Crop Progress: Wheat Harvest Nearly Complete as Corn and Soybean Advance Toward Maturity

For the week ending Aug. 10, 2025, Nebraska’s field crops continued to advance under warm, mostly dry conditions that kept combines and irrigation systems busy. Many producers wrapped up wheat harvest while monitoring late-summer moisture needs for corn and soybean. Topsoil moisture rated 3% very short, 21% short, 66% adequate and 10% surplus, while subsoil moisture rated 6% very short, 23% short, 65% adequate and 6% surplus. Statewide, fieldwork averaged 5.1 days suitable for the week.

Field Crops Report:

• Corn
  • Silking was 93% — behind 99% in 2024 and the five-year average of 97%.
  • Dough stage was 59% — behind 61% last year and 62% for the five-year average.
  • Dented was 15% — behind 23% last year but near the five-year average of 14%.
  • Condition rated 1% very poor, 3% poor, 20% fair, 49% good and 27% excellent.