US corn and soybean harvest pace above last year and the five-year average

US corn crop and soybean harvest progress remained above the five-year averages in the week to Sunday October 13, the USDA’s weekly crop progress report showed on Tuesday October 15. Corn harvest was reported at 47% complete and soybean progress at 67% done.

Ahead of the report’s release, analysts estimated that corn harvest would be reported at 46%, while soybean harvest would land at 68%.

In the previous week, corn harvest was 30% complete, and soybean harvest had progressed to 47%.

Therefore, corn harvest progress more than doubled this week.

Corn rated in good-to-excellent condition accounted for 64% of the total crop.

Before the report’s release, analysts estimated that corn crop conditions would improve by 1 percentage point to 65% in good-to-excellent condition.

Sunflower harvest has reached 14% complete, ahead of last week’s 4% and last year’s 10%, but the figure is below the five-year average of 16%.

For winter wheat, planting was 64% complete, up from 51% last week, down by 1 percentage point from last year and by 2 points from the five-year average of 66%.

Topsoil moisture conditions during the reporting week were described as 23% very short, 39% short, 37% adequate and 1% surplus, compared with the previous week’s 18% very short, 34% short, 45% adequate and 3% surplus.

Subsoil moisture conditions were listed as 20% very short, 37% short, 42% adequate and 1% surplus, compared with the previous week’s 17% very short, 35% short, 46% adequate and 2% surplus.

Corn
94% mature (87% last week, 93% last year, 89% five-year average)
47% harvested (30% last week, 42% last year, 39% five-year average)
64% good-to-excellent condition (64% last week, 53% last year)

Soybeans
95% dropping leaves (90% last week, 96% last year, 92% five-year average)
67% harvested (47% last week, 57% last year, 51% five-year average)

Sunflower
14% harvested (4% last week, 10% last year, 16% five-year average)

Winter wheat
64% planted (51% last week, 65% last year, 66% five-year average)
35% emerged (25% last week, 36% last year, 38% five-year average)