For the week ending Sept. 27, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported the following corn and soybean crop conditions:
Nebraska:
Corn condition rated 6% very poor, 11% poor, 20% fair, 44% good, and 19% excellent. Corn mature was 80%, well ahead of 48% last year, and ahead of 65% for the five-year average. Harvested was 14%, ahead of 7% last year, and near 10% average.
Soybean condition rated 6% very poor, 11% poor, 22% fair, 45% good, and 16% excellent. Soybeans dropping leaves was 92%, well ahead of 69% last year, and ahead of 80% average. Harvested was 29%, well ahead of 4% last year, and ahead of 13% average.
Kansas:
Corn condition rated 5% very poor, 12% poor, 28% fair, 42% good, and 13% excellent. Corn mature was 84%, ahead of 69% last year, and near 81% average. Harvested was 29%, near 25% last year, but behind 35% average.
Soybean condition rated 4% very poor, 11% poor, 35% fair, 40% good, and 10% excellent. Soybeans dropping leaves was 68%, well ahead of 39% last year, and ahead of 51% average. Harvested was 10%, ahead of 1% last year and 5% average.
Oklahoma:
Corn mature reached 75%, up 11 points from the previous year but down 2 points from normal. Corn harvested reached 30%, down 5 points from the previous year and down 15 points from normal.
Soybeans setting pods reached 93%, up 4 points from the previous year but unchanged from normal. Soybeans dropping leaves reached 33%, up 16 points from the previous year and up 6 points from normal. Soybeans harvested reached 3%, up 3 points from the previous year but unchanged from normal.
Texas:
Corn harvest progressed in the Northern High Plains.
Rainfall slowed soybean harvest in areas of the Blacklands and the Upper Coast.
South Dakota:
Corn condition rated 2% very poor, 4% poor, 22% fair, 63% good, and 9% excellent. Corn mature was 80%, well ahead of 24% last year and 54% for the five-year average. Harvested was 10%, ahead of 5% average.
Soybean condition rated 3% very poor, 6% poor, 24% fair, 60% good, and 7% excellent. Soybeans dropping leaves was 90%, well ahead of 50% last year, and ahead of 80% average. Harvested was 29%, well ahead of 1% last year, and ahead of 13% average.
Minnesota:
Corn for grain had reached maturity on 85% of the acres, 22 days ahead of last year and 13 days ahead of the 5- year average. The corn for grain harvest started and was 6% complete. This is 17 days ahead of last year and 5 days ahead of average. Corn moisture content of grain at harvest averaged 24%. Corn harvested for silage reached 91% complete, 24 days ahead of last year and 15 days ahead of normal. Corn condition improved slightly to 78% good to excellent.
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Soybean acres were 90% dropping leaves, 15 days ahead of last year and one week above average. Soybeans were 31% harvested, 20 days ahead of last year and 6 days ahead of average. Soybean condition improved slightly to 77% good to excellent.
Colorado:
Corn harvest began in southeastern counties as corn was drying down quickly with the above average temperatures and wind.
Iowa:
Corn was 97% in or beyond dent stage, over 2 weeks ahead of the previous year and 3 days ahead of the 5-year average. Only 18% of the crop has yet to reach maturity, 3 weeks ahead of last year and 9 days ahead of average. Corn harvest for grain reached 12% statewide, almost 3 weeks ahead of last year and 9 days ahead of average. This is the highest percent of corn harvested for grain completed by Sept. 27 since 2012 when 48% of the crop had been harvested. Corn condition rated 42% good to excellent.
Soybeans coloring or beyond advanced to 96%, which is 2 weeks ahead of last year and 1 week ahead of average. Eighty-four percent of the soybean crop was dropping leaves or beyond, 16 days ahead of last year and 8 days ahead of average. Soybean harvest was 30% complete, 19 days ahead of last year and 12 days ahead of average. This was the largest proportion of soybeans harvested by September 27 since 2012 when 41% had been harvested. Farmers in northwest and west central Iowa continue to lead the way with almost half of their soybean acreage harvested. Soybean condition rated 47% good to excellent.
Missouri:
Corn harvested for grain was 20% complete, compared to the 5-year average of 41%. Corn condition was rated 1% very poor, 3% poor, 16% fair, 62% good, and 18% excellent.
Soybeans turning color was 66%, compared to the 5-year average of 70%. Soybeans dropping leaves was 29 percent, compared to the 5-year average of 39%. Soybean harvest was 1% complete, compared to the 5-year average of 6%. Soybean condition was rated 1% poor, 18% fair, 61% good, and 20% excellent.
