First peek at 2024 corn crop condition pegs 75% good/excellent

Today the USDA released the 10th Crop Progress report of the growing season.

Corn crop progress

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. That’s up from 58% the week prior and slightly ahead of the five-year average of 73%.

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

Corn crop condition
	June 2
Good/excellent	75%
Fair	21%
Poor/very poor	4%

Soybean crop progress

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%.

Oat crop progress

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%.

Oats are headed in seven of top nine growing states, at a total of 33%. This is up from 29% the week prior and ahead of the five-year average of 28%.

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

Oat crop condition
	June 2	May 26
Good/excellent	68%	66%
Fair	23%	25%
Poor/very poor	9%	9%

Winter wheat progress

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. This is twice as much as the five-year average.

According to the report, the condition of the winter wheat crop in the top growing states rates as follows:

Winter wheat crop condition
	June 2	May 26
Good/excellent	49%	48%
Fair	33%	33%
Poor/very poor	18%	19%

Spring wheat progress

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:

Spring wheat condition
	June 2
Good/excellent	74%
Fair	24%
Poor/very poor	2%