OMAHA (DTN) -- Mostly favorable weather allowed corn and soybean producers to maintain a faster-than-average pace this past week, according to USDA's weekly Crop Progress report.

Corn harvest progress came in at 93% completed as of Sunday, Nov. 13. "This is 11 percentage points ahead of the five-year average and could be viewed as bearish," said DTN Senior Analyst Darin Newsom.

Soybean harvest progress came in at 96% completed. "This is 2 percentage points ahead of the five-year average and could be viewed as slightly bearish," Newsom said.

Meanwhile, winter wheat planting progress was pegged at 96% completed as of Sunday. This is 1 percentage points head of the five-year average. Emergence was reported at 83%, 1 percentage point behind average. "The combination of these two could be seen as neutral," Newsom said. "Using the DTN Crop Condition Index, winter wheat conditions improved to 124 points from last week's 120 points. This should be viewed as bearish. Good-to-excellent ratings were slightly bearish, increasing from 49% to 50%."

National Crop Progress Summary
	This	Last	Last	5-Yr
	Week	Week	Year	Avg
Cotton Harvested	79	70	76	64
Corn Harvested	93	87	98	82
Soybeans Harvested	96	92	99	94
Sorghum Harvested	85	78	92	80
Winter Wheat Planted	96	94	96	95
Winter Wheat Emerged	83	76	86	84

National Crop Condition Summary
(VP=Very Poor; P=Poor; F=Fair; G=Good; E=Excellent)
	This Week		Last Week		Last Year
	VP	P	F	G	E		VP	P	F	G	E		VP	P	F	G	E
W Wheat	5	9	36	43	7		6	9	36	42	7		4	13	37	38	8

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