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®ion=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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