2 Top States Are Done With Corn Planting, USDA Says

Today, USDA published the tenth Crop Progress report of the 2025 growing season. Here’s a look at the latest corn, soybean, wheat, and oat numbers.

Corn

As of June 8, 97% of the corn crop across the country’s top 18 corn-growing states had been planted. That’s right on par with the five-year average.

Minnesota and North Carolina both reached 100% by June 8. They are the first of the top states to wrap up corn planting.

Eight-seven percent of the corn crop had emerged across the top corn-growing states as of June 8, which is consistent with the five-year average.

As of June 8, the condition of the nation’s corn crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 71%
• Fair: 24%
• Poor/very poor: 5%

Soybeans

The USDA said that as of June 8, 90% of the soybean crop across the top soybean-growing states had been planted. The five-year average is 88%.

As of June 8, 75% of the soybean crop had emerged across the 18 states. That’s ahead of the five-year average of 72%.

For the week that ended June 8, the condition of the nation’s soybeans was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 68%
• Fair: 27%
• Poor/very poor: 5%

Winter Wheat

The USDA reported that 88% of the winter wheat crop across the top 18 states had headed as of June 8. The five-year average is 86%.

Six of the 18 states reported 4% winter wheat harvested, which is behind the five-year average of 7%.

For the week that ended June 8, the condition of the nation’s winter wheat crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 54%
• Fair: 30%
• Poor/very poor: 16%

Spring Wheat

In the top six spring wheat-growing states, 82% of the crop had emerged as of June 8. That’s just ahead of the five-year average of 81%.

Emergence reached 100% in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Washington, USDA said.

For the week ending June 8, the condition of the spring wheat crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 53%
• Fair: 38%
• Poor/very poor: 9%

Oats

Across the nine top oat-growing states, 91% of the crop had emerged by June 8, according to the USDA. That’s ahead of the five-year average of 90%.

USDA said 38% of the oat crop had headed across eight of the nine states. The five-year average is 37%.

For the week that ended June 8, the condition of the nation’s oat crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 52%
• Fair: 32%
• Poor/very poor: 16%