The weekly USDA Crop Progress Report was released today and shows the corn crop is in good shape. To see all of the information click the following link to the USDA report.
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/CropProg/CropProg-06-09-2014.pdf
USDA reports the national corn condition rating declined slightly last week, but remains at much higher level than this time last year.
As of Sunday, 75% of U.S. corn is in good to excellent shape, down 1% on the week, but up 12% on the year. 92% of the crop has emerged, compared to 83% a year ago and the five year average of 90%.
For soybeans, 87% are planted, compared to 69% last year and 81% on average, with 71% emerged, compared to 46% a year ago and 62% on average. In the first rating of the season, 74% of soybeans are in good to excellent condition.
86% of winter wheat has headed, compared to 85% on average, while 9% is harvested, compared to 5% last year and 12% on average. All winter wheat condition categories held steady on the week at 30% good to excellent, 26% fair, and 44% poor to very poor.
95% of spring wheat is planted, compared to 93% on average, and 80% has emerged, compared to 82% on average. 71% of spring wheat is called good to excellent, compared to 62% a year ago.
51% of U.S. pastures and rangelands are in good to excellent condition, up 1% from last week.