The USDA on Monday released the 18th Crop Progress report of the 2024 growing season.
Corn crop progress
As of July 28, 77% of the 2024 corn crop in the top 18 corn-growing states had reached the silk growth stage, the USDA says. This was up from 61% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 76%.
The report says 30% of the corn crop across all those states had reached the dough growth stage. This was up from 17% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 22%.
According to the report, the condition of the corn crop in the top growing states as of July 28 was as follows:
| 2024 Corn crop condition | ||
|---|---|---|
| July 28 | July 21 | |
| Good/Excellent | 68% | 67% |
| Fair | 23% | 23% |
| Poor/Very Poor | 9% | 10% |
Soybean crop progress
The USDA says as of July 28, 77% of the soybean crop in the top 18 growing states had reached the bloom growth stage. This was up from 65% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 74%.
Forty-four percent of soybeans across the same 18 states had reached the pod growth stage. This was up from 29% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 40%.
According to the report, the condition of the soybean crop in the top growing states as of July 28 was as follows:
| 2024 Soybean crop condition | ||
|---|---|---|
| July 28 | July 21 | |
| Good/Excellent | 67% | 68% |
| Fair | 25% | 24% |
| Poor/Very Poor | 8% | 8% |
Oat crop progress
The USDA says as of July 28, 35% of oats in eight of the top nine producing states were harvested. This was up from 22% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 31%.
According to the report, the condition of the oat crop in the top growing states as of July 28 was as follows:
| 2024 Oat crop condition | ||
|---|---|---|
| July 28 | July 21 | |
| Good/Excellent | 66% | 66% |
| Fair | 23% | 23% |
| Poor/Very Poor | 11% | 11% |
Spring wheat progress
The USDA says as of July 28, 94% of the spring wheat crop across the top six growing states had reached the heading growth stage. This was up from 89% the week prior but behind the five-year average of 96%.
According to the report, as of July 28 1% of spring wheat in four of the top six growing states had been harvested. This was behind the five-year average of 3%.
The report rates the spring wheat crop condition as of July 28 as follows:
| 2024 Spring wheat crop condition | ||
|---|---|---|
| July 28 | July 21 | |
| Good/Excellent | 74% | 77% |
| Fair | 22% | 18% |
| Poor/Very Poor | 4% | 5% |
Winter wheat progress
The USDA says as of July 28, 82% of winter wheat in the top 18 growing states was harvested. This was up from 76% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 80%.
Source - https://www.agriculture.com
