Corn Harvest Moves Along Nicely
Published: Friday, October 30, 2026
Indiana and Michigan farmers continued harvesting corn through Sunday, with both states reporting progress ahead of their five-year averages, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service.
The Crop Progress report, released Sunday by the NASS Agricultural Statistics Board, showed Indiana's corn harvest reached 67% complete, up from 59% the previous week and 61% during the same week in 2025. The state's five-year average for the week ending Oct. 25 is 46%.
Michigan's corn harvest reached 43% complete, increasing from 28% the previous week and 13% during the same week last year. The state's five-year average is 43%, placing this year's progress in line with the historical pace.
Indiana farmers harvested an additional 8 percentage points of their corn acreage during the week, while Michigan producers advanced 15 percentage points, according to the report.
Across the 18 major corn-producing states tracked by NASS, 66% of the corn crop had been harvested by Oct. 25. That compares with 60% the previous week and 44% during the same week in 2025. The five-year average for the 18 states is 51%.
Indiana's harvest was 21 percentage points ahead of the national pace, while Michigan remained 23 percentage points behind the 18-state total.
Among neighboring states, Ohio reported 46% of its corn harvested, up from 35% the previous week. Illinois reached 73%, while Wisconsin stood at 43%. The five-year averages for those states are 59%, 63% and 24%, respectively.
The report noted that the 18 states included account for 93% of the 2025 U.S. corn acreage.
Indiana and Michigan farmers continued planting winter wheat in the week ended Sunday, with progress ahead of the five-year average in Indiana but slightly behind in Michigan.
Indiana had planted 65% of its winter wheat acreage, compared with a five-year average of 47%. Michigan producers had planted 73%, above the state's average of 51%, according to the latest crop progress data.
Emergence also advanced in both states. Indiana winter wheat had emerged on 33% of planted acreage, exceeding the five-year average of 14%. In Michigan, 57% of winter wheat acreage had emerged, compared with the five-year average of 34%.
Across the 18 major winter wheat-producing states, planting reached 77%, up from 76% the previous week and above the five-year average of 63%. Emergence reached 54%, compared with 53% a week earlier and the five-year average of 39%.
The data indicate planting and early crop development are progressing ahead of historical averages in both Indiana and Michigan.
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