U.S. Soybean And Cotton Planting Nearing Its End, Conditions Being Downgraded

 

Nationally, soybean and cotton planting has nearly wrapped up. That's according to the latest crop progress report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Soybean planting was 90 percent complete. That’s five points behind last year and the five-year average. USDA reports 84 percent of the soybeans have emerged with 65 percent of the crop in good to excellent condition, 27 percent in fair and eight percent in poor to very poor shape. That’s a drop of two points in the good to excellent category over last week's report.

 

Cotton planting reached 94 percent complete. That’s behind last year and the five-year average. The crop rated in 55 percent in good to excellent condition, 36 fair and nine percent poor to very poor. The crop was downgraded in losing two points in the fair category. Sorghum planting nationally reached 85 percent complete.