The USDA reports that the corn harvest began in eight states with 4% harvested while winter wheat planting reaches 5% complete as of September 7. The Crop Progress report also showed the soybean conditions slipping to 64% good to excellent.

This was the first report to include the corn harvest with the state progress recorded as:

  • Illinois at 2%
  • Indiana at 1%
  • Kansas at 2%
  • Kentucky at 18%
  • Missouri at 9%
  • North Carolina at 44%
  • Tennessee at 28%
  • Texas at 69%

The corn crop is rated at 68% good to excellent while 23% is rated fair and 9% poor.

Soybeans are progressing with 97% of the crop across the top 18 growing states setting pods. This is on track with the five-year average. Twenty-one percent of the crop was dropping leaves. This is one percent behind the average.

Winter wheat planting of the 2026 crop has begun across 10 of the top 18 winter-wheat growing states. Meanwhile, 85% of the spring wheat crop has been harvested as of September 7. This is 1% ahead of the five-year average.

Ninety-four percent of the oat crop has been harvested across the top nine oat-growing states. That is 1% behind the five-year average.

Read more from the 23rd Crop Progress report here.