Monday, April 21, 2014

April 21 Crop Progress and Condition Report - NE - IA - US

NEBRASKA WARM-UP HELPS FOUR PERCENT OF THE CORN TO GET PLANTED

For the week ending April 20, 2014, cold temperatures at the beginning of the week gave way to warmer conditions, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.   Temperatures averaged 4 to 6 degrees below normal with soils beginning to warm by the weekend.   Oat seeding was active. Limited amounts of corn had been planted. Precipitation was light with less than three tenths of an inch recorded in most areas. Heavier amounts were received on Sunday in east central counties.   Drought intensity continued to be severe across much of the western half of the state.  The number of days suitable for fieldwork was 5.3.   Topsoil moisture supplies rated 13 percent very short, 41 short, 45 adequate, and 1 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 17 percent very short, 44 short, 39 adequate, and
0 surplus.

Field Crops Report:

Winter wheat condition rated 2 percent very poor, 10 poor, 29 fair, 52 good, and 7 excellent.

Oats planted was 67 percent, equal to last year and near the five-year average of 70 percent.  Oats emerged was 16 percent, near 17 last year but behind 24 average.

Sorghum planted was 1 percent, ahead of 0 last year and 0 average.

Corn planted was 4 percent, ahead of 0 last year and near 6 average.

Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:

Stock water supplies rated 5 percent very short, 8 short, 86 adequate, and 1 surplus. 

Hay and forage supplies rated 2 percent very short, 8 short, 86 adequate, and 4 surplus.

Cattle and calf condition rated 0 percent very poor, 1 poor, 11 fair, 77 good, and 11 excellent. Cattle and calf losses rated 17 percent below average, 82 average, and 1 above average. Percentage of cows calved since January 1 was 86 percent.

Sheep and lamb condition rated 0 percent very poor, 1 poor, 10 fair, 82 good, and 7 excellent.  Sheep and lamb losses rated 11 percent below average, 89 average, and 0 above average.



Access the National publication for Crop Progress and Condition tables at: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/nass/CropProg//2010s/2014/CropProg-04-21-2014.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/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?NE



IOWA CROP PROGRESS - OVER HALF THE OATS CROP PLANTED ALONG WITH A FEW ACRES OF CORN


Rain  and  cool  temperatures  early  in  the week  ending April  20,  2014, continued  to  slow  fieldwork  according  to  the  USDA,  National Agricultural  Statistics  Service.    Average  temperatures  were  below normal for the week, but at the end of the week temperatures started to rise.   Statewide  there were 3.2 days  suitable  for  fieldwork.   Activities for  the  week  included  applying  fertilizer,  anhydrous  and  herbicides, seeding, and disking.

Topsoil moisture  levels  rated  6  percent  very  short,  22  percent  short, 65 percent  adequate  and  7  percent  surplus.    Subsoil  moisture  levels rated 16 percent very  short, 39 percent  short, 44 percent  adequate and 1 percent  surplus.   Northwest  Iowa was  the  driest with  18  percent  of topsoil reported in very short condition.

Fifty-one percent of oats have been planted, 29 percentage points ahead of last year but 17 percentage points behind average.  Seven percent of oats  had  emerged,  ahead  of  last  year’s  3  percent,  but  17  percentage points behind the five-year average.  A few farmers reported corn being planted.  

Pasture  condition  rated  11  percent  very  poor,  23  percent  poor, 48 percent  fair,  18  percent  good  and  0  percent  excellent.    Livestock conditions  were  reported  as  good,  but most  cattle  have  not  yet  been moved onto pastures.


