Corn
As of June 22, 97% of the corn crop across the country's top 18 corn-growing states had emerged. That's just shy of the five-year average of 98%.
The corn crop in Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota has reached 100% emergence, per the report. Together with North Carolina from the week prior, the corn crop in four states has completely emerged.
This was the first report including silking progress across top corn-growing states. USDA said 4% of the crop in nine states had reached the silking stage. The five-year average is 3%.
As of June 22, the condition of the nation's corn crop was as follows:
Good/excellent: 70%
Fair: 24%
Poor/very poor: 6%
This was the first week that the good/excellent percentage decreased rather than increased week-over-week since the USDA began rating the nation's corn crop this season.
Soybeans
The USDA said that as of June 22, 96% of the soybean crop across the top soybean-growing states had been planted. The five-year average is 97%.
Planting progress in Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota reached 100% the week ending June 22. Now, six states have wrapped up soybean planting, including Louisiana and Minnesota from the week prior. All six are all ahead of respective five-year averages except Nebraska, which is on track.
