NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION
For the week ending August 18, 2013, most of the state saw another week of cooler than normal temperatures, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Reporters indicated that, in many areas, warmer temperatures are needed in order to advance crop maturity. Statewide, producers had 4.9 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 13 percent very short, 31 short, 55 adequate, and 1 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 26 percent very short, 38 short, 36 adequate, and 0 surplus.
Field Crops Report:
All corn condition rated 5 percent very poor, 7 poor, 23 fair, 45 good, and 20 excellent. Irrigated corn conditions rated 79 percent good or excellent, compared to 75 average. Dryland corn conditions rated 45 percent good or excellent, compared to 59 average. Corn in dough was 69 percent, behind 92 last year and 78 average. Corn dented was 11 percent, well behind 65 last year and 33 average.
Soybean conditions rated 1 percent very poor, 4 poor, 23 fair, 56 good, and 16 excellent. Eighty-eight percent of the crop was setting pods, near 90 last year and 86 average.
Sorghum conditions rated 7 percent very poor, 17 poor, 29 fair, 33 good, and 14 excellent. Sorghum heading was 77 percent, ahead of 74 last year but behind 81 average.
Oats harvested were 94 percent, behind last year’s 100 and 99 average.
Alfalfa conditions were 4 percent very poor, 12 poor, 30 fair, 47 good, and 7 excellent. The third cutting of alfalfa was 59 percent complete, behind 93 last year and 69 average.
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:
Stock water supplies rated 7 percent very short, 14 short, 78 adequate, and 1 surplus. Pasture and range condition was 13 percent very poor, 21 poor, 36 fair, 28 good, and 2 excellent.
Access the National publication for Crop Progress and Condition tables at: http://usda01.library.cornell.edu/usda/nass/CropProg//2010s/2013/CropProg-08-19-2013.txt.
Access the High Plains Region Climate Center for Temperature and Precipitation Maps at: http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/maps/current/index.php?action=update_region&state=NE®ion=HPRCC.
Access the U.S. Drought Monitor at: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/DM_state.htm?NE,HP.
Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report
Drier and cooler than average weather persisted across most of Iowa during the week ending August 18, 2013, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Although varying amounts of moisture were received in central and western portions of the State, the lack of significant precipitation was a growing concern for Iowa farmers. Statewide there was an average of 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork. Southwest Iowa received the most rainfall during the week, and had the least days suitable for fieldwork with 5.8.
A total of 35 percent of topsoil and 41 percent of subsoil was in the adequate and surplus moisture categories, both declining 6 percentage points from last week. Topsoil moisture levels rated 25 percent very short, 40 percent short, 34 percent adequate and 1 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 19 percent very short, 40 percent short, 40 percent adequate and 1 percent surplus.
With nearly all the corn crop tasseled, 93 percent was silking, behind the five-year average of 99 percent. Sixty-two percent of the corn crop reached the milk stage, trailing the normal 87 percent. Twenty-four percent of the crop has reached the dough stage, well behind the normal 60 percent. Some of the very earliest planted corn crop has reached the dent stage. Corn condition declined slightly from the previous week, and was rated at 5 percent very poor, 13 percent poor, 34 percent fair, 40 percent good and 8 percent excellent.
With 95 percent of the soybean crop blooming, pods were being set on 71 percent of the soybean crop, well behind last year’s 94 percent and the normal 89 percent. Soybean condition declined slightly from last week and was rated 5 percent very poor, 12 percent poor, 36 percent fair, 38 percent good and 9 percent excellent. Oat harvest was wrapping up across the state.
The third cutting of alfalfa has reached 36 percent compete, 9 days behind the normal pace. Both hay and pasture conditions continued to deteriorate, and the amount rated in the good and excellent categories fell 4 and 3 percentage points, respectively. Hay condition was rated at 5 percent very poor, 13 percent poor, 36 percent fair, 40 percent good and 6 percent excellent. Pasture condition rated 10 percent very poor, 22 percent poor, 40 percent fair, 25 percent good and 3 percent excellent.
