NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION - SOYBEAN PLANTING NOW 10% AHEAD OF AVERAGE
For the week ending May 18, 2014, precipitation across much of the western half the state improved topsoil moisture supplies, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. However, southwest Nebraska again received only limited amounts of rainfall and remained in severe to extreme drought. Statewide, temperatures averaged 9 to 12 degrees below normal. Freezing temperatures were reported on multiple nights. Producers were assessing the impact on crops and evaluating if replanting was necessary. Producers affected by the previous week’s storms continued clearing debris and working on damaged irrigation equipment. Western producers were moving cattle to summer pastures. The number of days considered suitable for fieldwork was 4.5. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 12 percent very short, 24 short, 61 adequate, and 3 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 16 percent very short, 33 short, 50 adequate, and 1 surplus.
Field Crops Report:
Corn planted was 91 percent, ahead of 78 last year but near 89 average. Corn emerged was 43 percent, ahead of 23 last year but near 45 average.
Soybeans planted was 65 percent, well ahead of 29 last year and 55 average. Soybeans emerged was 13 percent ahead of 2 last year but near 14 average.
Winter wheat condition rated 8 percent very poor, 20 poor, 32 fair, 37 good, and 3 excellent. Winter wheat jointed was 71 percent, ahead of 57 last year but behind the five-year average of 76. Winter wheat headed was 11 percent, ahead of 1 last year, but behind 17 average.
Sorghum planted was at 26 percent, ahead of 9 last year but near 24 average. Sorghum emerged was 6 percent, ahead of 0 last year and 4 average.
Oats condition rated 2 percent very poor, 17 poor, 40 fair, 40 good, and 1 excellent. Oats planted was 98 percent, equal to last year and near 99 average. Oats emerged was 89 percent, ahead of 78 last year, but near 90 average. Oats jointing was 15 percent.
Alfalfa hay condition rated 1 percent very poor, 7 poor, 39 fair, 46 good, and 7 excellent. Alfalfa hay first cutting was 1 percent complete, equal to last year, but behind the average of 14.
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:
Pasture and range condition rated 12 percent very poor, 15 poor, 40 fair, 32 good, and 1 excellent. Stock water supplies rated 5 percent very short, 10 short, 84 adequate, and 1 surplus.
Access the National publication for Crop Progress and Condition tables at: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/nass/CropProg//2010s/2014/CropProg-05-19-2014.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 - 20% OF THE SOYBEANS PLANTED LAST WEEK
Storms early in the week slowed fieldwork during the week ending May 18, 2014, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were 2.6 days suitable for fieldwork. Average temperatures were several degrees below normal and frost was seen across most of the state. Other activities for the week included tiling and spraying.
Topsoil moisture levels rated 1 percent very short, 9 percent short, 78 percent adequate and 12 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 7 percent very short, 25 percent short, 62 percent adequate and 6 percent surplus.
Eighty-four percent of the expected corn acreage has been planted, 21 percentage points ahead of last year but 4 percentage points less than the five year average. Corn emergence reached 28 percent, 4 days in front of last year but 8 days behind normal.
Soybean planting advanced 20 percentage points this week to 40 percent complete, 10 percentage points below average.
With oat planting nearing completion, 81 percent of the oat acreage had emerged, ahead of last year’s 67 percent, but 8 percentage points behind average. The season’s first oat condition ratings came in at 0 percent very poor, 3 percent poor, 46 percent fair, 44 percent good, and 7 percent excellent.
Limited alfalfa hay has been cut, with widespread cutting expected to begin in the next week. Hay condition was rated 0 percent very poor, 4 percent poor, 34 percent fair, 49 percent good, and 13 percent excellent. Pasture condition rated 5 percent very poor, 11 percent poor, 34 percent fair, 40 percent good and 10 percent excellent.
