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USDA Crop Progress & Condition API: Weekly by State

Weekly USDA crop progress (planted, emerged, silking, harvested and more) and crop condition (excellent to very poor, good/excellent share) for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and other crops, nationally or by state, vs the 5-year average and last year.

$0.40 per 1,000 crop-area-weeks

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What it returns

The weekly USDA Crop Progress report as clean rows: one row per crop, area and week, with every stage the report carries, the crop condition ratings, and the comparisons traders look at first.

Request

POST https://api.pushbuild.com/usda-crop-progress/run with a JSON body. Send your key in the X-API-Key header.

FieldTypeDescription
cropslist of stringsCommodities in the weekly Crop Progress report: CORN, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, COTTON, SORGHUM, BARLEY, OATS, RICE, PEANUTS, SUGARBEETS, SUNFLOWER, PASTURELAND, plus SOIL (topsoil and subsoil moisture) and FIELDWORK (days suitable). Default: corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton.
stateslist of stringsTwo-letter state codes, e.g. IA, IL, NE. Empty = national (US total).
allStatesbooleanEvery state that reports the crop, instead of the US total. Default: false.
yearslist of stringsCrop years, e.g. 2026. Default: the current year. Up to 15 per run.
compareLastYearbooleanAdd good/excellent and progress for the same week a year earlier. Default: true.
latestOnlybooleanReturn only the most recent week for each crop and area. Default: false.
maxItemsintegerMaximum items to return (1-500). Default: 100.

Example

curl -X POST https://api.pushbuild.com/usda-crop-progress/run \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"crops": ["CORN", "SOYBEANS", "WHEAT", "COTTON"], "maxItems": 20}'

Response

{"count": 20, "truncated": false, "seconds": 1.4, "items": [ { ... } ]}

Each call returns up to 500 items. Records that fail validation or are not found are flagged in the items and not charged.

Pricing

Pay only for results returned: $0.40 per 1,000 crop-area-weeks. No charge for errors or empty searches.

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