USA: Agricultural crop conditions show improvement in the 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 (12), it shows that 45% of the sown area reached the flowering stage, compared to 34% the previous week, 50% in the same period last year and 44% on average over the last five seasons. In addition, 19% The crops have already reached the pod formation stage, advancing 10 percentage points compared to the previous week (9%). The pace is also above of that recorded in the same period of 2025 (14%) and the average of the last five years (13%Regarding crop conditions, 65% were classified as good/excellent, up 1 percentage point compared to the previous week and 5 percentage points below what was observed in the same period last year. Of the remainder, 27% were rated as fair and 8% as poor/very poor.

Corn

In the case of corn, with the crops already sown and emerged, 34% the area has reached the stage of development, an advancement of 18 percentage points compared to the previous week (16%). The index is above of the 32% recorded in the same period of 2025 and also exceeds the average of the last five years (30%Furthermore, 6% of the crops entered the heading stage, compared to 3% the previous week. This percentage coincides with that observed in the same period last year and exceeds the multi-year average (5%). Regarding crop conditions, 68% were classified as good/excellent, an increase of 1 percentage point compared to the previous week, although still below the 74% recorded at the same time in 2025. Of the remainder, 24% were rated as fair and 8% as poor/very poor.

Cotton

In cotton, 60% of the crops have reached the squaring stage, an increase of 11 percentage points compared to the previous week and in line with the 59% recorded last year and the historical average. Boll formation reached 22% of the area, compared to 14% the previous week, matching the performance of 2025 and the average of the last five years. Regarding crop conditions, 44% of the area was classified as good/excellent, a decrease of 2 percentage points compared to the previous week and below the 54% observed in the same period last year. Of the remainder, 40% are in fair condition and 16% are in poor or very poor condition.

Winter wheat

Regarding winter wheat, the harvest has progressed to 67% of the cultivated area, a weekly gain of 8 percentage points. This pace surpasses the 62% recorded in the same period of 2025 and the 61% multi-year average.

Spring wheat

In the case of spring wheat, 76% of the crops are in the tillering stage, a significant increase compared to 54% the previous week and above the 72% observed both in the same period of 2025 and in the average of the last five years. Regarding crop conditions, areas classified as good/excellent represent 58% of the total, a 1 percentage point increase in the week and above the 54% recorded last year. In addition, 32% are classified as fair and 10% as poor/very poor.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.