Monday, November 25, 2013

Nov 25: Last Weekly Crop Progress Report for the Season

Nebraska Corn Harvest Within 4 Percent of Being Complete

For the week ending November 24, 2013, dry conditions the first half of the week allowed producers access to remaining unharvested corn and sorghum fields, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.  Precipitation, mainly in the form of snow, arrived the last half of the week and was limited in eastern areas but heavier in western counties.  While pockets of extreme drought exist in western counties, statewide, soil moisture supplies going into the winter months are above year ago levels.  Statewide, producers had 5.3 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 5 percent very short, 20 short, 75 adequate, and 0 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 12 percent very short, 31 short, 57 adequate, and 0 surplus.
 
Field Crops Report:

Corn harvested was 96 percent, behind 100 last year but ahead of 90 average.   Sorghum harvest was 99 percent complete, behind 100 last year but ahead of 90 average.  Winter wheat condition rated 1 percent very poor, 3 poor, 25 fair, 63 good, and 8 excellent, well above year ago levels. 
 
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:

Stock water supplies rated 3 percent very short, 11 short, 85 adequate, and 1 surplus.  

This is the last weekly Crop Progress and Condition - Nebraska report for the 2013 growing season. We would like to extend our appreciation to the dedicated county FSA and extension staff who supplied the necessary information for these reports. For December through March, we will issue monthly reports. The first monthly report (December) will be issued December 30.  Weekly reports will begin April 7th for the 2014 season.



Access the National publication for Crop Progress and Condition tables at: http://usda01.library.cornell.edu/usda/nass/CropProg//2010s/2013/CropProg-11-25-2013.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&region=HPRCC

Access the U.S. Drought Monitor at: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/DM_state.htm?NE,HP



Iowa Field Work Shifts to Fall Tillage, Baling


Cold  and wet  weather  persisted  across  Iowa  during  the week  ending November  24,  2013,  according  to  the  USDA,  National  Agricultural Statistics Service.  Statewide there were 4.5 days suitable for fieldwork.  Iowa corn harvest for grain or seed is nearing completion at 97 percent harvested, four percentage points ahead of normal.   Other activities for the week included finishing fall tillage and baling corn stalks.

Topsoil moisture  levels rated 8 percent very short, 23 percent short, 66 percent  adequate and 3 percent  surplus.   Subsoil moisture  levels  rated 20  percent  very  short,  35  percent  short,  44  percent  adequate  and  1 percent  surplus.   Grain movement  from  farm  to  elevator was  rated 31 percent  moderate  to  heavy.    Ninety-four  percent  of  Iowa  reported adequate  or  surplus  off-farm  grain  storage  availability  and  85  percent reported adequate or surplus on-farm grain storage availability.

Pasture  condition  rated  22  percent  very  poor,  30  percent  poor,  31 percent  fair,  16  percent  good  and  1  percent  excellent.    Hay  supplies were  considered  17  percent  short,  77  percent  adequate,  and  6 percent surplus across Iowa with 91 percent rated in fair to good condition.



IOWA PRELIMINARY WEATHER SUMMARY

Provided by Harry Hillaker, State Climatologist, Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship


The past  reporting week began with widespread  light  to moderate  rain with  a  few  thunderstorms  on  Sunday  (17th)  morning.       Wednesday (20th)  brought  showers  and  a  few  thunderstorms  to  the  southeast  one-half  of  Iowa  with  Lamoni  reporting  the  most  rain  with  0.92 inches.  Finally,  a  third  storm  system  brought  light  rain  and/or  freezing  rain changing over to light snow from Thursday (21st) afternoon into Friday (22nd) morning.   Maximum  snowfall  amounts were  around  two inches from  Audubon  to  Boone  in  west  central  Iowa  with  maximum  rain amounts  around  one-quarter  inch  in  Taylor  and  Ringgold  counties.  Light  snow cover of an  inch or  less persisted over most of  southwest, central and northeast Iowa  through  the weekend.   Weekly precipitation totals  varied  from  only  0.01 inches  at  Rock  Valley  to  1.26 inches  at Lamoni  and  1.29 inches  at  Centerville.    The  statewide  average precipitation was 0.37 inches or just a little less than the weekly normal of  0.44 inches.    The  week  began with  very mild  weather  on  Sunday (17th)  when  late  morning  temperatures  climbed  to  71  degrees  at Burlington, Clinton and Keokuk.  Monday (18th) was much colder with daytime highs mostly in the 40’s.  Tuesday (19th) and Wednesday (20th) were seasonably cool over the east while western Iowa warmed into the 50’s with  a  few  60’s.    Temperatures  plunged  on  Thursday  (21st)  and continued  to  fall  through Sunday  (24th) morning.   Daytime highs were only  in  the  teens  over most  of  the  northwest  one-half  of  the  state  on Saturday  (23rd).    Minimum  temperatures  dipped  to  zero  on  Friday morning at Sheldon and on Saturday morning at Sibley.   Webster City recorded  the  lowest  temperature  of  the  week  with  a  Sunday  (24th) morning low of minus 3 degrees.  Temperatures for the week as a whole averaged 1.9 degrees below normal.  The uppermost two to four inches of soil was frozen across much of Iowa by Sunday.  



