Corn Condition Steady, Spring Wheat Hits Four-Week Low

Today, USDA published the 18th 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. 3, 88% of the corn crop across the country’s top 18 corn-growing states had reached the silking stage. Progress is just shy of the five-year average of 89%.

USDA said 42% of the crop across all top states had reached the dough stage, ahead of the five-year average of 40%.

This was the first week USDA reported dent-stage corn. As of Aug. 3, 6% of the crop across 11 states had reached the dent stage, which is right on track with the five-year average.

The agency reported the condition of the nation’s corn crop as follows:

• Good/excellent: 73%
• Fair: 20%
• Poor/very poor: 7%

Soybeans

The USDA said that as of Aug. 3, 85% of the soybean crop across the top 18 soybean-growing states had reached the blooming stage, behind the five-year average by one percentage point.

Fifty-eight percent of the crop in all 18 states had reached the setting pods stage, on track with the five-year average.

The condition of the nation’s soybeans was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 69%
• Fair: 24%
• Poor/very poor: 7%

Winter Wheat

The USDA reported that 86% of the winter wheat crop across the top 18 states had been harvested as of Aug. 3, just behind the five-year average of 87%.

Spring Wheat

In the six spring wheat-growing states, 95% of the crop had headed as of Aug. 3, behind the five-year average of 98%.

Spring wheat harvest is now underway in all six states. Progress reached 5%, behind the five-year average of 9%.

The condition of the spring wheat crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 48%
• Fair: 35%
• Poor/very poor: 17%

With that, the percentage of the crop rated good/excellent decreased for a fourth straight week.

Oats

Across the nine top oat-growing states, 41% of the crop had been harvested as of Aug. 3, behind the five-year average of 46%.

The condition of the nation’s oat crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 58%
• Fair: 24%
• Poor/very poor: 18%