Harvest Update: The Home Stretch for Remaining Corn Acres

With soybean harvest behind most growers, significant progress was made in the past week on corn acres.

According to USDA’s crop progress report, 93% of corn has been harvested so far – an increase 5% from this time last week. Though it’s slightly behind the progress farmers were reporting last year, it’s still ahead of the five-year-average.

USDA did not release an update for soybean acres – which were at 95% last week – indicating harvest is mostly complete.

Kansas and Texas have joined North Carolina in reporting 100% completion for corn acres. Following closely behind are Tennessee with 98% and Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Missouri all reporting 97% completion.

Those who haven’t quite wrapped up are seeing light at the end of the tunnel.

As growers are finding the final rows of their fields, there seems to be a yield consensus after the summer’s drought: “better than expected.”

USDA reports most states had between five to seven days last week that were suitable for fieldwork. While Thanksgiving week is expected to have a few weather challenges in store for some areas, growers are staying optimistic.

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