 
IOWA PRELIMINARY WEATHER SUMMARY

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


The past reporting week began with moderate  to heavy rain over most of  Iowa  on  Sunday  (13th)  with  the  rain mixing  with  or  changing  to snow over  the northwest one-half of  the state.   A  few  local  rain  totals exceeded  four  inches  from  south  central  into  east  central  Iowa while snow totals reached 3.6 inches at Remsen in Plymouth County.    Light rain and/or snow fell across all but far western Iowa on Monday (14th).   Dry  weather  prevailed  for  most  of  Iowa  for  the  remainder  of  the reporting  week.      The  exceptions  were  some  light  showers  scattered across  the  northwest  one-third  on  Wednesday  and  some  isolated thunderstorms  over west  central  and  north  central  Iowa  early  Sunday (20th) morning.       Weekly  rain  totals varied  from 0.07  inches at Rock Rapids to 4.87 inches at Pella.   The statewide average precipitation was 1.52  inches or nearly double  the weekly normal of 0.85  inches.     This was the wettest week in 42 weeks (late June 2013).   Temperatures were below  normal  for most  of  the week.      The  coldest  readings were  on Monday (14th) and Tuesday (15th).   High temperatures were mostly in the  30s  on Monday  while  all  of  the  state  recorded  a  hard  freeze  on Tuesday  morning.      A  slow  warming  trend  began  at mid  week  with daytime  highs  mostly  in  the  70s  by  Saturday  (19th).      Temperature extremes  for  the  week  ranged  from  Tuesday  morning  lows  of 12 degrees  at  Sheldon  and  Sibley  to  a  Saturday  afternoon  high  of 82 degrees  at  Little  Sioux.      Temperatures  for  the  week  as  a  whole averaged 6.2 degrees below normal.   Soil temperatures at the four inch depth warmed nicely thanks to much warmer weather over the weekend and were  averaging  in  the  50s  statewide  by Easter Sunday  afternoon.
  


Corn Planted - Selected States

[These 18 States planted 91% of the 2013 corn acreage]
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                             :            Week ending   
                       :---------------------------------------------:          
      State         : April 20, : April 13, : April 20, : 2009-2013
                       :   2013    :   2014    :   2014    :  Average 
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                      :                    percent                   
Colorado ........:      -           -            2           6    
Illinois ............:     1           1           5          22    
Indiana ..........:     1            -            1          14    
Iowa ..............:     -            -            2          11    
Kansas ..........:     5          11          21          18    
Kentucky .......:    14           4          10          30    
Michigan ........:      -            -            -           5    
Minnesota ......:      -            -            -           9    
Missouri .........:    12           9          26          29    
Nebraska ........:     -           1            4           6    
North Carolina .:    59         20          43          58    
North Dakota ..:      -           -            -           3    
Ohio ..............:     1           -             -          10    
Pennsylvania ..:     2           -            -           5    
South Dakota .:      -           -            1           3    
Tennessee .....:    28           7           19          44    
Texas ............:    59          57          60          60    
Wisconsin .....:      -           -             -           3    
18 States ......:      4           3           6          14    
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Winter Wheat Headed - Selected States

[These 18 States harvested 87% of the 2013 winter wheat acreage]
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                             :            Week ending   
                       :---------------------------------------------:          
      State         : April 20, : April 13, : April 20, : 2009-2013
                       :   2013    :   2014    :   2014    :  Average 
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                 :                    percent                   
Arkansas ........:    19           1           5          47    
California ........:    57         75          85          78    
Colorado ........:     -           -           -           -    
Idaho .............:     -           -           2           -    
Illinois ............:     -           -           -          10    
Indiana ...........:     -           -           -           3    
Kansas ..........:     -           -           2           8    
Michigan ........:     -           -           -           -    
Missouri .........:     1           -           -          14    
Montana .........:     -           -           -           -    
Nebraska ........:     -           -           -           -    
North Carolina .:    12          1           3          32    
Ohio ...............:     -           -           -           -    
Oklahoma .......:     4           4          10          38    
Oregon ...........:     -            -           2           -    
South Dakota ..:     -            -           -           -    
Texas .............:    32         16          34          41    
Washington ....:     -            -           -           -    
18 States .......:     7           5           9          17    
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Winter Wheat Condition - Selected States: Week Ending April 20, 2014

[National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2013 planted acreage]
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      State        : Very poor :   Poor    :   Fair    :   Good    : Excellent
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                      :                          percent                         
Arkansas .......:     -            6          32          48          14    
California ........:     -           5          15          20          60    
Colorado ........:    17         15          32          32           4    
Idaho .............:     -           1          12          72          15    
Illinois ............:     2           7          31          46          14    
Indiana ...........:     2           5          32          51          10    
Kansas ..........:    11          21          44          23           1    
Michigan ........:     3          11          36          44           6    
Missouri .........:     2           8          46          38           6    
Montana .........:     1           4          27          52          16    
Nebraska ........:     2          10          29          52           7    
North Carolina .:     1           6          26          57          10    
Ohio ...............:     2           9          41          42           6    
Oklahoma .......:    27          34         28          11           -    
Oregon ...........:     -            7          46          39           8    
South Dakota ..:     -            4          30          64           2    
Texas .............:    27          38         23          11           1    
Washington ....:     5          17          42          33           3    
18 States .......:    13          20          33          29           5    
Previous week .:    12          20          34          30           4    
Previous year ..:    14          19          32          30           5    
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