USDA Reports Corn Condition Edges Up
Hot weather over Memorial Day was blunted by cooler weather and a few showers, according to the USDA report. First soybean condition report shows 65% good to excellent.
Willie Vogt 
Published: Jun 4, 2012
All this talk of hot weather and small corn missed one key point, apparently, cooler days and a few showers in the Corn Belt which edged the latest corn condition report a little higher. In fact, the latest USDA figures show 72% of the corn as good to excellent in condition. The Fair (23%) and Poor (4%) numbers didn't move from the previous week.
And the corn crop is holding up better than it did by this time in 2011 when only 67% was good to excellent. This latest condition report comes with 97% of the corn emerged which is well ahead of the five-year average.
Meanwhile, the first soybean condition ratings have been released as well with 94% planted and 79% emerged the crop is rated 65% good to excellent. This condition report has been released earlier than last year so there's no year-to-year comparison available. About 34% of the crop is rated fair to poor and 1% is listed as very poor.
MOVING ALONG: Latest USDA crop condition report offers good news for corn, soybeans. Winter wheat harvest is moving right along with 20% of the crop harvested, which is more than six times the five-year average. Kansas reported the combines rolling the earliest they have in 60 years. Condition of the crop not harvested continues to dip with 52% showing good to excellent compared to 54% last week. The crop, however, is running well ahead of last year's for condition when reports for this same week showed only 34% good to excellent.
Spring wheat has started heading in the 6 key states with South Dakota reporting 21% headed. Condition for the crop is 78% good to excellent, which is only down 1% point from last week.
Cotton is running ahead of schedule too with squaring already far past the five-year average. Cotton condition rations show this fiber crop is 54% good to excellent, but 46% is rated fair and lower which is a slip from previous-week numbers.
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