The corn, soybean and wheat numbers from the crop progress report will be focused on.
Corn Planted
Minnesota leads in the percentage of their corn that’s planted with 83%. By this time last year they only planted 7% of their corn.
They are followed by North Carolina who came in with 74% of their corn crops planted, up from last year’s 73% at this time.
Texas rounds out the top three states with corn planted. 70% of their crops are in the ground, a small decline from 72% last year aroundthis time.
Corn is currently selling for about $3.57 per bushel.
Corn Emerged
Texas currently has 60% of their corn emerged, more than any other state in the report. That’s an increase from 58% a year ago.
North Carolina’s corn crop is 46% emerged, which is down from last year’s 52%.
Kansas rounds out the top three in corn emergence with 23% - an increase from the 18% documented in last year’s report.
Soybeans Planted
According to the report, Mississippi leads with 52% of their soybeans planted – up from 34% last year.
Farmers in Louisiana have planted around 40% of their soybean crops – a 13% decline from last year when they planted 67% of their soybeans at this time.
Minnesota has 32% of their soybeans in the ground now whereas, according to the report, at this time last year they hadn’t planted any.
Soybeans are selling for around $9.77 per bushel.
Spring Wheat Planted
According to the USDA crop progress report, Washington has 96% of their spring wheat planted. Up from 90% a year ago.
Minnesota has planted 95% of their spring wheat. A huge increase from only 4% last year at this time.
South Dakota is reporting 92% of their spring wheat is planted. That’s up from the 57% reported last May.
Wheat is currently selling for about $4.68 per bushel.
Spring Wheat Emerged
Washington reported 75% of their spring wheat is emerged, up from last May’s 57%.
Idaho, who didn’t factor in the top three of the spring wheat planted, reports that 65% of their spring wheat is emerged.
South Dakota reports that 56% of their spring wheat has already emerged, a significant jump from last May’s 10%.
Join the conversation and tell us your thoughts about the current numbers for corn, soybeans and wheat. Are you encouraged by the amount of crops planted and emerged?