USA: Corn and soybean crop conditions worsened slightly last week.

The 2026/27 US soybean crop continues to develop rapidly. A survey conducted by… Department of Agriculture (USDA) As of last Sunday (28), it shows that 96% of the sown area reached the emergence phase, compared to 93% in the same period last year and 95% on average over the last five seasons. In addition, 19% of the crops have already reached the flowering stage and 4% the pod formation stage. On a multi-year average, 15% and 2%, respectively, were in these stages. The USDA projects that US producers sowed 34.27 million hectares with soybeans in the current crop, an increase of 4% compared to the previous cycle. This number will be revised and consolidated in the planted area report, scheduled to be released today (30), at 1 pm. As for crop conditions, 65% were classified as good/excellent – 1 percentage point below that observed in the previous week and at the same level as last season. Of the remainder, 27% were assessed as fair and 8% as poor/very poor.

Corn

In the case of corn, with the crops already sown and emerged, 9% of the area has reached the silking stage, a pace ahead of that recorded in the previous season (7%) and the average of the last five years (6%). The weekly progress was 4 percentage points. The first planting intention report indicates that 38.58 million hectares were sown with corn in this cycle, a number that should also be revised this Tuesday. As for crop conditions, 67% were classified as good/excellent – a decrease of 1 percentage point compared to the previous week and below the 73% of the last season. Of the remainder, 25% were rated as fair and 8% as poor/very poor.

Cotton

Cotton planting advanced 5 percentage points last week, reaching 97% of the estimated area – ahead of the previous season (95%), but in line with the multi-year average. Furthermore, 37% reached the square formation stage and 8% the boll formation stage. Of the area sown so far, 48% is classified as good/excellent, compared to 53% the previous week and 51% last year. Of the remainder, 36% is in fair condition and 16% in poor condition.

Winter wheat

Regarding winter wheat, the harvest has reached 48% of the cultivated area, ahead of the multi-year average of 39%. The weekly progress was 8 percentage points. Of the crops that remain in the field, 26% are in good and excellent condition – the same percentage observed in the previous week and well below the 48% of the same period last year. Furthermore, 27% are in fair condition and 47% are in poor and very poor condition.

Spring wheat

In the case of spring wheat, 35% of the crops are in the tillering stage, a slightly earlier pace than the 34% observed on average over the last five years. Regarding crop conditions, areas classified as good/excellent represent 59% of the total (an increase of 5 percentage points). Furthermore, 34% are classified as fair and 7% as poor/very poor.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.