Good progress this past week pushed the 2022 US corn and soybean harvests ahead of the five-year average pace.
Tuesday’s USDA crop progress report showed the national corn harvest at 31% complete as of Sunday, up 11 points on the week and 1 point ahead of average. Meanwhile, the soybean harvest jumped 22 points on the week to 44% complete as of Sunday, still 3 points behind last year but 6 points ahead of the average. Last year, 39% of the US corn crop was in the bin at this time, while 47% of the soybean harvest was done.
In the top production state of Iowa, the corn harvest gained 12 points on the week to reach 23% complete as of Sunday, behind 28% last year but 4 points ahead of average. The Illinois and Indiana corn harvests were both 27% done, versus 13% and 11% a week earlier, 53% and 35% last year and 43% and 30% on average, respectively. An estimated 16% of the Michigan crop was off as of Sunday, up 6 points from the previous week and 2 points ahead of average, while Ohio was up 8 points on the week to 15% complete, 1 point behind average. The North Dakota corn harvest gained 9 points to 12% done, also 1 point behind average.
An estimated 87% of the US corn crop had reached maturity as of Sunday, up from 75% a week earlier and 2 points ahead of average.
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