American producers took advantage of generally good Midwest weather to make solid progress in the fields this past week.
Delayed from Monday due to a federal holiday, the USDA crop progress report Tuesday showed the national soybean harvest at 43% complete as of Sunday. That is an advance of 20 points from the previous week and 6 points ahead of the five-year average. The corn harvest moved almost as fast, gaining 19 points on the week to 42% complete as of Sunday, 3 points ahead of the average.
Last year at this time, 41% of the US soybean crop and 29% of the corn crop was in the bin.
The Illinois soybean harvest made particularly big strides this past week, advancing 25 points to reach 44% complete as of Sunday, well ahead of 28% last year and 36% on average. The corn harvest in the state jumped 20 points to 42% done, 3 points ahead of average.
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