Highlights might be pushing it a bit but here
are some headlines from Mondays USDA crop report.
Stocks
Corn up 39% from 2013; soybean
down 7%; wheat down 18%
Planted Acreage
Corn down 4% from 2013; soybean up 11%; wheat up less than 1%
Crop
progress
Corn;
silking
- 5% by June 29 (4 year average 9%)
condition - 1% very poor; 4% poor; 20% fair;
55% good; 20% excellent
Soybeans;
emerged - 94% emerged by 29 June (4 year
average 94%)
condition - 1% very poor; 4% poor; 23% fair; 57% good; 15% excellent
Sunflower;
planted - 91% by June 29 (4 year average
93%)
Rice;
headed
- 9% by June 29 (4 year average 9%)
condition - 0% very poor; 5% poor; 26% fair; 50% good; 19%
excellent
Winter wheat;
harvested - 43% by June 29 (4 year average 48%)
condition -
22% very poor; 22% poor; 26% fair; 25% good; 5% excellent
Spring wheat;
headed
- 26% by June 29 (4 year average 29%)
condition -
1% very poor; 4% poor; 25% fair; 59% good; 11% excellent
Barley;
headed
- 31% by June 29 (4 year average 25%)
condition -
0% very poor; 3% poor; 29% fair; 56% good; 12% excellent