# Crop Progress: Double Digit Growth in Harvest Progress

Author: Jim Steadman
Published: 2021-11-01
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Cotton harvest across the U.S. Cotton Belt made a 10% jump in the past week, based on the [USDA Crop Progress report for the week ending Oct. 31](https://downloads.usda.library.cornell.edu/usda-esmis/files/8336h188j/x920gx81z/sx61fm26h/prog4521.pdf).

The report shows that 45% of the U.S. crop is now harvested, compared to 35% last week. What’s encouraging about the week’s progress is that harvest now sits only 3 percentage points behind the 5-year average for the date. Eight states – Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Tennessee – all showed double digit increases in harvest progress.

The report also noted that open bolls are now reported in 94% of the U.S. cotton crop – up 3 percentage points in the past week and only a single percentage point off the 5-year average.

Crop condition remains relatively steady: 62% rated good/excellent, 33% fair, and only 5% poor.