FIRST PEEK AT 2024 US CORN CROP CONDITION PEGS 75% GOOD/EXCELLENT
The USDA says as of June 2, 91% of the 2024 corn crop has been planted in the top 18 corn-growing states. This is up from 83% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 89%. Corn is emerging in all of those states, with 74% out of the ground. According to the report, the condition of the corn crop in the top growing states rates as follows: 85% Good/excellent, 21% Fair, and 4% Poor/very poor. USDA says soybean planting progress in the top 18 growing states is at 78%, up from 68% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 73%. Soybeans have emerged in all of those states, with 55% out of the ground. That’s up from 39% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 52%.
The USDA says across all nine of the top oat-growing states, 97% of the crop has been planted, up from 93% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 95%. A total of 87% of the crop has emerged in those states, up from 77% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 83%. USDA says 83% of winter wheat has headed across all of the top 18 growing states. This is up from 77% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 78%. The report says harvest has begun in six states and is 6% complete.
According to the report, the condition of the winter wheat crop in the top growing states rates as follows: 49% Good/excellent, 33% Fair, and 18% Poor/very poor. The USDA says spring wheat planting progress in the top six growing states is at 94%, up from 88% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 90%. A total of 78% is out of the ground, up from 61% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 69%. The report rates the spring wheat crop condition as follows: 74% Good/excellent, 24% Fair, and 2% Poor/very poor.
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