According to USDA’s Crop Progress report for July 24, 79% of corn is silking. This compares with 71% silking one year ago on this date and 5-year average of 70%.
The progress and condition of the U.S. corn and soybean crops all point to a bumper harvest, but increasing temperatures throughout the major growing regions and drought conditions bear watching.
A small percentage of U.S. corn acres are reported to be silking (6%) and soybean acres blooming (9%), according to USDA's Crop Progress report for June 27.
USDA is reporting that 86% of corn acres were planted as of May 22. This compares with 75% the previous week and 90% a year ago. It just slipped past the 5-year average of 85%.
As of May 15, three-quarters of U.S. corn acres are in the ground and a little over one-third of soybeans, according to USDA’s most recent Crop Progress report.
On Monday, USDA reported that as of May 8 64% of U.S. corn acres had been planted. This compares with 45% the week before and 69% a year ago on this date. Corn planting so far this year is well above the 50% 5-year average.
As of May 1, nearly half of U.S. corn acres that are expected to be planted during 2016 are in the ground and soybean plantings is just getting started.
In this episode of On the Record, brought to you by Associated Equipment Distributors, we have reports from both the Farm Equipment Manufacturers Supply Summit and the North American Equipment Dealers Association's Legislative Fly-In.
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