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USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report
By EllaMae Reiff
Monday, August 24, 2026 3:07PM CDT

OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and soybean ratings both declined last week, according to USDA NASS's weekly Crop Progress report released on Monday.

Corn was 86% in the dough stage, 45% dented, mature was 6% and 57% of the crop was rated in good-to-excellent condition.

Soybeans setting pods were pegged at 91%, dropping leaves were 6% and 60% rated in good-to-excellent condition.

Spring wheat was 62% harvested and 51% rated in good-to-excellent condition.

Check this page throughout the afternoon for additional highlights from this week's report.

To view weekly crop progress reports issued by National Ag Statistics Service offices in individual states, visit http://www.nass.usda.gov/…. Look for the U.S. map in the "Find Data and Reports by" section and choose the state you wish to view in the drop-down menu. Then look for that state's "Crop Progress & Condition" report.

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National Crop Progress Summary
This Last Last 5-Year
Week Week Year Avg.
Corn dough 86 76 81 82
Corn dented 45 29 42 41
Corn mature 6 4 6 6
Soybeans setting pods 91 85 88 88
Soybeans dropping leaves 6 NA 4 4
Spring wheat harvested 62 41 51 52
Cotton setting bolls 81 74 80 84
Cotton bolls opening 20 14 19 20
Sorghum headed 81 73 87 86
Sorghum coloring 43 36 43 43
Sorghum mature 21 16 22 21
Sorghum harvested 14 NA 16 16
Oats harvested 88 80 78 78
Barley harvested 64 43 53 55
Rice headed 97 94 95 95
Rice harvested 27 20 24 21

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National Crop Condition Summary
(VP=Very Poor; P=Poor; F=Fair; G=Good; E=Excellent)
VP P F G E
Corn
This Week 6 11 26 43 14
Prev Week 5 10 25 47 13
Prev Year 2 6 21 51 20
DTN 5-Yr Avg 5 10 26 46 13
Soybeans
This Week 3 9 28 48 12
Prev Week 2 8 29 49 12
Prev Year 2 6 23 54 15
DTN 5-Yr Avg 4 10 28 47 11
Spring Wheat
This Week 3 11 35 44 7
Prev Week 2 10 36 46 6
Prev Year 4 14 33 43 6
DTN 5-Yr Avg 8 16 29 40 7
Rice
This Week 0 3 29 54 14
Prev Week 0 3 27 54 16
Prev Year 1 3 22 55 19
DTN 5-Yr Avg 1 3 22 58 17
Barley
This Week 1 8 38 44 9
Prev Week 2 9 38 39 12
Prev Year 5 18 35 40 2
DTN 5-Yr Avg 1 7 39 48 4
Peanuts
This Week 1 6 29 55 9
Prev Week 1 7 29 54 9
Prev Year 0 3 23 62 12
DTN 5-Yr Avg 2 8 32 51 7
Cotton
This Week 10 19 34 31 6
Prev Week 8 18 36 32 6
Prev Year 3 10 33 43 11
DTN 5-Yr Avg 12 17 30 34 6

EllaMae Reiff can be reached at ellamae.reiff@dtn.com

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