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Crop progress: Soybean harvest nearly complete

Corn harvest also made solid inroads this past week.

Ben Potter, Senior editor

October 28, 2024

2 Min Read
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USDA’s latest crop progress report, out Monday afternoon and covering the week through October 27, showed U.S. farmers making a series dent in the 2024 corn and soybean harvests in recent days. USDA also made its initial assessment for winter wheat crop quality in today’s report, and much more.

Corn harvest progressed from 65% completion a week ago up to 81% through Sunday. That puts this season’s pace well ahead of 2023’s pace of 68% and the prior five-year average of 64%. State-by-state progress varied widely, from 50% in Pennsylvania all the way up to 99% in Texas.

The 2024 soybean harvest is moving even more quickly after reaching 89% through October 27. That’s ahead of last week’s pace of 81%. It’s also faster than 2023’s pace of 82% and the prior five-year average of 78%. State-by-state progress ranged between 37% in North Carolina up to 98% in Minnesota.

In the Southern U.S., the 2024 cotton crop has passed the halfway point, with 52% completion through Sunday. That’s up from 44% last week and is also ahead of 2023’s pace of 47% and the prior five-year average of 46%. Quality ratings spilled three points lower, with 33% of the crop now in good-to-excellent condition.

Winter wheat plantings moved from 73% completion a week ago up to 80% through Sunday. That’s slightly below 2023’s pace of 82% and the prior five-year average of 84%. Crop emergence moved from 46% last week up to 56% through October 27.

Related:Crop progress: Corn harvest past the halfway point

USDA’s first quality ratings of the season showed 38% of the crop is in good-to-excellent condition so far. That was lower than the entire set of trade guesses, which ranged between 42% and 53%. Another 39% of the crop is rated fair, with the remaining 23% rated poor or very poor.

Click here for more data from the latest UDSA crop progress report, including additional regional crop information, plus a state-by-state look at topsoil moisture, days suitable for fieldwork and more.

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About the Author

Ben Potter

Senior editor, Farm Futures

Senior Editor Ben Potter brings two decades of professional agricultural communications and journalism experience to Farm Futures. He began working in the industry in the highly specific world of southern row crop production. Since that time, he has expanded his knowledge to cover a broad range of topics relevant to agriculture, including agronomy, machinery, technology, business, marketing, politics and weather. He has won several writing awards from the American Agricultural Editors Association, most recently on two features about drones and farmers who operate distilleries as a side business. Ben is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

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