USDA’s latest crop progress report, out Monday afternoon and covering the week through June 14, showed some mild improvements to corn and soybean quality ratings, with each crop trending a point higher. Winter wheat quality also improved this past week, although overall ratings remain dismal. Harvest progress is now a quarter complete, meantime.
Corn quality shifted a point higher in the week ending June 14, with 68% now rated in good-to-excellent condition. A survey of analysts by Bloomberg matched USDA’s official number, with individual trade guesses ranging between 65% and 70%. Another 26% of the crop is rated fair (down one point from last week), with the remaining 6% rated poor or very poor (unchanged from last week).
Physiologically, 94% of the crop is now emerged, up from 86% in the prior week. That puts 2026 slightly ahead of 2025’s pace and the prior five-year average, both at 93%.
Soybean quality ratings also improved a point this past week, with 66% in good-to-excellent condition through Sunday. That mirrored analyst expectations, with individual trade guesses ranging between 64% and 68%. Another 28% of the crop is rated fair (down one point from last week), with the remaining 6% rated poor or very poor (unchanged from last week).
Plantings are nearly complete, with progress reaching 95% through June 14. That’s up from 92% in the prior week and a bit ahead of the prior five-year average of 93%. Emergence reached 88%, versus the prior five-year average of 82%.
Winter wheat quality saw a two-point improvement this past week, with 27% of the crop now rated in good-to-excellent condition. That was better than analysts were expecting after predicting ratings would hold steady. Another 28% of the crop is rated fair (down one point from last week), with the remaining 45% rated poor or very poor (also down one point from last week).
Physiologically, nearly all (95%) of the crop is now headed, up from 92% a week ago and faster than the prior five-year average of 91%. Harvest has reached 25% completion, up from 11% last week and well ahead of the prior five-year average of 13%.
Spring wheat quality ratings jumped another three points higher this past week, with 55% of the crop now in good-to-excellent condition. Another 39% of the crop is rated fair (down one point from last week), with the remaining 6% rated poor or very poor (steady from last week). Ninety-five percent of the crop is now emerged, with 6% of the crop now headed.
Click here for more data from today’s report, including a state-by-state look at topsoil and subsoil moisture, days suitable for fieldwork and more.