Corn crop progress

The USDA says as of June 2, 91% of the 2024 corn crop has been planted in the top 18 corn-growing states. This is up from 83% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 89%. Corn is emerging in all of those states, with 74% out of the ground. That’s up from 58% the week prior and slightly ahead of the five-year average of 73%.

Soybean crop progress

USDA says soybean planting progress in the top 18 growing states is at 78%, up from 68% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 73%. Soybeans have emerged in all of those states, with 55% out of the ground. That’s up from 39% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 52%.

Oat crop progress

The USDA says across all nine of the top oat-growing states, 97% of the crop has been planted, up from 93% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 95%. A total of 87% of the crop has emerged in those states, up from 77% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 83%. Oats are headed in seven of top nine growing states, at a total of 33%. This is up from 29% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 28%.

Winter wheat progress

USDA says 83% of winter wheat has headed across all of the top 18 growing states. This is up from 77% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 78%. The report says harvest has begun in six states and is 6% complete. This is twice as much as the five-year average.

Spring wheat progress

The USDA says spring wheat planting progress in the top six growing states is at 94%, up from 88% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 90%. A total of 78% is out of the ground, up from 61% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 69%.

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• 68% of U.S. soybeans are planted, compared to 78% last year and 63% on average, with 39% emerged, compared to the usual rate of 36%.
• 48% of U.S. winter wheat is rated good to excellent, down 1% on the week, with 77% headed, compared to 69% on average.
• 88% of spring wheat is planted and 61% has emerged, both ahead of the respective averages.
• 60% of cotton is called good to excellent, compared to last season’s first rating of 48%, with 59% planted, compared to 57% on average, and 4% squaring, just behind the usual pace.
• 78% of rice is in good to excellent condition, 4% less than last week, with 96% planted and 83% emerged, faster than average.
• 42% of sorghum is planted, compared to the five-year average of 37%.
• 48% of U.S. pastures and rangelands are in good to excellent shape, a week-to-week decline of 1%.

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Corn plantings moved from 49% a week ago up to 65% through May 14. Analysts were expecting to see a bit more progress, offering up an average trade guess of 68%. Still, 2023’s pace is far ahead of last year’s tally of 45% and remains six points above the prior five-year average of 59%. Missouri leads all of the top 18 production states, with 96%. North Dakota still has the furthest way to go, with 5%.

Corn emergence reached 30% through May 14, up from 12% a week ago. As with planting pace, this year is off to a hot start compared to 2022’s pace of 13% and the prior five-year average of 25%.

Soybean plantings reached 49% through Sunday, with analysts offering a slightly swifter average trade guess of 51%. But, this year’s crop is still progressing much more quickly than 2022’s pace of 27% and the prior five-year average of 36%. Among the top 18 production states, progress has varied from 78% completion in Louisiana to 2% in North Dakota.

One-fifth of the 2023 crop is now emerged, up from 9% last week, and well ahead of 2022’s pace of 8% and the prior five-year average of 11%.

Other regional crops continued to make planting progress last week, including:
Cotton – 35% (up from 22% last week)
Sorghum – 28% (up from 24% last week)
Rice: 83% (up from 72% last week)
Peanuts: 37% (up from 17% last week)
Sugar Beets: 79% (up from 41% last week)

Winter wheat quality saw some shifts in lower-rated fields, but the percentage of the crop rated in good-to-excellent condition held steady, at 29%. Another 30% of the crop is now rated fair (up three points from last week), with the remaining 41% rated poor or very poor (down three points from last week). In Kansas, the No. 1 production state, just 10% of the crop is rated good or excellent.

Physiologically, nearly half (49%) of the crop is headed up from 38% a week ago and slightly ahead of 2022’s pace of 46% and the prior five-year average of 48%.

Spring wheat planting progress reached 40% through May 14, up from the prior week’s tally of 24% and two points ahead of the prior trade guess of 39%. This year’s pace is three points ahead of 2022 but noticeably behind the prior five-year average of 57%. Thirteen % of the crop is emerged.

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Corn plantings reached 97 percent completion last week, according to USDA, moving up from 93 percent a week ago and in line with analyst expectations. This year’s pace is still much swifter than 2019’s, which was 78 percent, as well as the prior five-year average of 93 percent.

Each of the top 18 production states has nine of every 10 acres in the ground at this point, with the exception of North Dakota, which is at 87 percent.

Crop quality is on the rise. USDA raised ratings a point higher this past week to 75 percent in good-to-excellent condition.

Soybean planting progress moved from 75 percent complete a week ago up to 86 percent this week. This year’s progress is still well ahead of last year’s pace of 54 percent and moderately ahead of the prior five-year average of 79 percent. About two-thirds of the crop is emerged, which is also ahead of the prior five-year average.

Seventy-two percent of the crop is rated good to excellent.

This year’s spring wheat planting season has also nearly concluded, reaching 97 percent this past week. The prior five-year average is slightly higher—99 percent. Nationwide, 81 percent of the crop is now emerged, which is behind the prior five-year average of 91 percent. Quality-wise, the crop is in great shape; 82 percent is rated good-to-excellent.

While planters were still rolling in some fields this week, the winter wheat harvest has kicked off in six states, including Arkansas, California, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Texas. Nationwide, 7 percent of the 2019/2020 crop has now been harvested, which is moderately ahead of 2019’s sluggish pace of 3 percent but in line with the prior five-year average.

Source: Feedstuffs