NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION
For the week ending September 15, 2013, temperatures for the fourth week in a row averaged above normal. Rainfall across southern Nebraska was expected to boost germination prospects for fall planted winter wheat but came too late to impact western dryland crops, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Corn silage harvest was active in many areas and harvest of high moisture corn for feedlots had started. Dry bean and millet harvests were active in western counties. Statewide, producers had 5.5 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 20 percent very short, 40 short, 40 adequate, and 0 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 29 percent very short, 43 short, 28 adequate, and 0 surplus.
Field Crops Report:
All corn condition rated 7 percent very poor, 7 poor, 23 fair, 45 good, and 18 excellent. Irrigated corn conditions rated 81 percent good or excellent, compared to 76 average. Dryland corn conditions rated 36 percent good or excellent, compared to 59 average. Corn dented was 91 percent, behind 100 last year but near 92 average. Corn mature was 16 percent, behind 71 last year and 29 average. Corn harvested was 2 percent, behind 21 last year and 5 average.
Soybean conditions rated 4 percent very poor, 9 poor, 27 fair, 49 good, and 11 excellent. Soybeans dropping leaves were 36 percent, behind 47 last year but ahead of 25 average. Harvest was 1 percent complete, behind 4 last year and equal to with the 1 average.
Sorghum conditions rated 11 percent very poor, 19 poor, 32 fair, 36 good, and 2 excellent. Sorghum turning color was 84 percent, ahead of 66 last year and 75 average. Mature was 3 percent, behind 17 last year and 9 average.
Winter wheat was 22 percent planted, near 19 last year but behind 30 average.
Alfalfa conditions were 6 percent very poor, 18 poor, 32 fair, 38 good, and 6 excellent. The fourth cutting of alfalfa was 38 percent complete, behind 77 last year and 47 average.
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:
Stock water supplies rated 8 percent very short, 20 short, 72 adequate, and 0 surplus. Pasture and range condition was 16 percent very poor, 22 poor, 36 fair, 25 good, and 1 excellent.
Access the National publication for Crop Progress and Condition tables at: http://usda01.library.cornell.edu/usda/nass/CropProg//2010s/2013/CropProg-09-16-2013.pdf.
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
Most of Iowa received some precipitation during the week ending September 15, 2013, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide rainfall was still below average for the week. Temperatures were again above normal during most of the week, but cooled during the weekend. There were scattered reports of corn silage being cut. Statewide there were 6.6 days suitable for fieldwork.
Topsoil moisture levels rated 51 percent very short, 34 percent short, 15 percent adequate and 0 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 45 percent very short, 38 percent short, 17 percent adequate and 0 percent surplus. South Central Iowa was the driest with 82 percent of topsoil moisture rated very short.
Ninety-four percent of the corn was at or beyond the dough stage. Seventy-seven percent of the crop was dented, 12 percentage points behind normal. Fifteen percent of corn was mature, well behind the normal 45 percent. A few operators reported harvesting their earliest planted corn. Corn condition remained unchanged at 9 percent very poor, 19 percent poor, 37 percent fair, 31 percent good and 4 percent excellent.
Forty-three percent of soybeans were turning color, 30 percentage points behind normal. Seven percent of the crop has begun to drop leaves, 10 days behind normal pace. Soybean condition was almost unchanged at 10 percent very poor, 19 percent poor, 38 percent fair, 30 percent good and 3 percent excellent.
The harvest of third cutting alfalfa was nearing completion at 94 percent complete, ahead of the normal 88 percent. Pasture condition declined slightly and was rated 33 percent very poor, 30 percent poor, 28 percent fair, 8 percent good and 1 percent excellent.
IOWA PRELIMINARY WEATHER SUMMARY
Provided by Harry Hillaker, State Climatologist, Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship
Unseasonably hot weather continued over most of Iowa through Wednesday (11th) with much cooler air prevailing for the remainder of the week. Temperatures reached 102 degrees at Donnellson and Keokuk on Monday (9th). These were the highest temperatures recorded so late in the year for Iowa since September 28, 1953. However, morning low temperatures fell to 39 degrees at Cresco on Friday (13th) and down to 36 degrees at Belle Plaine, Lowden and Williamsburg on Saturday (14th). Temperatures for the week as a whole averaged 6.4 degrees above normal. As the cold front slowly made its way across Iowa from Tuesday evening to Thursday morning showers and thunderstorms brought light to moderate rain to much of the state. Another area of rain moved across the state from late Saturday (14th) into Sunday (15th) afternoon. About one-half of the rain from the second system fell after the cut-off for this report and will be included in next Monday’s report. Nevertheless, a few areas were missed completely by the rain with locations such as Sheldon, Sioux City, Storm Lake and Jefferson receiving no measurable rain. Precipitation of greater than inch was confined to relatively small areas over the southern one-third of Iowa. The maximum reported rainfall was 2.60 inches near Promise City in northeast Wayne County. The statewide average precipitation was 0.33 inches while normal for the week is 0.81 inches. This was the seventh consecutive week, and tenth of the past eleven, with below normal rainfall.
