The USDA weekly Crop Progress Report, released Monday, showed corn conditions down a point at 60% good-to-excellent while soybeans slipped to 61%, with both crops trailing last year’s pace. Crop development for both crops remains ahead of last year and the five-year average as the season moves toward late-summer maturity.

Corn

  • 60% rated good-to-excellent, down 1 point from last week and 11 points from last year (71%).
  • Silking at 97%, on pace with 2025 and the five-year average.
  • Dough stage at 76%, ahead of last year and the five-year average (both 70%).
  • Dented at 29%, running ahead of typical pace for this point in the season (25% last year, 24% five-year average).
  • 4% mature, ahead 1% from last year and the five-year average.

Soybeans

  • 61% rated good-to-excellent, trailing last year’s conditions (68%).
  • Blooming at 96%, ahead of last year and the five-year average (both 94%).
  • Pod-setting (85%) continues ahead of last year and the five-year average (both 80%).

Winter Wheat

  • Harvest reached 96% complete across the top production states
  • Nine states are 100% harvested, with Washington at 81% (up 14% over last week).

Spring Wheat

  • Harvest progressed 17 points in a single week to reach 41%, well ahead of both last year and the five-year average (33%, 34%, respectively).

Pasture and Range

  • A continued lack of precipitation has 23% of pasture and range rated good-excellent nationally, down two points from last week and 16 points from last year.

Looking ahead, a more active weather pattern is expected to bring scattered rain to parts of the Corn Belt this week, offering relief to areas still recovering from last week’s flooding while helping drier regions in the north and south catch up.

Read the full commentary in DTN.