According to USDA, corn silking and dough progress and soybean blooming and pod setting progress have remained ahead of historical seasonal figures through the week ending Aug 5^th while good-to-excellent crop conditions remained above five year average figures.

Corn:

Corn silking as of the week ending Aug 5^th was 96% complete, finishing ahead of last year’s pace of 92% and the five year average pace of 92%.

Corn dough progress as of the week ending Aug 5^th was 57% complete, finishing significantly ahead of last year’s pace of 39% and the five year average pace of 37%.

A total of 71% of the corn crop was in good or excellent condition as of the week ending Aug 5^th, down one percent from the previous week. 10% of the corn crop was identified as in poor or very poor condition, up one percent from the previous week.

The current seasonal good-to-excellent corn conditions finished above the five year average of 68.2% but remained below the good-to-excellent conditions experienced throughout 2014 and 2016.

Soybeans:

Soybean bloomings as of the week ending Aug 5^th were 92% complete, finishing ahead of last year’s pace of 89% and the five year average pace of 86%.

75% of the soybean crop has set pods as of the week ending Aug 5^th, finishing significantly ahead of last year’s pace of 63% and the five year average pace of 58%.

A total of 67% of the soybean crop was in good or excellent condition as of the week ending Aug 5^th, down three percent from the previous week. 10% of the soybean crop was identified as in poor or very poor condition, up two percent from the previous week.

The current seasonal good-to-excellent soybean conditions finished above the five year average of 66% but remained below the good-to-excellent conditions experienced throughout 2014 and 2016.