The national US rate of good-to-excellent soybeans fell by 2 percentage points to 58pc during the latest week, while national corn conditions were unchanged, according to US Department of Agriculture data.
National soybean conditions now lag year-prior levels by 7 points and the five-year average by 1 point as of the week ended 30 August. Changes among major-growing states were mixed, with conditions in Minnesota declining by 8 points to 57pc good to excellent, but climbing by 1 to 3 points in each of North Dakota, Nebraska, Michigan, Missouri, and Indiana. The good-to-excellent rates in Iowa, Illinois, and Ohio were all flat from the week prior.
Poor soybean conditions relative to the five-year average have mostly been concentrated east of the Mississippi River and in the Dakotas. Conditions in Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri are all at or above the five-year average, headlined by Iowa's 77pc good-to-excellent rating, 11 points over its five-year average.
Corn conditions, meanwhile, were flat at 57pc good to excellent following a 3-point decline during the week ended 23 August.
As with soybeans, changes in corn conditions were mixed in major-growing states, falling by 1-3 points in Iowa, the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, while climbing by 2-5 points in Nebraska, Missouri, and Michigan. Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio were all unchanged week-over-week.
Developmentally, the US soybean crop is 95pc setting pods and 13pc dropping leaves, 2 and 4 points over their respective five-year averages. Mature soybeans are not yet being tracked nationally, with only Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi reporting so far.
Corn reached 92pc dough and 62pc dented during the latest week, 3 and 6 points ahead of their five-year averages, respectively. However, the rate of mature corn has yet to accelerate ahead of the usual pace at just 13pc, down 2 points from last year and in line with the five-year average.
Wheat harvests continue
The US spring wheat harvest advanced by 15 points during the week ended 30 August to 77pc complete.
Spring wheat harvesting is now up 5 points from year-prior levels and 9 points ahead of the five-year average. Only Montana is lagging typical levels at just 66pc complete, down 7 points from last year and 11 points from its five-year average. Minnesota is also 1 point behind 2025 but still 14 points over its five-year average.
As with corn, spring wheat conditions were unchanged week-over-week at 51pc good to excellent, a 2-point gain from last year.
On the winter wheat side, two more states — Idaho and Washington — finished harvesting, leaving only Montana, North Dakota, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming incomplete. All of those states except Utah — at 41pc complete — are between 95pc and 97pc finished with their harvests.
