The conditions of US soybean crops had another week of deterioration between September 5 and 11, after having also worsened in the previous week.
Low moisture once again brought negative impacts to the development of plants in some states, mainly in the western half of the belt.
The negative highlights continue to be the states of Kansas and Nebraska, where crops in poor or very poor conditions now hit 49% and 30%, respectively.
According to USDA, as of September 11, 56% of US soybean crops are in good or excellent condition, 29% in fair condition, and 15% in poor or very poor condition. In the previous week, the percentages were 57%, 29% and 14%, respectively. For comparison, in the same period last year the percentages were 57%, 29% and 14%.
Low moisture prevailed again last week over most of the growing belt, mainly in the western half. The trend is for USDA to once again indicate a worsening in crop conditions in its weekly report on the 19th. Despite this, low moisture must have allowed for a good start to the harvest in some states, a fact that deserves attention from now on. There must be no excess rain in the coming few weeks so that the harvest can evolve at a satisfactory pace, but some moisture is still needed in some regions.
The weather maps point to a slightly better period in terms of moisture, but without excesses, over a good part of the belt between September 17 and 23, which must be favorable for some crops and allow good harvest progress.
In the period between September 24 and 30, moisture is reduced again in most of the belt.