Corn Dented - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 92% of the 2012 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State :September 15,:September 8, :September 15,: 2008-2012
: 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average
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: percent
Colorado .......: 91 65 83 78
Illinois .......: 99 69 84 86
Indiana ........: 95 67 82 83
Iowa ...........: 99 54 77 89
Kansas .........: 98 75 89 95
Kentucky .......: 99 79 89 94
Michigan .......: 85 53 66 76
Minnesota ......: 99 50 76 86
Missouri .......: 100 83 92 92
Nebraska .......: 100 72 91 92
North Carolina .: 100 100 100 100
North Dakota ...: 97 53 70 71
Ohio ...........: 94 67 84 81
Pennsylvania ...: 82 59 71 73
South Dakota ...: 95 67 85 83
Tennessee ......: 100 95 97 99
Texas ..........: 95 80 90 93
Wisconsin ......: 85 38 58 69
18 States ......: 97 64 81 86
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Corn Mature - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 92% of the 2012 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State :September 15,:September 8, :September 15,: 2008-2012
: 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average
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: percent
Colorado .......: 51 7 20 28
Illinois .......: 85 6 25 50
Indiana ........: 62 9 22 40
Iowa ...........: 86 5 15 45
Kansas .........: 84 13 33 61
Kentucky .......: 92 42 63 75
Michigan .......: 41 2 11 28
Minnesota ......: 75 1 5 28
Missouri .......: 95 26 43 64
Nebraska .......: 71 5 16 29
North Carolina .: 100 94 95 96
North Dakota ...: 75 3 9 26
Ohio ...........: 36 2 12 28
Pennsylvania ...: 41 13 28 29
South Dakota ...: 67 5 18 27
Tennessee ......: 97 42 67 83
Texas ..........: 84 63 77 75
Wisconsin ......: 38 5 14 21
18 States ......: 73 9 22 41
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Corn Harvested - Selected States
[These 18 States harvested 93% of the 2012 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State :September 15,:September 8, :September 15,: 2008-2012
: 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average
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: percent
Colorado .......: 6 (NA) 2 3
Illinois .......: 34 (NA) 1 14
Indiana ........: 16 (NA) 2 8
Iowa ...........: 20 (NA) 1 5
Kansas .........: 50 (NA) 8 24
Kentucky .......: 58 (NA) 14 33
Michigan .......: 6 (NA) - 3
Minnesota ......: 11 (NA) - 2
Missouri .......: 64 (NA) 10 27
Nebraska .......: 21 (NA) 2 5
North Carolina .: 57 (NA) 53 57
North Dakota ...: 9 (NA) - 2
Ohio ...........: 4 (NA) - 2
Pennsylvania ...: 5 (NA) 3 7
South Dakota ...: 17 (NA) 1 4
Tennessee ......: 77 (NA) 21 48
Texas ..........: 67 (NA) 61 62
Wisconsin ......: 3 (NA) - 1
18 States ......: 24 (NA) 4 10
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Soybeans Dropping Leaves - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 95% of the 2012 soybean acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State :September 15,:September 8, :September 15,: 2008-2012
: 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas .......: 49 14 30 30
Illinois .......: 42 3 13 27
Indiana ........: 61 13 40 44
Iowa ...........: 50 2 7 31
Kansas .........: 32 9 24 27
Kentucky .......: 47 6 15 36
Louisiana ......: 69 52 70 68
Michigan .......: 39 - 21 29
Minnesota ......: 79 7 21 41
Mississippi ....: 72 19 33 64
Missouri .......: 24 3 10 16
Nebraska .......: 47 16 36 25
North Carolina .: 13 3 6 14
North Dakota ...: 90 34 59 44
Ohio ...........: 53 16 46 41
South Dakota ...: 91 28 47 60
Tennessee ......: 44 6 16 40
Wisconsin ......: 48 - 11 28
18 States ......: 54 11 26 35
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