IOWA PRELIMINARY WEATHER SUMMARY
Provided by Harry Hillaker, State Climatologist, Iowa Dept of Ag & Land Stewardship
Showers and thunderstorms brought rain statewide on both Sunday (11th) and Monday (12th) and contributed greatly to Iowa’s wettest week in nearly one year. Weekly rain totals varied from 0.31 inches at Sibley to 4.09 inches near Osceola. The statewide average precipitation was 1.79 inches compared to a normal for the week of 1.05 inches. Another area of mostly light rain traversed the state from Wednesday (14th) night into Friday (16th) morning. This second precipitation event brought some sleet to central Iowa on Thursday with a few thunderstorms bringing more than a half inch of rain to parts of east central Iowa. The reporting week began warm with highs ranging from the upper 60’s northwest to mid 80’s southwest on Sunday (11th). A strong cold front moved into Iowa on Monday (12th) with highs only in the upper 40’s northwest while upper 80’s were recorded in eastern Iowa ahead of the front. Temperatures averaged 10 to 20 degrees below normal from Tuesday (13th) into Saturday (17th). Light freezes were recorded in far northwest Iowa on both Wednesday and Thursday mornings. Friday morning saw a freeze over about the western one-half of the state with a hard freeze across the northwest. Another freeze was recorded Saturday (17th) morning with the lowest readings across the northeast. Temperature extremes for the week varied from a Monday afternoon high of 88 degrees at Le Claire to a Friday morning low of 24 degrees at Spencer. Spencer’s minimum was the lowest temperature recorded for so late in the spring in Iowa since Sanborn had a 22 degree reading on May 22, 1963. Temperatures for the week as a whole averaged from 5 degrees below normal over the east to 11 degrees below normal across the northwest with a statewide average of 8.1 degrees subnormal.
Corn Planted - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 91% of the 2013 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
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State : May 18, : May 11, : May 18, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Colorado ........: 55 64 83 75
Illinois ........: 66 78 84 73
Indiana .........: 59 61 72 62
Iowa ............: 63 70 84 88
Kansas ..........: 64 72 86 82
Kentucky ........: 54 64 74 69
Michigan ........: 71 20 29 65
Minnesota .......: 63 31 53 81
Missouri ........: 64 86 92 77
Nebraska ........: 78 77 91 89
North Carolina ..: 95 90 96 98
North Dakota ....: 55 3 17 54
Ohio ............: 70 40 50 60
Pennsylvania ....: 67 27 51 60
South Dakota ....: 70 52 73 69
Tennessee .......: 77 87 93 85
Texas ...........: 83 80 93 92
Wisconsin .......: 39 20 36 61
18 States .......: 65 59 73 76
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Corn Emerged - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 91% of the 2013 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
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State : May 18, : May 11, : May 18, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Colorado ........: 14 4 24 24
Illinois ........: 14 36 60 45
Indiana .........: 18 14 42 39
Iowa ............: 11 9 28 53
Kansas ..........: 17 35 52 47
Kentucky ........: 33 32 50 54
Michigan ........: 14 1 9 25
Minnesota .......: 7 - 4 38
Missouri ........: 25 53 72 54
Nebraska ........: 23 18 43 45
North Carolina ..: 88 70 83 92
North Dakota ....: 3 - - 17
Ohio ............: 17 3 18 34
Pennsylvania ....: 24 7 14 26
South Dakota ....: 14 4 15 23
Tennessee .......: 54 53 76 72
Texas ...........: 68 65 79 76
Wisconsin .......: 6 - 1 19
18 States .......: 17 18 34 42
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Soybeans Planted - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 95% of the 2013 soybean acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------:
State : May 18, : May 11, : May 18, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas ........: 30 42 49 44
Illinois ........: 16 26 36 32
Indiana .........: 27 23 33 35
Iowa ............: 14 20 40 50
Kansas ..........: 12 16 32 30
Kentucky ........: 5 8 14 21
Louisiana .......: 61 78 87 72
Michigan ........: 44 10 15 35
Minnesota .......: 20 4 16 45
Mississippi .....: 32 55 73 71
Missouri ........: 11 16 32 25
Nebraska ........: 29 36 65 55
North Carolina ..: 17 13 32 24
North Dakota ....: 17 - 5 25
Ohio ............: 41 13 20 35
South Dakota ....: 25 14 32 26
