USDA Crop Progress: Soybean Condition/Progress-Aug 28

For the week ended Aug 27, in percent. * denotes revision.

NOTE: Averages for are based on the number of planted acres, not

the number of states.

CONDITION:

very poor poor fair good excellent

08/27 08/20 08/27 08/20 08/27 08/20 08/27 08/20 08/27 08/20

Ark 2 2 7 6 20 25 53 50 18 17

Ill 4 3 10 9 29 28 50 52 7 8

Ind 5 4 11 11 31 32 42 43 11 10

Iowa 3 4 9 10 28 28 51 49 9 9

Ks 2 2 9 8 36 35 46 49 7 6

Ky 1 1 4 3 21 22 61 63 13 11

La 0 0 4 3 26 22 62 66 8 9

Mich 2 2 10 10 33 31 44 47 11 10

Minn 1 1 5 5 22 20 58 60 14 14

Miss 0 0 4 5 20 24 48 49 28 22

Mo 2 3 6 6 28 30 52 51 12 10

Nebr 3 3 7 8 25 28 54 50 11 11

NC 1 1 4 4 21 23 63 63 11 9

ND 4 5 12 12 33 36 47 44 4 3

Ohio 3 3 10 11 31 32 43 41 13 13

SD 5 7 12 15 34 36 43 38 6 4

Tenn 2 1 4 4 14 15 50 51 30 29

Wis 2 2 6 6 19 18 51 55 22 19

18-state

avg 3 3 8 9 28 28 50 50 11 10

yr-ago 2 2 5 5 20 21 55 54 18 18

PROGRESS:

--Setting Pods-- --Dropping Leaves--

08/27 08/20 2016 Avg 08/27 08/20 2016 Avg

Ark 98 96 98 96 25 15 13 15

Ill 96 92 93 93 0 (NA) 0 0

Ind 93 86 93 94 5 0 4 5

Iowa 94 88 95 93 0 (NA) 0 0

Ks 88 79 80 78 3 0 2 4

Ky 79 71 82 79 3 (NA) 2 4

La 100 100 99 98 54 39 36 39

Mich 90 85 91 95 3 0 0 0

Minn 95 91 97 95 0 (NA) 0 2

Miss 98 96 94 95 44 31 19 23

Mo 85 75 82 77 1 (NA) 0 1

Nebr 97 89 95 96 3 (NA) 7 5

NC 78 64 83 75 2 (NA) 4 3

ND 94 88 97 97 13 4 12 12

Ohio 93 83 95 95 1 (NA) 3 5

SD 94 89 96 95 5 2 13 12

Tenn 90 84 90 88 3 (NA) 3 3

Wis 91 87 97 92 0 (NA) 2 0

18-state

avg 93 87 93 92 6 (NA) 5 5

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

August 28, 2017 16:21 ET (20:21 GMT)