crop was at the dough stage as of Sunday, 4 points ahead of average, and 18% of the crop was dented, compared to 12% on average.
The Illinois and Iowa corn crops were 18% and 17% dented as of Sunday, 8 and 4 points ahead of the respective state averages, while Michigan and Ohio were at 7% and 8% dented, versus 2% and 4% on average.
The US soybean crop was 91% blooming as of Sunday, up from 86% a week earlier and a single point ahead of average, while 72% of the crop was podding – 2 points ahead of average.
At 84%, podding in Illinois was running 15 points ahead of the state average as of Sunday, but Iowa was 3 points behind at 74% podding. Michigan podding was 2 points ahead of average at 71% and Ohio was a major 19 points ahead at 82% podding.
