USDA Weekly Crop Progress     09/21 16:08

   USDA Crop Progress: Corn 13% Harvested, Rated 57% Good to Excellent as of 
Sept. 20

   Corn was 13% harvested, and the remaining crop was rated 57% in 
good-to-excellent condition as of Sunday, Sept. 20. Soybeans were 12% harvested 
and were rated 58% in good-to-excellent condition.

Anthony Greder
DTN/Progressive Farmer Content Manager

   This article was originally published at 3:06 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 21. 
It was last updated with additional information at 4:08 p.m. CDT on Monday, 
Sept. 21.

   **

   OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite heavy rain across much of the Corn Belt last week, 
the nation's corn and soybean harvests continued ahead of their average paces, 
according to USDA NASS's weekly Crop Progress report released on Monday.

   The nation's weather pattern is expected to shift this week, bringing 
improved harvest conditions to parts of the Midwest while maintaining a steady 
stream of moisture across drought-affected areas of the Plains, according to 
DTN forecasts.

   CORN

   -- Crop development: Corn dented was estimated at 92%, 2 percentage points 
ahead of last year's 90% and 1 point ahead of the five-year average of 91%. 
Corn mature was pegged at 58%, 4 percentage points ahead of last year's 54% and 
3 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 55%.

   -- Harvest progress: NASS estimated that 13% of corn has been harvested 
nationally, 3 percentage points ahead of last year's 10% and 2 points ahead of 
the five-year average of 11%.

   -- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 57% of the crop was in 
good-to-excellent condition, unchanged from the previous week but 9 percentage 
points below last year's 66%. Seventeen percent of the crop was rated very poor 
to poor, equal to the previous week and 7 percentage points above the previous 
year's 10%.

   SOYBEANS

   -- Crop development: Soybeans dropping leaves were pegged at 62%, 4 
percentage points ahead of both last year and the five-year average pace of 58%.

   -- Harvest progress: NASS estimated that 12% of soybeans had been harvested 
as of Sunday, 4 points ahead of both last year and the five-year average of 8%

   -- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 58% of soybeans were in 
good-to-excellent condition, unchanged from the previous week but 3 percentage 
points below the previous year's 61%.

   SPRING WHEAT

   -- Harvest progress: Spring wheat harvest reached 96% complete as of Sunday. 
That was equal to both last year's pace and the five-year average.

   WINTER WHEAT

   -- Planting progress: Winter wheat planting was estimated at 17% complete 
nationally, 2 percentage points behind last year's 19% and 4 percentage points 
behind the five-year average of 21%.

   -- Crop development: Winter wheat emergence was estimated at 2%, 2 points 
behind both last year's pace and the five-year average.

   THE WEEK AHEAD IN WEATHER

   Following a week of excessive rainfall across much of the Corn Belt, DTN Ag 
Meteorologist John Baranick said farmers in some areas may finally get an 
opportunity to return to the field, while producers in the Plains continue to 
receive much-needed moisture.

   "After a week of some really heavy rainfall across large areas of the Corn 
Belt, it will be a lot tamer this week," Baranick said. "A stalled front last 
week brought some continuous rainfall over large areas of the Corn Belt, but 
that front is finally shifting down into the Southeast early this week. Showers 
are forecast to dwindle as it does so, leaving behind some more fall-like 
temperatures across more of the Midwest and Tennessee Valley after the extended 
summer last week. While harvest progress was tough in a lot of areas last week, 
the areas that saw heavy rain will have some chance to dry out, and maybe allow 
farmers to get back out into their fields later this week.

   "But out in the Plains, rain will continue. We saw widespread showers last 
week that should help with the ongoing drought. Not all areas saw rain, of 
course, but many areas from west Texas into South Dakota and Montana got some 
needed rain. It may affect harvest but should help with moistening soils for 
winter wheat planting and early establishment. A lot of these areas are going 
to need more rain, and more is coming. We should see showers somewhere in the 
Plains every day this week. Some of the heaviest rain is forecast from New 
Mexico and west Texas into Nebraska. There could be some localized areas of 
flooding that go along with it if they hit the same areas over and over again. 
Otherwise, they should be good soaking rains now that we're heading into the 
true fall season."

   **

   To view weekly crop progress reports issued by National Ag Statistics 
Service offices in individual states, visit http://www.nass.usda.gov/. Look for 
the U.S. map in the "Find Data and Reports by" section and choose the state you 
wish to view in the drop-down menu. Then look for that state's "Crop Progress & 
Condition" report.

   **

   Editor's Note: How is your harvest going? Send us your comments, and we'll 
include them in next week's Crop Progress report story. You can email comments 
to talk@dtn.com. Please include the location of where you farm.

   **

National Crop Progress Summary
                                            This    Last    Last    5-Year
                                            Week    Week    Year    Avg.
Corn dented                                 92      86      90      91
Corn mature                                 58      42      54      55
Corn harvested                              13      8       10      11
Soybeans dropping leaves                    62      44      58      58
Soybeans harvested                          12      6       8       8
Winter wheat planted                        17      8       19      21
Winter wheat emerged                        2       NA      4       4
Spring wheat harvested                      96      93      96      96
Cotton bolls opening                        65      57      59      58
Cotton harvested                            13      8       12      11
Sorghum headed                              97      94      100     99
Sorghum coloring                            88      78      88      89
Sorghum mature                              56      49      51      52
Sorghum harvested                           25      22      25      26
Barley harvested                            98      94      98      96
Rice harvested                              73      62      70      60

   **

National Crop Condition Summary
(VP=Very Poor; P=Poor; F=Fair; G=Good; E=Excellent)
                                             VP     P       F       G       E
Corn
This Week                                    6      11      26      44      13
Prev Week                                    6      11      26      44      13
Prev Year                                    3      7       24      49      17
DTN 5-Yr Avg                                 5      10      26      46      13
Soybeans
This Week                                    4      10      28      46      12
Prev Week                                    4      9       29      46      12
Prev Year                                    4      8       27      48      13
DTN 5-Yr Avg                                 4      10      28      47      11
Peanuts
This Week                                    1      8       31      53      7
Prev Week                                    1      9       29      55      6
Prev Year                                    3      11      31      46      9
DTN 5-Yr Avg                                 2      8       32      51      7
Cotton
This Week                                    10     25      31      28      6
Prev Week                                    12     22      30      30      6
Prev Year                                    6      12      35      37      10
DTN 5-Yr Avg                                 12     17      30      34      6

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