IOWA PRELIMINARY WEATHER SUMMARY
Provided by Harry Hillaker, State Climatologist, Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship
Unseasonably cool weather prevailed for another week while most of the state is still waiting for a substantial rain. Temperatures averaged below normal every day this week, as they have for all but one day in the past four weeks. Temperatures approached normal on Sunday (11th) and Monday (12th) with highs mostly in the 80’s but were well below normal from Tuesday (13th) through Thursday (15th) when daytime highs were mostly in the 70’s. Temperature extremes for the week ranged from Sunday (11th) afternoon highs of 88 degrees at Bloomfield, Centerville, Des Moines, Donnellson and Osceola, as well as at Red Oak on Monday to Wednesday morning lows of 42 degrees at Elkader and Belle Plaine. Temperatures for the week as a whole averaged 5.9 degrees below normal. Thunderstorms brought very welcome rain to parts of north central and central Iowa on Sunday (11th) night with a maximum reported amount of 2.27 inches at Boone. Rain was also widespread across the southwest one-third of the state on Wednesday night with Underwood (Pottawattamie Co.) reporting the most with 3.85 inches. However, parts of the state, particularly the far southeast, received no rain for the week. The statewide average precipitation was 0.44 inches while normal for the week is 0.98 inches. This was the sixth week of the past seven to bring less than normal rainfall.
Corn Dough - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 92% of the 2012 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
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State : August 18, : August 11, : August 18, : 2008-2012
: 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average
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: percent
Colorado .......: 63 19 45 47
Illinois ..........: 96 50 70 78
Indiana ........: 90 33 56 67
Iowa ............: 89 9 24 60
Kansas .........: 92 59 74 83
Kentucky .......: 86 40 54 72
Michigan .......: 71 25 55 59
Minnesota ......: 89 7 27 47
Missouri ........: 96 60 75 80
Nebraska .......: 92 35 69 78
North Carolina .: 96 92 96 95
North Dakota ...: 78 10 20 43
Ohio ...............: 83 40 68 65
Pennsylvania ...: 70 48 55 50
South Dakota ...: 83 31 65 50
Tennessee ......: 100 84 91 95
Texas ............: 84 75 78 86
Wisconsin ......: 60 12 25 45
18 States ......: 87 32 52 65
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Corn Dented - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 92% of the 2012 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State : August 18, : August 11, : August 18, : 2008-2012
: 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average
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: percent
Colorado .......: 17 2 5 10
Illinois ..........: 77 6 14 41
Indiana ........: 55 - 6 26
Iowa ...........: 62 - 2 28
Kansas .........: 72 9 19 48
Kentucky .......: 76 14 27 52
Michigan .......: 24 - 6 15
Minnesota ......: 46 - 1 16
Missouri .......: 84 19 34 53
Nebraska .......: 65 1 11 33
North Carolina .: 86 72 86 82
North Dakota ...: 30 - - 9
Ohio ...............: 42 - 6 22
Pennsylvania ...: 24 7 16 17
South Dakota ...: 41 1 5 14
Tennessee ......: 93 48 65 79
Texas .............: 69 61 62 71
Wisconsin ......: 18 - 1 9
18 States ......: 57 5 11 30
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Corn Condition - Selected States: Week Ending August 18, 2013
[National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2012 planted acreage]
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State : Very poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent
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: percent
Colorado .......: 10 13 30 43 4
Illinois ..........: 2 8 26 46 18
Indiana .........: 1 4 19 49 27
Iowa .............: 5 13 34 40 8
Kansas .........: 11 17 31 35 6
Kentucky .......: 1 2 9 41 47
Michigan .......: 3 6 22 48 21
Minnesota ......: 3 8 29 49 11
Missouri ........: 6 14 33 39 8
Nebraska .......: 5 7 23 45 20
North Carolina .: 1 4 17 57 21
North Dakota ...: 2 9 32 48 9
Ohio ...............: 1 3 14 47 35
Pennsylvania ...: 2 2 12 40 44
South Dakota ...: 5 5 20 48 22
Tennessee .......: - 2 11 52 35
