Corn Condition Holds Steady While Wheat Harvest Nears Finish in USDA Report

Today, the USDA published the 21st 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. 24, 83% 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 84%.

Forty-four percent of the crop across all top states had reached the dent stage by Aug. 24, which is level with average.

USDA reported 7% of the crop across 14 states had reached maturity, on track with the five-year average.

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

• Good/excellent: 71%
• Fair: 21%
• Poor/very poor: 8%

The percentage of corn in the good/excellent category did not change from the week prior.

Soybeans

The USDA reported 89% of the soybean crop across the top 18 soybean-growing states had reached the setting pods stage, on track with the five-year average.

Further, 4% percent of the crop in 12 states had reached the dropping leaves stage, also on schedule with average.

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

• Good/excellent: 69%
• Fair: 23%
• Poor/very poor: 8%

Soybean condition improved slightly from the week prior: Good/excellent soybeans increased from 68% the week ending Aug. 17.

Winter Wheat

The USDA reported 98% of the winter wheat crop across the top 18 states had been harvested as of Aug. 24, level with the five-year average.

Only Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington haven’t wrapped up harvest.

Spring Wheat

In the six spring wheat-growing states, 53% of the crop had been harvested as of Aug. 24, behind the five-year average of 54%.

The condition of the spring wheat crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 49%
• Fair: 33%
• Poor/very poor: 18%

Oats

Across the nine top oat-growing states, 80% of the crop had been harvested as of Aug. 24, on track with the five-year average.