Corn, Soybean Harvest, Winter Wheat Planting Near Finish Line

There remain outliers that are not quite up to the national pace, like Pennsylvania and Michigan for corn and North Carolina and Kentucky for soybeans, but on a national level, fall harvest is in the homestretch. Monday’s USDA-NASS Crop Progress report showed corn and soybean harvest are 95% and 96% complete, respectively. Though many producers are strained by dry fall planting conditions, winter wheat farmers have planting near the finish like, at 96% complete, according to Monday’s report. Though national wheat conditions improved by one percent in the last week, drought conditions are stressing the crop in some major growing areas; only 32% of the Kansas crop was rated good to excellent, USDA’s top quality rating, heading into this week. See more of the latest Crop Progress numbers.