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USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report
By Anthony Greder
Monday, April 14, 2025 3:50PM CDT

This article was originally published at 3:05 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 14. It was last updated with additional information at 3:50 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 14.

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OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. corn planting was slightly behind last year's pace and the five-year average as of Sunday, April 13, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress report released on Monday.

Winter wheat conditions also declined slightly last week, NASS reported.

CORN

-- Planting progress: 4% of corn was planted nationwide as of Sunday, 2 points behind 6% last year and 1 point behind the five-year average of 5%. Texas was the furthest ahead at 63% complete -- 1 point ahead of both last year and the five-year average of 62%.

SOYBEANS

-- Planting progress: An estimated 2% of intended soybean acreage was planted as of Sunday, 1 point behind last year at this time but equal to the five-year average. Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas are leading the pack at 22%, 15% and 14% planted, respectively, noted DTN Senior Analyst Dana Mantini.

WINTER WHEAT

-- Crop condition: An estimated 47% of winter wheat was rated good to excellent as of April 13, down 1 point from 48% the previous week and below 55% at the same time last year, according to NASS. Texas', South Dakota's and Nebraska's winter wheat crops are among the worst rated, ranging from just 21% to 30% good to excellent, Mantini said. North Carolina is rated 77% good to excellent, Illinois and Indiana range from 66% to 67% good to excellent, Washington is at 69% and No. 1 winter-wheat-producer Kansas is rated 43% good to excellent.

-- Crop development: 8% of winter wheat was headed nationwide as of Sunday. That's 2 percentage points behind last year's 10% but equal to the five-year average. Texas' winter wheat was 30% headed, behind last year's 38% and behind the state's average pace of 33%.

SPRING WHEAT

-- Planting progress: 7% of the crop was planted nationwide as of April 13, 1 point ahead of last year's 6% but equal to the five-year average. Western states Idaho and Washington are leading the parade at 38% and 28% planted, respectively.

To view weekly crop progress reports issued by National Ag Statistics Service offices in individual states, visit http://www.nass.usda.gov/…. Look for the U.S. map in the "Find Data and Reports by" section and choose the state you wish to view in the drop-down menu. Then look for that state's "Crop Progress & Condition" report.

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Editor's Note: How are your crops looking? Are they better, worse or right on track with USDA NASS' observations this week? Send us your comments, and we'll include them in next week's Crop Progress report story. You can email comments to talk@dtn.com. Please include the location of where you farm.

National Crop Progress Summary
This Last Last 5-Year
Week Week Year Avg.
Corn Planted 4 2 6 5
Soybeans Planted 2 NA 3 2
Winter Wheat Headed 8 5 10 8
Spring Wheat Planted 7 3 6 7
Cotton Planted 5 4 8 8
Sorghum Planted 15 13 14 15
Oats Planted 41 31 42 36
Oats Emerged 27 25 29 26
Barley Planted 13 6 10 11
Rice Planted 32 24 41 28
Rice Emerged 18 12 17 15

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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
Winter Wheat 5 14 34 41 6 6 15 31 41 7 4 9 32 47 8

Anthony Greder can be reached at anthony.greder@dtn.com

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