Soybean harvest in the US is 85% complete

The US soybean harvesting campaign is nearing completion. The pace of field work is slightly behind last year’s values, although the harvest advanced by 9% over the week, according to the USDA crop tour.

Experts estimate that by October 29, the oilseed harvest was 85% complete, compared to 87% on the same date last year and 78% on average over the past five years.

In addition, by the end of this month, corn threshing was completed by 71% of the plan (+12% per week; 74% a year earlier; 66% over the past 5 years).

Winter wheat sowing in the US was completed on 84% of the planned areas (+7% for the week), which is slightly lower than last year’s result (86%) and the average for the last 5 years (85%). Sprouts appeared on 64% of the areas. Almost half of the crops (47%) are in “good” and “excellent” condition, which is much higher than a year ago (28%).

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