US corn now 97% silking with soybean blooming at 95%

HOUSTON (ICIS)–The US corn crop is now at 97% silking with soybean blooming having reached 95%, according to the latest US Department of Agriculture (USDA) weekly crop progress report.

For corn, the current rate of the crop silking is just slightly trailing both the 98% achieved last year and the five-year average of 98%.

The amount of crop now at the dough stage is 74%, which equals the 74% rate from 2023 and is above the five-year average of 71%.

Corn which has reached the dented phase is at 30%, which matches the 30% level from last year and is ahead of the five-year average of 26%.

In the first update on corn reaching maturity, the report showed there is 5% of the crop at this stage, which is above the 3% from 2023 as well as the five-year average of 3%.

For corn conditions, there is now 4% rated very poor with 7% still listed as poor and 22% as fair. There remains 51% as good and 16% as excellent.

The soybean crop is now 95% blooming, which is equal to the 95% rate achieved in 2023 as well as the five-year average of 95%.

The amount of acreage setting pods has risen to 81%; this trails the 84% mark from last year, but is above the five-year average of 80%.

For soybean conditions, there continues to be 2% listed as very poor, 6% as poor and 24% as fair. There is now 54% seen as good with 14% as excellent.

In harvesting updates, winter wheat is now at 96% completed which is slightly ahead of the 95% level from 2023 as well as the five-year average of 95%.

Spring wheat harvest has reached 31% completed, which is behind the 35% mark from last year and the five-year average of 36%.