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USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report
By EllaMae Reiff
Monday, August 17, 2026 3:05PM CDT

OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and soybean ratings both declined last week, according to USDA NASS's weekly Crop Progress report released on Monday.

Corn was 97% silking, 76% in the dough stage, 29% dented, 4% mature and 60% of the crop was rated in good-to-excellent condition.

Soybeans were 96% blooming, 85% setting pods with 61% rated in good-to-excellent condition.

Spring wheat was 41% harvested and 52% rated in good-to-excellent condition.

U.S. winter wheat was 96% harvested.

Check this page throughout the afternoon for additional highlights from this week's report.

To view weekly crop progress reports issued by National Ag Statistics Service offices in individual states, visit http://www.nass.usda.gov/…. Look for the U.S. map in the "Find Data and Reports by" section and choose the state you wish to view in the drop-down menu. Then look for that state's "Crop Progress & Condition" report.

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National Crop Progress Summary
This Last Last 5-Year
Week Week Year Avg.
Corn silking 97 94 97 97
Corn dough 76 61 70 70
Corn dented 29 16 25 24
Corn mature 4 NA 3 3
Soybeans blooming 96 93 94 94
Soybeans setting pods 85 74 80 80
Winter wheat harvested 96 91 93 94
Spring wheat harvested 41 24 33 34
Cotton squaring 97 93 96 97
Cotton setting bolls 74 65 72 77
Cotton bolls opening 14 10 12 14
Sorghum headed 73 61 76 77
Sorghum coloring 36 31 33 34
Oats harvested 80 63 67 67
Barley harvested 43 27 34 38
Rice headed 94 87 91 89
Rice harvested 20 14 16 15
Peanuts pegging 97 94 96 97

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National Crop Condition Summary
(VP=Very Poor; P=Poor; F=Fair; G=Good; E=Excellent)
VP P F G E
Corn
This Week 5 10 25 47 13
Prev Week 4 10 25 48 13
Prev Year 2 6 21 50 21
DTN 5-Yr Avg 5 10 26 46 13
Soybeans
This Week 2 8 29 49 12
Prev Week 2 8 28 51 11
Prev Year 2 6 24 53 15
DTN 5-Yr Avg 4 10 28 47 11
Spring Wheat
This Week 2 10 36 46 6
Prev Week 3 13 33 44 7
Prev Year 4 14 32 45 5
DTN 5-Yr Avg 8 16 29 40 7
Rice
This Week 0 3 27 54 16
Prev Week 1 3 25 55 16
Prev Year 0 3 22 55 20
DTN 5-Yr Avg 1 3 22 58 17
Barley
This Week 2 9 38 39 12
Prev Week 1 7 42 38 12
Prev Year 3 14 39 42 2
DTN 5-Yr Avg 1 7 39 48 4
Peanuts
This Week 1 7 29 54 9
Prev Week 1 6 29 56 8
Prev Year 0 3 25 60 12
DTN 5-Yr Avg 2 8 32 51 7
Cotton
This Week 8 18 36 32 6
Prev Week 6 16 38 33 7
Prev Year 4 10 31 43 12
DTN 5-Yr Avg 12 17 30 34 6

EllaMae Reiff can be reached at ellamae.reiff@dtn.com

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