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U.S. crop progress and condition (NASS)

Week ending Nov 8, 2026 · released Nov 9, 2026 · next release Nov 16

Corn: 81% harvested by Nov 8, −5 pts vs NASS’s 5-yr average of 86%.

National = NASS’s selected-states aggregate (18)
Harvested (week ending Nov 8)
81%
NASS 5-yr avg 86% · last year not published (no NASS release that week in 2025)
Good/excellent
56%
week ending Oct 25 · last year not published (no NASS release that week in 2025)
Condition index
3.45
1–5 scale · not compared with the 5 prior seasons (n = 0)
Next release
Nov 16, 2026
Mondays 16:00 ET (Tuesday after a holiday)
Chapter 01 · Crop Progress · condition

Condition: good/excellent vs last year and 5 years

Good/excellent and condition index are not compared with the 5 prior seasons for the week ending Oct 25, 2026: only 0 of them were rated within ±3 days (needs 5).

56% rated good or excellent in the week ending Oct 25, 2026. Same week last year: not published (no NASS release that week in 2025).

Ratings this week: very poor 6% · poor 12% · fair 26% · good 43% · excellent 13%

50%60%70%80%Jun 7Jul 5Aug 2Aug 30Sep 27Oct 25
2026 (current)last year, as published by NASS5 prior seasons: range (weeks with all 5 rated)5-yr mean (own, ±3 days)

No band or mean for 5 weeks with fewer than 5 rated seasons (n per week in the table).

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Share of corn rated good or excellent by week, 2026: 56% in the week ending Oct 25, 2026; fewer than 5 prior seasons were rated near that week, so no 5-season range is drawn; last year as published by NASS.
Week endingGood/excellentLast year (NASS)5-yr mean5-yr min5-yr maxn
May 31, 202667%69%72.2%69%76%4
Jun 7, 202667%71%70.8%64%74%5
Jun 14, 202668%72%69.0%61%72%5
Jun 21, 202668%70%65.8%55%70%5
Jun 28, 202667%73%64.2%50%73%5
Jul 5, 202667%74%64.2%51%74%5
Jul 12, 202668%74%65.2%55%74%5
Jul 19, 202667%74%65.4%57%74%5
Jul 26, 202663%73%64.6%57%73%5
Aug 2, 202661%73%63.6%55%73%5
Aug 9, 202661%72%63.6%57%72%5
Aug 16, 202660%71%63.2%57%71%5
Aug 23, 202657%71%61.8%55%71%5
Aug 30, 202657%69%60.8%54%69%5
Sep 6, 202656%68%59.6%53%68%5
Sep 13, 202657%67%59.0%52%67%5
Sep 20, 202657%66%58.6%51%66%5
Sep 27, 202657%66%58.8%52%66%5
Oct 4, 202654%—57.0%52%64%4
Oct 11, 202656%—57.8%53%64%4
Oct 18, 202656%—55.3%53%60%3
Oct 25, 202656%————0

Condition index (C3, 1·very poor … 5·excellent ÷ 100): 3.45.

Chapter 02 · Crop Progress · pace

Stage pace vs NASS’s 5-yr average

81% harvested by Nov 8, 2026: −5 pts vs NASS’s 5-yr average of 86% (2021-2025).

0%25%50%75%100%Sep 13Sep 27Oct 11Oct 25Nov 8
2026 (current) · harvestedNASS 5-yr average (as published)last year (NASS)
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Share of corn harvested by week, 2026, against NASS’s published 5-yr average; latest 81% vs 86%.
Week ending2026NASS 5-yr avgLast year
Sep 6, 20265%3%4%
Sep 13, 20268%6%7%
Sep 20, 202613%11%10%
Sep 27, 202618%18%17%
Oct 4, 202623%27%—
Oct 11, 202633%39%—
Oct 18, 202644%52%—
Oct 25, 202660%66%—
Nov 1, 202674%77%—
Nov 8, 202681%86%—
behind the 5-yr averagen = 5small sample· National = NASS’s selected-states aggregate· 5-yr average as published by NASS

Every stage this week

StageThis weekLast weekLast yearNASS 5-yr avgvs avg
harvested81%74%—86%−5 pts

Last year “—”: not published (no NASS release that week in 2025).

Chapter 03 · Crop Progress · season

Where the season stands

The 2026 season is open: weekly releases through Nov 30, 2026. After the last one this page switches to the final ratings, and the home page drops the card from December to March.

All crops, latest release

CropWeek endingStageThis weekvs avgGood/excellentCondition index
CornNov 8harvested81%−5 pts56% (Oct 25)3.45 (Oct 25)
SoybeansNov 8harvested92%+1 pts57% (Oct 11)3.50 (Oct 11)
Winter wheatNov 8emerged76%+2 pts49%3.37
Spring wheatSep 20harvested96%0 pts51% (Aug 23)3.41 (Aug 23)
Explore: weekly condition and stage tables

Condition by week (2026)

Week endingGood/excellentLast year (NASS)Condition index5-yr meann
Oct 25, 202656%—3.45—0
Oct 18, 202656%—3.4755.3%3
Oct 11, 202656%—3.4657.8%4
Oct 4, 202654%—3.4257.0%4
Sep 27, 202657%66%3.4758.8%5
Sep 20, 202657%66%3.4758.6%5
Sep 13, 202657%67%3.4759.0%5
Sep 6, 202656%68%3.4759.6%5
Aug 30, 202657%69%3.4760.8%5
Aug 23, 202657%71%3.4861.8%5
Aug 16, 202660%71%3.5363.2%5
Aug 9, 202661%72%3.5663.6%5
Aug 2, 202661%73%3.5663.6%5
Jul 26, 202663%73%3.6164.6%5
Jul 19, 202667%74%3.7265.4%5
Jul 12, 202668%74%3.7365.2%5
Jul 5, 202667%74%3.7164.2%5
Jun 28, 202667%73%3.7164.2%5
Jun 21, 202668%70%3.7365.8%5
Jun 14, 202668%72%3.7369.0%5
Jun 7, 202667%71%3.7270.8%5
May 31, 202667%69%3.7172.2%4

harvested by week (2026)

Week ending2026NASS 5-yr avgLast year
Nov 8, 202681%86%—
Nov 1, 202674%77%—
Oct 25, 202660%66%—
Oct 18, 202644%52%—
Oct 11, 202633%39%—
Oct 4, 202623%27%—
Sep 27, 202618%18%17%
Sep 20, 202613%11%10%
Sep 13, 20268%6%7%
Sep 6, 20265%3%4%

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History: the series start with the Jun 7, 2010 release, the first Crop Progress file on ESMIS that this pipeline reads in full.

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