USDA Debuts 2025 Corn Conditions in Latest Crop Progress Report

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

Corn Crop Progress

As of May 25, 87% of the corn crop across the country’s top 18 corn-growing states had been planted. That’s ahead of the five-year average of 85%.

Sixty-seven percent of the corn crop had emerged across the top corn-growing states as of May 25. That’s ahead of the five-year average of 60%.

This was the first report of the season to include corn conditions across top-growing states. For the week ending May 25, the condition of the nation’s corn crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 68%
• Fair: 27%
• Poor/very poor: 5%

Soybean Crop Progress

The USDA said that as of May 25, 76% of the soybean crop across the top soybean-growing states had been planted. The five-year average is 68%.

As of May 25, 50% of the soybean crop had emerged across the 18 states, compared to the five-year average of 40%.

Winter Wheat Progress and Condition

The USDA reported that 75% of the winter wheat crop across the top 18 states had headed as of May 25. The five-year average is 70%.

For the week that ended May 25, the condition of the nation’s winter wheat crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 50%
• Fair: 31%
• Poor/very poor: 19%

Spring Wheat Progress

In the top six spring wheat-growing states, 87% of the crop had been planted as of May 25. That’s ahead of the five-year average of 80%.

Sixty percent of the crop had emerged across all six states by May 25, which is 7 points ahead of the five-year average.

For the week ending May 25, the condition of the spring wheat crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 45%
• Fair: 37%
• Poor/very poor: 18%

Oat Crop Progress

Across the nine top oat-growing states, 94% of the season’s planting is complete, according to the USDA. That’s ahead of the five-year average of 90%.

Across all nine states, 81% of the oat crop had emerged by May 25, 6 points ahead of the five-year average.

USDA said 29% of the oat crop had headed across six of the nine states, which is ahead of the five-year average of 25%.

For the week that ended May 25, the condition of the nation’s oat crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 51%
• Fair: 35%
• Poor/very poor: 14%