Corn has performed well, with growers having planted 81% of the national crop through May 21, up 12 percentage points from last year and 6 points ahead of the 5-year average. In addition, 52% of the country's maize area has already emerged, highlighting a considerable advance compared to last year.
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Soy, in turn, also recorded significant progress. Up to May 21, 66% of the soybean area in the country was planted, an increase of 19 percentage points compared to last year and 14 points ahead of the average of the last 5 years. More than a third of the soybean area has already emerged, maintaining the trend of continuous progress. Winter wheat, while matching last year's average and the 5-year average, with 61% of the crop headed through May 21, saw good to excellent condition increase by 2 percentage points from the previous week. However, in Kansas, the top producer of winter wheat, 69% of the crop was rated bad to very bad. With regard to sorghum, 33% of the area was planted by May 21, one percentage point ahead of last year and equal to the 5-year average. In Texas, 79% of the sorghum area was planted, an improvement compared to last year, although slightly behind the average. The rice crop also showed positive ...
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