Texas .............: 1 10 35 41 13
Wisconsin .......: 4 12 30 41 13
18 States ........: 4 9 26 44 17
Previous week ..: 3 8 25 46 18
Previous year ..: 26 25 26 20 3
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Soybeans Setting Pods - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 95% of the 2012 soybean acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State : August 18, : August 11, : August 18, : 2008-2012
: 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas ......: 96 66 79 85
Illinois ...........: 93 63 76 80
Indiana ..........: 92 66 79 75
Iowa .............: 94 53 71 89
Kansas .........: 62 43 56 65
Kentucky .......: 77 42 54 71
Louisiana ......: 99 91 94 96
Michigan .......: 94 64 80 84
Minnesota ......: 97 58 72 87
Mississippi ....: 99 72 88 98
Missouri .........: 74 35 49 60
Nebraska .......: 90 72 88 86
North Carolina .: 62 28 41 57
North Dakota ...: 100 68 79 93
Ohio ...............: 98 72 82 82
South Dakota ...: 92 55 75 85
Tennessee ......: 88 45 61 81
Wisconsin .......: 91 40 61 81
18 States ........: 90 58 72 81
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Soybean Condition - Selected States: Week Ending August 18, 2013
[National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2012 planted acreage]
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State : Very poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent
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: percent
Arkansas .......: 4 12 30 38 16
Illinois ............: 2 8 25 52 13
Indiana ...........: 1 4 21 49 25
Iowa ..............: 5 12 36 38 9
Kansas .........: 2 8 29 54 7
Kentucky .......: - 2 11 53 34
Louisiana ......: - 4 24 51 21
Michigan .......: 2 5 24 52 17
Minnesota ......: 3 8 30 49 10
Mississippi ....: 1 6 22 52 19
Missouri .......: 5 11 35 42 7
Nebraska .......: 1 4 23 56 16
North Carolina .: 2 10 34 48 6
North Dakota ...: 2 10 40 43 5
Ohio ...............: 1 5 19 55 20
South Dakota ..: 1 5 27 50 17
Tennessee ......: - 5 12 56 27
Wisconsin ......: 4 10 30 42 14
18 States ........: 2 8 28 48 14
Previous week ..: 2 7 27 50 14
Previous year ..: 16 21 32 27 4
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Pasture and Range Condition - Selected States: Week Ending August 18, 2013
[National pasture and range conditions for selected States are weighted based on pasture acreage and/or livestock inventories]
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State : Very poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent
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: percent
Alabama .........: - 1 7 62 30
Arizona ........: 52 15 17 15 1
Arkansas .......: - 3 28 55 14
California .....: 60 35 5 - -
Colorado .......: 24 26 32 18 -
Connecticut ....: - - 16 77 7
Delaware .......: 1 1 24 68 6
Florida ..........: - 1 15 65 19
Georgia ..........: - 2 25 49 24
Idaho ............: 10 31 32 27 -
Illinois ..........: 2 11 40 40 7
Indiana .........: 2 7 27 53 11
Iowa .............: 10 22 40 25 3
Kansas .........: 16 19 28 33 4
Kentucky .......: - 2 17 57 24
Louisiana ......: 2 10 41 41 6
Maine ............: - 1 3 60 36
Maryland ........: 1 1 7 71 20
Massachusetts ..: - - 24 75 1
Michigan .........: 5 10 34 36 15
Minnesota .......: 6 12 33 45 4
Mississippi ......: - 1 26 65 8
Missouri .........: 2 8 35 43 12
Montana .........: 3 9 28 47 13
Nebraska .......: 13 21 36 28 2
Nevada ..........: 43 24 28 5 -
New Hampshire : 2 3 13 65 17
New Jersey .....: - 1 6 63 30
New Mexico .....: 29 35 28 8 -
New York ........: 1 8 29 55 7
North Carolina .: 1 3 17 70 9
North Dakota ...: 1 4 22 54 19
Ohio ...............: 1 5 21 55 18
Oklahoma .......: 5 6 30 49 10
Oregon ............: 9 41 35 13 2
Pennsylvania ...: 3 3 28 40 26
Rhode Island ...: - - 50 50 -
South Carolina .: - - 20 69 11
South Dakota ...: 1 5 25 56 13
Tennessee ......: - 2 12 65 21
Texas .............: 22 29 34 13 2
Utah ...............: 5 23 46 26 -
Vermont .........: - 9 25 44 22
Virginia ...........: - 3 17 63 17
Washington .....: 8 23 26 42 1
West Virginia ..: - 1 15 71 13
Wisconsin ......: 8 21 34 33 4
Wyoming ........: 18 26 30 23 3
48 States .......: 12 16 27 36 9
Previous week ..: 12 16 27 37 8
Previous year ..: 32 27 24 15 2
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