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USDA Crop Progress Report: Harvest Is Beginning.

From The USDA

The USDA released the weekly Crop Progress Report on Monday.

Highlights of the report.

This year’s U.S. corn and soybean harvests are underway.

As of Sunday, the USDA says 10% of U.S. corn is harvested, compared to the five year average of 15%. 94% has dented, a little ahead of normal, and 53% has matured, a little behind normal. 68% of U.S. corn is in good to excellent condition, unchanged on the week.

7% of soybeans have been harvested, equal to the usual pace, and 56% are dropping leaves, compared to 50% on average. 63% of U.S. soybeans are called good to excellent, up 2% from a week ago.

19% of the winter wheat crop is planted, compared to 20% on average.

46% of U.S. pastures and rangeland are in good to excellent shape, down 1% from last week.

The full report with state breakdowns is available on this link

http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/current/CropProg/CropProg-09-21-2015.txt

 

 


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