Corn Harvested - Selected States

[These 18 States harvested 93% of the 2012 corn acreage]
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                :               Week ending               :            
                :-----------------------------------------:            
      State     :November 24, :November 17, :November 24, :  2008-2012 
                :    2012     :    2013     :    2013     :   Average  
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                :                        percent                       
Colorado .......:     100            95           100            92    
Illinois .......:         100            95            98            92    
Indiana ........:      100            92            96            93    
Iowa ...........:       100            93            97            93    
Kansas .........:    100            94            98            96    
Kentucky .......:   100            94            96           100    
Michigan .......:     96            75            84            88    
Minnesota ......:   100            94            98            92    
Missouri .......:     100            94            96            93    
Nebraska .......:    100            91            96            90    
North Carolina .:   100           100           100           100    
North Dakota ...:   100            78            86            76    
Ohio ...........:        94            87            93            88    
Pennsylvania ...:    94            86            90            87    
South Dakota ...:   100            88            95            84    
Tennessee ......:    100            98           100           100    
Texas ..........:       100            99           100            99    
Wisconsin ......:     100            74            82            87    
18 States ......:      100            91            95            91    
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Winter Wheat Emerged - Selected States

[These 18 States planted 87% of the 2012 winter wheat acreage]
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                :               Week ending               :            
                :-----------------------------------------:            
      State     :November 24, :November 17, :November 24, :  2008-2012 
                :    2012     :    2013     :    2013     :   Average  
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                :                        percent                       
Arkansas .......:     93            70            79           81     
California .....:       52            25            35           52     
Colorado .......:     94           100           100           97     
Idaho ..........:       97            95           100           98     
Illinois .......:         93            86            99           91     
Indiana ........:       96            93            96           90     
Kansas .........:      97            96           100           94     
Michigan .......:     100            95           100           99     
Missouri .......:       89            72            80           78     
Montana ........:      68            95            96           89     
Nebraska .......:      95           100           100           99     
North Carolina .:     43            40            55           50     
Ohio ...........:         93            96           100           93     
Oklahoma .......:     89            95            97           93     
Oregon .........:       88            85            90           88     
South Dakota ...:    59            96           100           92     
Texas ..........:        84            79            83           80     
Washington .....:    96            93            95           94     
18 States ......:      88            89            93           89     
------------------------------------------------------------------------


Winter Wheat Condition - Selected States: Week Ending November 24, 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 .......:    -           3          31          62           4    
California .....:      -           -          40          25          35    
Colorado .......:    1           5          39          47           8    
Idaho ..........:      -           1           3          85          11    
Illinois .......:        -           1          24          65          10    
Indiana ........:      1           1          24          62          12    
Kansas .........:    1           3          33          56           7    
Michigan .......:    -           1          19          67          13    
Missouri .......:     -           2          48          47           3    
Montana ........:    1           2          41          51           5    
Nebraska .......:    1           3          25          63           8    
North Carolina .:   1           1          29          68           1    
Ohio ...........:       -           1          14          70          15    
Oklahoma .......:   1           4          18          61          16    
Oregon .........:     -           3          38          56           3    
South Dakota ...:  -           2          19          73           6    
Texas ..........:     8          20          40          26           6    
Washington .....: 1           2          20          60          17    
18 States ......:    2           6          30          53           9    
Previous week ..: 2           5          30          52          11    
Previous year ..:  7          19          41          29           4    



Brazilian Soy Planting Progresses on Track


Heavy rains in the south and the promise of precipitation in the northeast kept Brazilian soybean planting on track last week.  Meanwhile, continued showers in the center-west are fostering good soybean crop development there.

Brazilian farmers had planted 79% of the 2013-14 soybean crop as of Friday, up 10 percentage points on the week before, according to AgRural, a local farm consultancy.  Planting is now just ahead of the 78% planted at the same point last year and just behind the five-year average of 81%.

With soybean planting complete in most of Mato Grosso, Goias, Mato Grosso do Sul and Parana, fieldwork is currently concentrated in Rio Grande do Sul, the southernmost state, and Bahia, Piaui, Maranhao and Tocantins in the northeast.  Approximately 4 inches of rain fell across Rio Grande do Sul's northern soybean belt last week, creating excellent planting conditions. As a result, planting moved ahead 21 percentage points to 54% in the seven days to Friday.

The situation is more complicated in northeastern Brazil, where there was no rainfall last week in many producing areas. However, the promise of showers this week prompted some producers to keep planting. The slow arrival of autumn rains has left fieldwork well behind schedule in Bahia, the main producing state, which has planted just 26% of the crop compared with 55% at the same point last year.

In Mato Grosso, where planting is 96% complete, rainfall has been abundant -- indeed, a bit too abundant in some places -- as crops move into the flowering phase.  In Parana, where the crop is 90% planted, the weather switched between intense rain and showers all week, allowing for good crop development and the effective application of chemicals, said AgRural.



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