USDA Debuts 2025 Soybean Conditions in First Crop Progress Report of June

On June 2, 2025 USDA published the ninth Crop Progress report of the 2025 growing season. Here’s a look at the latest corn, soybean, wheat, and oat numbers.

As of June 1, 93% of the corn crop across the country’s top 18 corn-growing states had been planted, which is right on track with the five-year average.

Seventy-eight percent of the corn crop had emerged across the top corn-growing states as of June 1. That’s just ahead of the five-year average of 77%.

As of June 1, the condition of the nation’s corn crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 69%
• Fair: 26%
• Poor/very poor: 5%

The USDA said that as of June 1, 84% of the soybean crop across the top soybean-growing states had been planted. The five-year average is 80%.

As of June 1, 63% of the soybean crop had emerged across the 18 states. That’s ahead of the five-year average of 57%.

This was the first report of the season to include soybean conditions across top-growing states. For the week that ended June 1, the condition of the nation’s soybeans was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 67%
• Fair: 28%
• Poor/very poor: 5%

The USDA reported that 83% of the winter wheat crop across the top 18 states had headed as of June 1. The five-year average is 79%.

Winter wheat harvest has begun in six of the 18 states, with 3% complete. The five-year average is 3%.

For the week that ended June 1, the condition of the nation’s winter wheat crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 52%
• Fair: 30%
• Poor/very poor: 18%

In the top six spring wheat-growing states, 95% of the crop had been planted as of June 1. That’s ahead of the five-year average of 90%.

Seventy-three percent of the crop had emerged across all six states by June 1, which is 4 points ahead of the five-year average.

For the week that ended June 1, the condition of the spring wheat crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 50%
• Fair: 37%
• Poor/very poor: 13%

Across the nine top oat-growing states, 97% of the season’s planting is complete, according to the USDA. That’s ahead of the five-year average of 95%.

Across all nine states, 86% of the oat crop had emerged by June 1, which is 2 points ahead of the five-year average.

USDA said 33% of the oat crop had headed across eight of the nine states. The five-year average is 29%.

For the week that ended June 1, the condition of the nation’s oat crop was as follows:

• Good/excellent: 50%
• Fair: 36%
• Poor/very poor: 14%

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