Tennessee .......: 8 13 23 21
Wisconsin .......: 10 4 8 26
18 States .......: 21 20 33 38
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Soybeans Emerged - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 95% of the 2013 soybean acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------:
State : May 18, : May 11, : May 18, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas ........: 18 21 34 32
Illinois ........: 1 (NA) 11 11
Indiana .........: 3 2 11 17
Iowa ............: 1 (NA) 3 11
Kansas ..........: 1 1 7 8
Kentucky ........: - (NA) 4 10
Louisiana .......: 38 50 70 57
Michigan ........: 5 (NA) 5 8
Minnesota .......: - (NA) - 7
Mississippi .....: 14 34 48 58
Missouri ........: 1 (NA) 10 8
Nebraska ........: 2 (NA) 13 14
North Carolina ..: 5 (NA) 18 10
North Dakota ....: - (NA) - 3
Ohio ............: 3 (NA) 3 12
South Dakota ....: 1 (NA) 2 4
Tennessee .......: 3 (NA) 10 9
Wisconsin .......: - (NA) - 3
18 States .......: 3 (NA) 9 11
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Winter Wheat Headed - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 87% of the 2013 winter wheat acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------:
State : May 18, : May 11, : May 18, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas ........: 98 89 96 99
California ......: 99 97 98 99
Colorado ........: 1 14 19 28
Idaho ...........: - - - -
Illinois ........: 44 16 50 67
Indiana .........: 31 10 32 51
Kansas ..........: 36 46 71 70
Michigan ........: - - 2 8
Missouri ........: 65 34 67 77
Montana .........: - - - -
Nebraska ........: 1 - 11 17
North Carolina ..: 94 86 94 98
Ohio ............: 13 - 4 29
Oklahoma ........: 77 90 96 94
Oregon ..........: 15 10 20 9
South Dakota ....: 1 - - 7
Texas ...........: 69 72 89 88
Washington ......: 18 1 13 11
18 States .......: 41 44 57 58
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Winter Wheat Condition - Selected States: Week Ending May 18, 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 .......: - 4 31 51 14
California .....: - 5 15 25 55
Colorado .......: 24 16 31 26 3
Idaho ..........: - 1 13 73 13
Illinois .......: 2 7 29 45 17
Indiana ........: 1 4 26 54 15
Kansas .........: 26 33 29 11 1
Michigan .......: 6 16 36 34 8
Missouri .......: 1 9 38 46 6
Montana ........: 2 5 29 45 19
Nebraska .......: 8 20 32 37 3
North Carolina .: - 4 24 61 11
Ohio ...........: 1 6 35 49 9
Oklahoma .......: 49 29 17 5 -
Oregon .........: 1 8 41 41 9
South Dakota ...: - 3 38 57 2
Texas ..........: 35 32 22 10 1
Washington .....: 4 16 42 35 3
18 States ......: 22 22 27 24 5
Previous week ..: 20 22 28 25 5
Previous year ..: 21 20 28 27 4
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Pasture and Range Condition - Selected States: Week Ending May 18, 2014
[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 ........: - 2 25 52 21
Arizona ........: 22 32 29 16 1
Arkansas .......: 1 8 30 51 10
California .....: 20 45 30 5 -
Colorado .......: 14 27 29 29 1
Connecticut ....: - - 34 66 -
Delaware .......: 3 5 22 28 42
Florida ........: - 6 38 52 4
Georgia ........: - 5 36 49 10
Idaho ..........: - 1 23 63 13
Illinois .......: 1 4 34 44 17
Indiana ........: 1 5 26 55 13
Iowa ...........: 5 11 34 40 10
Kansas .........: 17 25 39 18 1
Kentucky .......: 2 6 23 54 15
Louisiana ......: 1 12 39 45 3
Maine ..........: - 2 62 36 -
Maryland .......: - 1 12 65 22
Massachusetts ..: - 14 33 46 7
Michigan .......: 5 15 37 34 9
Minnesota ......: 5 5 41 45 4
Mississippi ....: 1 6 29 52 12
Missouri .......: 2 12 50 33 3
Montana ........: 2 14 37 41 6
Nebraska .......: 12 15 40 32 1
Nevada .........: 25 20 35 20 -
New Hampshire ..: - 2 42 35 21
New Jersey .....: 8 18 21 41 12
New Mexico .....: 29 42 24 5 -
New York .......: 6 11 41 35 7
North Carolina .: 1 5 31 56 7
North Dakota ...: 2 9 30 55 4
Ohio ...........: 3 6 30 54 7
Oklahoma .......: 21 23 34 21 1
Oregon .........: 2 20 36 40 2
Pennsylvania ...: 4 8 33 35 20
Rhode Island ...: - - - 100 -
South Carolina .: - 4 36 59 1
South Dakota ...: - 4 37 50 9
Tennessee ......: - 6 26 60 8
Texas ..........: 16 25 31 23 5
Utah ...........: - 6 40 49 5
Vermont ........: - - 22 53 25
Virginia .......: 2 9 37 45 7
Washington .....: 1 5 50 40 4
West Virginia ..: 1 5 33 57 4
Wisconsin ......: 3 5 30 52 10
Wyoming ........: 1 6 19 65 9
48 States ......: 8 14 34 38 6
Previous week ..: 8 15 36 36 5
Previous year ..: 12 18 32 32 6
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