Tuesday, July 22, 2025
- Not much change for the corn condition over the past week, but small declines for soybeans and spring wheat from data released yesterday afternoon by the USDA. Good or excellent corn remained at 74% over the past week, but this crop in poor or very poor shape increased from 5 to 7%. Iowa continues to lead the key Midwest states with 86% of the corn crop good or excellent, 70% for Illinois, and 60% for Indiana. Corn silking is up to 56% after a 22% increase since last week, but trails the 5 year average of 58%. For soybeans, this crop in good or excellent condition fell from 70 to 68% over the past week with poor or very poor soybeans coing up from 5 to7%. The Winter Wheat harvest went up by 10% from last week to 73%, but is just under the 5 year pace of 74%. The Spring Wheat crop in good or excellent condition fell from 54 to 52% over the past week. This crop in poor or very poor condition went up from 13 to 16%.
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