Crop progress and wheat harvest continue to lag normal, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. The following shows condition ratings in last week's report in parentheses.

• Corn condition rated 1% very poor, 4% poor, 20% fair, 60% good, and 15% excellent. Corn silking was 70%, well behind 90% last year, and behind 88% for the five-year average. Dough was 12%, well behind 36% last year, and behind the average of 22%.
• Soybean condition rated 1% very poor, 3% poor, 22% fair, 63% good, and 11% excellent. Soybeans blooming was 66%, well behind 86% last year, and the average of 83%. Thirty-four percent were setting pods, behind 49% last year and the average of 43%.
• Winter wheat condition rated 3% very poor, 5% poor, 18% fair, 50% good, and 24% excellent. Winter wheat harvested was 55%, well behind 88% last year and the average of 89%.
• Sorghum condition rated 0% very poor, 2% poor, 14% fair, 73% good, and 11% excellent. Sorghum headed was 26%, well behind 51% last year, and the average of 38%. Coloring was
  1%, near last year's 4% and the average of 3%.
• Oat condition rated 2% very poor, 4% poor, 25% fair, 58% good, and 11% excellent. Oats harvested was 49%, well behind last year's 90% and the average of 75%.
• Dry edible bean condition rated 1% very poor, 5% poor, 29% fair, 55% good, and 10% excellent. Dry edible beans blooming was 41%. Setting pods was 10%.
• Pasture and range conditions rated 1% very poor, 2% poor, 16% fair, 68% good, and 13% excellent.

For the week ending July 28, 2019, there were 6.2 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 1% very short, 21% short, 73% adequate, and 5% surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 0% very short, 15% short, 79% adequate, and 6% surplus.