Crop Progress & Condition Highlights (8/16)
Following are highlights from USDA’s crop progress and condition update for the week ended Aug. 14.
- Corn: 94% silking (97% average), 62% dough (65% average), 16% dented (20% average), 57% rated good/excellent (58% last week)
- Soybeans: 93% blooming (93% average), 74% setting pods (77% average), 58% rated good/excellent (59% last week)
- Spring wheat: 16% harvested (35% average) 64% rated good/excellent (64% last week)
- Winter wheat: 90% harvested (94% average)
- Cotton: 80% setting bolls (78% average), 15% bolls opening (14% average), 34% rated good/excellent (31% last week)
