# Crop Progress: 90 Percent of U.S. Cotton Now Planted

Author: Jim Steadman
Published: 2022-06-13
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Cotton planting for 2022 is nearing the end, as 90% of the crop is now in the ground, according to the [USDA Crop Progress report for the week ending June 12.](https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/8336h188j/wm118v78t/0p097d73t/prog2522.pdf)

That’s a 6-percentage point increase in the past week and 2 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average for planting for this week. In all, 12 of the cotton producing states are at or ahead of their respective 5-year averages.

Squaring is now reported in 14% of the U.S. crop – up 3 percentage points in the past week. Arizona and Louisiana lead the way with squaring in 38% of their crops, while 6 other states report squaring totals between 10% and 18%.

The crop condition report for the week shows 46% of the crop rated good/excellent, 35% fair, and 19% now rated poor/very poor.

Looking at other primary crops across the Cotton Belt: corn 97% planted, soybeans 88% planted, peanuts 94% planted, sorghum 66% planted, and rice 95% emerged.