According to USDA, corn dough and dent progress and soybean blooming and pod setting progress have remained ahead of historical seasonal figures through the week ending Aug 12^th while good-to-excellent crop conditions remained above five year average figures.

Corn:

Corn dough progress as of the week ending Aug 12^th was 73% complete, finishing significantly ahead of last year’s pace of 58% and the five year average pace of 56%.

Corn dent progress as of the week ending Aug 12^th was 26% complete, finishing significantly ahead of last year’s pace of 15% and the five year average pace of 13%.

A total of 70% of the corn crop was in good or excellent condition as of the week ending Aug 12^th, down one percent from the previous week. 10% of the corn crop was identified as in poor or very poor condition, unchanged from the previous week.

The current seasonal good-to-excellent corn conditions of 70% finished slightly above the five year average of 68.6% but remained below the good-to-excellent conditions experienced throughout 2014 and 2016.

Soybeans:

Soybean bloomings as of the week ending Aug 12^th were 96% complete, finishing ahead of last year’s pace of 93% and the five year average pace of 92%.

84% of the soybean crop has set pods as of the week ending Aug 12^th, finishing ahead of last year’s pace of 77% and the five year average pace of 72%.

A total of 66% of the soybean crop was in good or excellent condition as of the week ending Aug 12^th, down one percent from the previous week. 10% of the soybean crop was identified as in poor or very poor condition, unchanged from the previous week.

The current seasonal good-to-excellent soybean conditions of 66% finished slightly above the five year average of 65.6% but remained below the good-to-excellent conditions experienced throughout 2014 and 2016.