Spring wheat condition takes a dive as harvest progress begins

The USDA on Monday released the 18th Crop Progress report of the 2024 growing season.

Corn crop progress

As of July 28, 77% of the 2024 corn crop in the top 18 corn-growing states had reached the silk growth stage, the USDA says. This was up from 61% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 76%.

The report says 30% of the corn crop across all those states had reached the dough growth stage. This was up from 17% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 22%.

According to the report, the condition of the corn crop in the top growing states as of July 28 was as follows:

2024 Corn crop condition
	July 28	July 21
Good/Excellent	68%	67%
Fair	23%	23%
Poor/Very Poor	9%	10%

Soybean crop progress

The USDA says as of July 28, 77% of the soybean crop in the top 18 growing states had reached the bloom growth stage. This was up from 65% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 74%.

Forty-four percent of soybeans across the same 18 states had reached the pod growth stage. This was up from 29% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 40%.

According to the report, the condition of the soybean crop in the top growing states as of July 28 was as follows:

2024 Soybean crop condition
	July 28	July 21
Good/Excellent	67%	68%
Fair	25%	24%
Poor/Very Poor	8%	8%

Oat crop progress

The USDA says as of July 28, 35% of oats in eight of the top nine producing states were harvested. This was up from 22% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 31%.

According to the report, the condition of the oat crop in the top growing states as of July 28 was as follows:

2024 Oat crop condition
	July 28	July 21
Good/Excellent	66%	66%
Fair	23%	23%
Poor/Very Poor	11%	11%

Spring wheat progress

The USDA says as of July 28, 94% of the spring wheat crop across the top six growing states had reached the heading growth stage. This was up from 89% the week prior but behind the five-year average of 96%.

According to the report, as of July 28 1% of spring wheat in four of the top six growing states had been harvested. This was behind the five-year average of 3%.

The report rates the spring wheat crop condition as of July 28 as follows:

2024 Spring wheat crop condition
	July 28	July 21
Good/Excellent	74%	77%
Fair	22%	18%
Poor/Very Poor	4%	5%

Winter wheat progress

The USDA says as of July 28, 82% of winter wheat in the top 18 growing states was harvested. This was up from 76% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 80%.