Futures One Crop Progress Report *AUDIO*

Corn harvested was 52% and soybeans harvested was 75% as of Sunday, Nov. 3, according to this week’s USDA NASS Crop Progress report. Overall harvest is steadily continuing, but is still well behind. Northern states exemplify this with North Dakota only at 10% complete 50% behind the five year average. Missouri and Minnesota are the last two states that have yet to break 60% complete of soybean harvest.

Winter wheat was 89% planted, 71% emerged and was rated 57% in good-to-excellent condition.

To view weekly crop progress reports issued by National Ag Statistics Service offices in individual states, visit http://www.nass.usda.gov/….

Clay Patton has more on the report here:

National Crop Progress Summary
	This	Last	Last	5-Year
	Week	Week	Year	Avg.
Corn Mature	96	93	100	100
Corn Harvested	52	41	74	75
Soybeans Harvested	75	62	81	87
Winter Wheat Planted	89	85	83	88
Winter Wheat Emerged	71	63	69	74
Cotton Harvested	53	46	48	51
Sorghum Harvested	78	65	62	72

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National Crop Condition Summary
(VP = Very Poor; P = Poor; F = Fair; G = Good; E = Excellent)
	This Week					Last Week					Last Year
	VP	P	F	G	E	VP	P	F	G	E	VP	P	F	G	E
Corn	3	10	29	47	11	3	9	30	47	11	4	8	20	48	20
Winter Wheat	4	9	30	45	12	4	9	31	44	12	3	9	37	42	9

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National Soil Moisture Condition – 48 States
(VS = Very Short; SH = Short; AD = Adequate; SR = Surplus)
	This Week				Last Week				Last Year
	VS	SH	AD	SR	VS	SH	AD	SR	VS	SH	AD	SR
Topsoil Moisture	5	11	63	21	6	13	62	19	4	8	66	22
Subsoil Moisture	5	14	65	16	7	15	63	15	5	12	67	16