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USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report
By Anthony Greder
Monday, September 21, 2026 3:06PM CDT

OMAHA (DTN) -- The nation's corn and soybean harvests remained slightly ahead of the normal pace last week, according to USDA NASS's weekly Crop Progress report released on Monday.

Corn was 92% dented, 58% mature and 13% harvested and was rated 57% in good-to-excellent condition.

Soybean dropping leaves were 62%, harvested was 12% and 58?% of the crop was rated in good-to-excellent condition.

Spring wheat was 96% harvested. Winter wheat was 17% planted and 2% emerged.

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 dented 92 86 90 91
Corn mature 58 42 54 55
Corn harvested 13 8 10 11
Soybeans dropping leaves 62 44 58 58
Soybeans harvested 12 6 8 8
Winter wheat planted 17 8 19 21
Spring wheat harvested 96 93 96 96
Cotton bolls opening 65 57 59 58
Cotton harvested 13 8 12 11
Sorghum headed 97 94 100 99
Sorghum coloring 88 78 88 89
Sorghum mature 56 49 51 52
Sorghum harvested 25 22 25 26
Barley harvested 98 94 98 96
Rice harvested 73 62 70 60

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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 6 11 26 44 13
Prev Week 6 11 26 44 13
Prev Year 3 7 24 49 17
DTN 5-Yr Avg 5 10 26 46 13
Soybeans
This Week 4 10 28 46 12
Prev Week 4 9 29 46 12
Prev Year 4 8 27 48 13
DTN 5-Yr Avg 4 10 28 47 11
Peanuts
This Week 1 8 31 53 7
Prev Week 1 9 29 55 6
Prev Year 3 11 31 46 9
DTN 5-Yr Avg 2 8 32 51 7
Cotton
This Week 10 25 31 28 6
Prev Week 12 22 30 30 6
Prev Year 6 12 35 37 10
DTN 5-Yr Avg 12 17 30 34 6

Anthony Greder can be reached at anthony.greder@dtn.com

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