Corn Condition Slips After Weeks of Improvement

Today, USDA published the 12th 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 22, 97% of the corn crop across the country’s top 18 corn-growing states had emerged. That’s just shy of the five-year average of 98%.

The corn crop in Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota has reached 100% emergence, per the report. Together with North Carolina from the week prior, the corn crop in four states has completely emerged.

This was the first report including silking progress across top corn-growing states. USDA said 4% of the crop in 9 states had reached the silking stage. The five-year average is 3%.

As of June 22, the condition of the nation’s corn crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 70%
• Fair: 24%
• Poor/very poor: 6%

This was the first week that conditions declined rather than improving week-over-week since the USDA began rating the nation’s corn crop this season.

Soybeans

The USDA said that as of June 22, 96% of the soybean crop across the top soybean-growing states had been planted. The five-year average is 97%.

Planting progress in Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota reached 100% by June 22. Now, six states have wrapped up soybean planting.

As of June 22, 90% of the soybean crop had emerged across the 18 states, on track with the five-year average.

This was the first report including blooming progress across top soybean-growing states. USDA said 8% of the crop in 16 states had reached the blooming stage. The five-year average is 7%.

For the week that ended June 22, the condition of the nation’s soybeans was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 66%
• Fair: 27%
• Poor/very poor: 7%

Winter Wheat

The USDA reported that 96% of the winter wheat crop across the top 18 states had headed as of June 22, meeting the five-year average.

Eleven of the 18 states reported 19% winter wheat harvested, lagging notably behind the five-year average of 28%.

For the week that ended June 22, the condition of the nation’s winter wheat crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 49%
• Fair: 32%
• Poor/very poor: 19%

Spring Wheat

In the top six spring wheat-growing states, 93% of the crop had emerged as of June 22. That’s behind the five-year average of 97%.

Emergence has reached 100% in all states except Montana and North Dakota, USDA said.

Seventeen percent of the crop had headed in all six states by June 22. The five-year average is 18%.

For the week ending June 22, the condition of the spring wheat crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 54%
• Fair: 31%
• Poor/very poor: 15%

Oats

Across the nine top oat-growing states, 60% of the crop had headed by June 22, according to the USDA. That’s on track with the five-year average of 60%.

For the week that ended June 22, the condition of the nation’s oat crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 57%
• Fair: 27%
• Poor/very poor: 16%