2026/27 Crop Year: US soybean and corn crops showed a sharper deterioration last week.

The 2026/27 US soybean crop continues to develop rapidly. A survey conducted by… United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) As of last Sunday (26), it shows that 80% of the sown area reached the flowering stage, compared to 74% in the same period last year and the average of the last five seasons. The weekly advance was 14 percentage points. In addition, 47% The crops have already reached the pod formation stage, advancing 15 pp compared to the previous week. The pace is also above of that recorded in the same period of 2025 and the average of the last five years (39%Regarding crop conditions, 63% were classified as good/excellent, down 3 percentage points compared to the previous week and 7 percentage points below what was observed in the same period last year. Of the remainder, 28% were rated as fair and 9% as poor/very poor.

Corn

In the case of corn, with the crops already sown and emerged, 78% the area has reached the stage of development, an advancement of 19 pp compared to the previous week. The index is above of the 73% recorded in the same period of 2025 and also exceeds the average of the last five years (74%Furthermore, 24% of the crops entered the heading stage, compared to 13% the previous week. This percentage is slightly below that observed in the same period last year (25%), but exceeds the multi-year average (22%). Regarding crop conditions, 63% were classified as good/excellent, down 4 percentage points compared to the previous week and lower than the 73% recorded at the same time in 2025. Of the remainder, 25% were rated as fair and 12% as poor/very poor.

Cotton

In the case of cotton, 81% of the crops have reached the squaring stage – an increase of 8 percentage points compared to the previous week – and 45% have already reached the boll formation stage – a weekly progress of 13 percentage points. This pace is in line with the average of the last five years. Regarding crop conditions, 46% of the area was classified as good/excellent, an increase of 1 percentage point compared to the previous week, but still well below the 55% observed in the same period last year. Of the remainder, 38% is in fair condition and 16% are in poor or very poor condition.

Winter wheat

Regarding winter wheat, the harvest has progressed to 81% of the cultivated area, a weekly increase of 6 percentage points. This pace surpasses the 79% recorded in the same period of 2025 and the multi-year average.

Spring wheat

The spring wheat harvest has begun, reaching 2% of the cultivated area – a pace in line with the average observed over the last five years. Furthermore, 95% of the crops are in the tillering stage. Regarding crop conditions, areas classified as good/excellent represent 53% of the total, above last year's figure (49%). Additionally, 35% are classified as fair and 12% as poor/very poor.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.