Indiana and Michigan farmers continued to make progress with corn and soybean development during the week ending Sunday, according to the latest USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Crop Progress report.
In Indiana, 96% of the corn crop had emerged by June 21, up from 93% a week earlier and approaching the five-year average of 97%. Crop conditions remained favorable, with 71% of the state's corn rated good to excellent, including 7% rated excellent. Only 5% of the crop was classified as poor or very poor.
Soybean emergence in Indiana also advanced during the week, reaching 95%, compared with 87% the previous week and exceeding the five-year average of 93%. Indiana soybean conditions were similarly strong, with 71% rated good to excellent and just 4% rated poor or very poor. Soybean blooming had not yet begun on a measurable scale in the state, compared with the five-year average of 2%.
Michigan crops showed slower development than Indiana but remained in generally good condition. Corn emergence reached 89%, up from 86% a week earlier but below the five-year average of 96%. Michigan's corn crop was rated 73% good to excellent, including 9% excellent, while only 3% was rated poor and none was rated very poor.
Michigan soybean emergence stood at 86%, an increase from 83% the previous week but below the five-year average of 92%. Early soybean blooming reached 1%, matching the state's five-year average. Soybean conditions were rated 61% good to excellent, with 35% considered fair and 4% rated poor.
Nationally, 97% of corn had emerged across the 18 major producing states, matching last year's pace, while 93% of soybeans had emerged, ahead of the five-year average of 90%. Corn and soybean condition ratings nationwide remained largely unchanged from the previous week.
Winter wheat conditions remained generally favorable in Indiana and Michigan, although harvest progress lagged historical averages in both states, according to NASS.
In Indiana, 5% of the winter wheat crop had been harvested by Sunday, up from no reported harvest activity a week earlier but well behind the five-year average of 15%. The state's winter wheat condition was rated 71% good to excellent, including 11% rated excellent. Just 3% of the crop was classified as poor or very poor.
Michigan farmers had harvested 1% of their winter wheat crop by Sunday, matching last year's pace. Crop conditions were somewhat more mixed than in Indiana, with 60% rated good to excellent and 36% rated fair. Four percent of Michigan's winter wheat was rated poor, while none was rated very poor.
Nationally, 40% of winter wheat had been harvested, ahead of the five-year average of 24%.