Planting Progress: All 18 States Report Corn Emergence

Gina Clark — Mon, 18 May 2026 22:34:41 +0000

On Monday, the USDA published the seventh of the 2026 growing season. Here’s a look at the latest progress and condition numbers.

Corn

As of May 17, 76% of this year’s corn crop has been planted in the , according to the USDA. That’s ahead of the five-year average of 70%.

The USDA said 39% of the corn crop in all 18 states states has emerged, which is ahead of the five-year average of 37%.

Soybeans

As of May 17, 67% of the soybean crop in the nation’s was in the ground. That’s markedly ahead of the five-year average of 53%.

The USDA said 32% of the soybean crop in all 18 states has emerged, which is ahead of the five-year average of 23%.

Winter Wheat

The USDA reported that 71% of the winter wheat crop across 17 of the has headed as of May 17. The five-year average is 58%.

Winter wheat condition for the week that ended May 17 was as follows:

Good/excellent: 27%
Fair: 30%
Poor/very poor: 43%

Last week at this time, 28% of the crop was in good/excellent condition. Last year at this time, 52% of the crop was in good/excellent condition.

Spring Wheat

In the , 73% of the spring wheat crop has been planted, ahead of the five-year average of 66%.

Across the six states, 39% of the spring wheat crop had emerged as of May 17, ahead of the five-year average of 34%.

Oats

Across the , 87% of planting is complete, according to the USDA. That’s ahead of the five-year average of 82%.

Sixty-two percent of the oat crop across the nine states has emerged, just behind the five-year average of 63%.

The oat crop condition for the week that ended May 17 was as follows:

Good/excellent: 46%
Fair: 31%
Poor/very poor: 23%

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Planting Progress Shows Strong Early Season Gains

Gina Clark — Fri, 09 May 2025 18:10:42 +0000

The USDA released its eighth Crop Progress Report of the 2025 growing season on May 5. Here’s a look at the most recent corn, soy, wheat, and oat numbers:

Corn crop progress: As of May 4, 40% of the corn crop across the country’s top 18 corn-growing states had been planted. That’s ahead of the five-year average of 39%.

Eleven percent of the corn crop had emerged across 16 of the top corn-growing states as of May 4. That’s ahead of the five-year average by 2 percentage points.

Soybean crop progress: The USDA said that as of May 4, 30% of the soybean crop across all top 18 states had been planted. That’s notably ahead of the five-year average of 23%.

Winter wheat progress: The USDA reported that 39% of the winter wheat crop across 12 of the top 18 states had headed as of May 4. The five-year average is 33%.

For the week ending May 4, the condition of the nation’s winter wheat crop was as follows: Good/excellent: 51%, Fair: 31% and Poor/very poor: 18%.

Spring wheat progress: In the top six spring wheat-growing states, 44% of the crop had been planted as of May 4. That’s ahead of the five-year average of 34%.

Thirteen percent of the spring wheat crop had emerged across all six states by May 4.

Oat crop progress: Across the nine top oat-growing states, 71% of the season’s planting is complete, according to the USDA. That’s ahead of the five-year average of 64%.

A total of 69% of the crop has emerged, across all nine states, 48% of the oat crop had emerged by May 4, five points ahead of the five-year average.