US: Crop Progress

Highlights

Crop Conditions
Winter Wheat
Winter Wheat rated good / excellent (G/EX) as of June 07 was down 1% at 25% and poor / very poor was up 2% at 46%. Current G/EX is down 23% versus the 10 year average and Poor / Very Poor is up 25% versus the 10 year average. Of the 18 reported states 6 reported better, 9 worse, and 3 unchanged G/EX ratings. The good / excellent ratings for the top producing states were: Kansas 14%(-1%), Washington 75%(-2%), Oklahoma 9%(-4%), Montana 25%(+4%), Colorado 7%(0%).

Spring Wheat
Spring Wheat rated good / excellent (G/EX) as of June 07 was up 5% at 52% and poor / very poor was unchanged at 6%. Current G/EX is down 13% versus the 10 year average and Poor / Very Poor is down 1% versus the 10 year average. Of the 6 reported states 4 reported better, 1 worse, and 1 unchanged G/EX ratings. The good / excellent ratings for the top producing states were: North Dakota 61%(+3%), Minnesota 86%(+8%), Montana 10%(+9%), Idaho 75%(0%), South Dakota 52%(+8%).

Corn
Corn rated good / excellent (G/EX) as of June 07 was unchanged at 67% and poor / very poor was up 1% at 6%. Current G/EX is down 4% versus the 10 year average and Poor / Very Poor is up 1% versus the 10 year average. Of the 18 reported states 9 reported better, 5 worse, and 4 unchanged G/EX ratings. The good / excellent ratings for the top producing states were: Iowa 84%(+2%), Illinois 67%(+2%), Nebraska 58%(0%), Minnesota 79%(+3%), Indiana 57%(-4%).

Soybeans
Soybeans rated good / excellent (G/EX) as of June 07 was down 1% at 65% and poor / very poor was up 1% at 6%. Current G/EX is down 4% versus the 10 year average and Poor / Very Poor is up 1% versus the 10 year average. Of the 18 reported states 8 reported better, 8 worse, and 2 unchanged G/EX ratings. The good / excellent ratings for the top producing states were: Illinois 64%(0%), Iowa 80%(+1%), Minnesota 77%(+3%), Indiana 55%(-4%), Missouri 58%(-3%).

Cotton
Cotton rated good / excellent (G/EX) as of June 07 was 53% and poor / very poor was 14%. Current G/EX is up 4% versus the 10 year average and Poor / Very Poor is unchanged versus the 10 year average.

Crop Progress
Winter Wheat
Winter Wheat harvested as of June 07 was up 6% at 11%. This is up 7% versus last year and up 4% versus the 10 year average. The top producing states report Kansas 5%(+5%), Washington 0%(0%), Oklahoma 44%(+21%), Montana 0%(0%), Colorado 0%(0%).

Cotton
Cotton planted as of June 07 was up 11% at 77%. This is up 2% versus last year and down 2% versus the 10 year average. The top producing states report Texas 68%(+12%), Georgia 85%(+13%), Arkansas 97%(+9%), Missouri 100%(+1%), Mississippi 90%(+7%).

Spring Wheat
Spring Wheat planted as of June 07 was up 4% at 98%. This is unchanged versus last year. The top producing states report North Dakota 98%(+4%), Minnesota 99%(+4%), Montana 97%(+5%), Idaho 100%(+1%), South Dakota 100%(0%).

Corn
Corn planted as of June 07 was up 4% at 97%. This is up 1% versus last year. The top producing states report Iowa 98%(+1%), Illinois 96%(+5%), Nebraska 100%(+3%), Minnesota 99%(+2%), Indiana 94%(+9%).

Soybeans
Soybeans planted as of June 07 was up 5% at 92%. This is up 3% versus last year and up 8% versus the 10 year average. The top producing states report Illinois 93%(+4%), Iowa 97%(+2%), Minnesota 98%(+2%), Indiana 93%(+11%), Missouri 80%(+6%).

Definition

This full text file contains reports, issued weekly during the growing season (April to November), which lists planting, fruiting, and harvesting progress and overall condition of selected crops in major producing states. The data, summarized by crop and by state, are republished along with any revisions in the Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin. During the months of December through March, the report is issued monthly titled State Stories.

Description

These reports offer weekly analysis of the progress and condition of the crops. State-by-state data is provided, which is aggregated into a number that covers the key producing states that make up the majority of the US crop.

Crop Progress is measured by stages and percentage of completion. This includes percent planted, percent harvested, and several stages in between. Some of the stages vary from crop to crop. For example, intermediate stages for corn include emergence, silk, dough, dent, and maturity, while the stages for soybeans include emergence, bloom, setting pods, and dropping leaves. The reports compare the current week with the same period in the previous year and with the 5-year average.

Inclement weather in the spring can delay planting, which could ultimately lower the production for that year. For corn, producers may be forced to pick faster-growing but lower-yielding seed varieties if planting gets delayed. In some cases, they may switch to soybeans, which have a shorter growing season. If it is excessively hot and dry during the corn silking stage, yields could drop, and a delayed start to the season could push silking later in the summer and increase the odds of that happening. A key stage to watch for soybeans in pod-filling, as excessively dry weather during that stage could result in smaller beans and lower yield. If the crops are late, there is an increased chance of frost before the plants have matured, which can also reduce yield.

Crop Conditions are measured by five categories: Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor and Very Poor. As a rule of thumb, analysts tend to focus on the percentage that is in the good and excellent categories (“Good/Excellent”) and to a lesser extent to “Poor/Very Poor.” The reports include data on the current week, the previous week, and a year prior.

Analysts look at the weekly conditions data during the growing season to get an idea on how the crop is performing relative to previous years. If the crop conditions are poor, analysts may want to reduce their production estimates, and vice-versa if the crop conditions are strong. Analysts may also look at individual states’ conditions in light of the weather those areas are experiencing.

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