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Crop progress & condition

USDA's weekly Crop Progress in plain English: how fast the crop is coming out of the field (or going in) compared with normal, and how much of it is rated good to excellent. Pasture condition is there for cattle country.

Next reportTuesday, October 13, 3:00 PM CT

Week ending Sunday, October 4 · released Mon Oct 5

Corn

23% harvested
5-yr avg 27% -4 pts · last wk 18%
54% good/excellent -3 wk
poor 18%fair 28%good/exc 54%
  • Furthest behind normal: Iowa (7% vs 20%), Michigan (2% vs 14%), Colorado (5% vs 15%).

Soybeans

25% harvested
5-yr avg 33% -8 pts · last wk 17%
57% good/excellent -1 wk
poor 14%fair 29%good/exc 57%
  • Furthest behind normal: Iowa (5% vs 38%), Minnesota (25% vs 51%), Nebraska (9% vs 34%).

Winter wheat

16% emerged
5-yr avg 20% -4 pts · last wk 8%
  • Furthest behind normal: Oklahoma (3% vs 16%), Colorado (27% vs 38%), Michigan (4% vs 13%).

Pasture & range

23% good/excellent +4 wk
poor 49%fair 28%good/exc 23%
State Harvested nowLast week5-yr avgvs avg Good/excPoor/v. poor
Colorado 5% 0% 15% -10 41% 37%
Illinois 36% 26% 30% +6 58% 12%
Indiana 21% 13% 23% -2 61% 10%
Iowa 7% 5% 20% -13 72% 9%
Kansas 54% 48% 53% +1 40% 34%
Kentucky 69% 58% 57% +12 79% 4%
Michigan 2% 1% 14% -12 56% 8%
Minnesota 12% 6% 16% -4 60% 13%
Missouri 50% 42% 49% +1 66% 9%
Nebraska 15% 11% 24% -9 46% 21%
North Carolina 81% 75% 84% -3 14% 52%
North Dakota 12% 8% 10% +2 27% 38%
Ohio 6% 3% 12% -6 65% 8%
Pennsylvania 6% 0% 6% +0 79% 5%
South Dakota 11% 8% 16% -5 35% 31%
Tennessee 83% 73% 68% +15 81% 4%
Texas 82% 79% 84% -2 35% 35%
Wisconsin 8% 4% 9% -1 59% 15%
18 States 23%18%27% -4 54% 18%

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, Crop Progress (weekly, April–November), report archive. "Good/exc" is the share of the crop rated good or excellent; "vs avg" compares this week's progress with the 2021–2025 average for the same week.

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