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Key Takeaways
- Corn slipped in condition — Good/excellent ratings dropped 2 points week-over-week, with denting progress slightly behind the five-year average, though maturity is just ahead.
- Soybeans declined more sharply — Good/excellent ratings fell 4 points, with pod-setting on track and leaf-drop just ahead of average.
- Small grains are wrapping up — Spring wheat harvest is slightly ahead of normal, while oat harvest lags just behind average.
Today, the USDA published the 22nd Crop Progress report of the 2025 growing season. Here’s a look at the latest corn, soybean, wheat, and oat numbers.
Corn
As of Aug. 31, 90% of the corn crop across the country’s top 18 corn-growing states had reached the dough growth stage. Progress is just shy of the five-year average of 91%.
Fifty-eight percent of the crop across all top states had reached the dent stage by Aug. 31, which is behind the five-year average by 2 percentage points.
USDA reported 15% of the crop across 17 states had reached maturity, ahead of the five-year average by 1 percentage point.
The agency reported the condition of the corn crop in the 18 top states as follows:
- Good/excellent: 69%
- Fair: 22%
- Poor/very poor: 9%
The percentage of corn in the good/excellent category decreased 2 points from the week prior.
Soybeans
The USDA reported 94% of the soybean crop across the top 18 soybean-growing states had reached the setting pods stage, on track with the five-year average.
Eleven percent of the crop across all states had reached the dropping leaves stage, 1 point ahead of average.
The condition of soybeans in those 18 states was as follows:
- Good/excellent: 65%
- Fair: 25%
- Poor/very poor: 10%
With that, good/excellent soybeans decreased 4 points week-over-week.
Spring Wheat
In the six spring wheat-growing states, 72% of the crop had been harvested as of Aug. 31, ahead of the five-year average of 71%.
Oats
Across the nine top oat-growing states, 88% of the crop had been harvested as of Aug. 31, 1 point behind the five-year average.
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