Corn Harvest Progress Reaches 18% Nationwide; Soybeans Just Ahead at 19%

Today, the USDA published the 26th Crop Progress report of the 2025 growing season. Here’s a look at the latest corn, soybean, and winter wheat numbers.

Corn

As of Sept. 28, 95% of the corn crop across the country’s top 18 growing states had reached the dent stage. Progress is 1 percentage point shy of the five-year average.

Across all states, 71% of the crop had reached maturity, putting progress 3 points behind the five-year average.

Harvest progress reached 18% across 17 of the 18 states by Sept. 28. The five-year average is 19%, while last year at this time, progress had reached 20%.

Only North Dakota had no corn harvested, per the report. The state’s five-year average is 5%.

The agency reported the condition of the corn crop in the top 18 states as follows:

• Good/excellent: 66%
• Fair: 24%
• Poor/very poor: 10%

The percentage of corn in the good/excellent category did not change week-over-week.

Soybeans

The USDA reported 79% of the soybean crop across the top 18 growing states had reached the dropping-leaves stage, ahead of the five-year average of 77%.

Across 18 states, 19% of the crop had been harvested by Sept. 28, 1 point shy of average.

The condition of soybeans in those 18 states was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 62%
• Fair: 27%
• Poor/very poor: 11%

Good/excellent soybeans increased 1 percentage point week-over-week.

Winter Wheat

Planting of the 2026 winter wheat crop is underway in all the top 18 winter wheat-growing states. Progress had reached 34% as of Sept. 28, 2 percentage points behind the five-year average.

Across 15 states, 13% percent of the crop had emerged by Sept. 28. The five-year average is 12%.