USDA Crop Progress: 2020 Harvest Nearly Complete
By Ben Potter
Farm Progress
The 2020 corn and soybean harvests continue to wind down, per the latest batch of crop progress data from USDA, out Monday afternoon and covering the week through November 15.
Corn harvest progress reached 95% through Sunday, up from 91% a week ago and one point behind the average trade guess of 96%. Still, 2020 progress is well ahead of 2019’s pace of 73% and moderately faster than the prior five-year average of 87%. This is not much of a surprise, given this year’s crop was planted at a faster clip than usual and enjoyed mostly good growing conditions throughout the season.