NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS - PRODUCERS FOCUS ON REPLANTING CORN & BEANS
For the week ending June 15, 2014, replanting of storm damaged crops was active in areas impacted by recent storms, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Strong storms this week resulted in additional damage to crops and irrigation equipment. Temperatures were cool and averaged 4 to 6 degrees below normal. Wheat was turning color in southern counties. Alfalfa first cutting advanced until rain late in the week slowed progress. Dry bean planting neared completion in western counties. Pastures continued to show improvement with the recent rains. The number of days considered suitable for fieldwork were 4.7. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 4 percent very short, 17 short, 72 adequate, and 7 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 13 percent very short, 23 short, 61 adequate, and 3 surplus.
Field Crops Report:
Winter wheat conditions rated 8 percent very poor, 16 poor, 32 fair, 41 good, and 3 excellent. Winter wheat headed was 94 percent, ahead of 84 last year, but near 91 average. Winter wheat coloring was 18 percent, ahead of 6 last year, but behind 30 average.
Corn conditions rated 3 percent very poor, 6 poor, 25 fair, 54 good, and 12 excellent.
Soybeans conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 5 poor, 25 fair, 59 good, and 9 excellent. Soybeans emerged was 97 percent, ahead of 87 last year and 92 average. Soybeans blooming was at 1 percent, near 0 last year and equal to the average.
Sorghum condition rated 0 percent very poor, 2 poor, 42 fair, 51 good, and 5 excellent. Sorghum planted was at 98 percent, near 95 last year and 94 average. Sorghum emerged was 48 percent, well behind 69 last year and 74 average.
Oat conditions rated 3 percent very poor, 19 poor, 34 fair, 43 good, and 1 excellent. Oats jointing was 75 percent. Oats headed was 54 percent, ahead of 46 last year, but behind 60 average.
Alfalfa hay conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 8 poor, 39 fair, 45 good, and 6 excellent. Alfalfa hay first cutting was 70 percent complete, ahead of 56 last year, but behind the average of 71. Alfalfa hay second cutting was 7 percent complete, ahead of 0 last year, but near 6 average.
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:
Pasture and range conditions rated 9 percent very poor, 14 poor, 35 fair, 38 good, and 4 excellent. Stock water supplies rated 4 percent very short, 8 short, 86 adequate, and 2 surplus.
Access the National publication for Crop Progress and Condition tables at: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/nass/CropProg//2010s/2014/CropProg-06-16-2014.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 - ALFALFA HARVEST PROGRESSES 30+ POINTS
Iowa farmers harvested over 30 percent of their alfalfa hay acreage during the week ending June 15, 2014, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Both precipitation and temperatures were below normal for the week. Statewide there were 5.4 days suitable for fieldwork. Other activities for the week included replanting crops, spraying, and nitrogen side dressing.
Topsoil moisture levels rated 2 percent very short, 14 percent short, 78 percent adequate, and 6 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 4 percent very short, 23 percent short, 70 percent adequate, and 3 percent surplus. South central Iowa remained the wettest with nearly one-quarter of the topsoil in surplus condition.
With almost the entire corn crop emerged, corn condition rated 1 percent very poor, 2 percent poor, 14 percent fair, 63 percent good, and 20 percent excellent.
Ninety-five percent of the soybean acreage has emerged, 41 percentage points ahead of last year and 9 percentage points ahead of the five year average. Soybean condition rated 2 percent very poor, 3 percent poor, 16 percent fair, 61 percent good, and 18 percent excellent.
Forty-seven percent of the oat crop has headed, 4 days ahead of the previous year but 2 days behind normal. Oat condition rated 0 percent very poor, 2 percent poor, 26 percent fair, 60 percent good, and 12 percent excellent.
The first cutting of alfalfa hay was 73 percent complete, 45 percentage points ahead of last year and 9 points above average. Hay condition was rated 0 percent very poor, 4 percent poor, 25 percent fair, 54 percent good, and 17 percent excellent. Pasture condition rated 1 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 27 percent fair, 49 percent good, and 18 percent excellent. Stress on livestock was reported as minimal.
IOWA PRELIMINARY WEATHER SUMMARY
Provided by Harry Hillaker, State Climatologist
Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship
Iowa experienced an unseasonably cool week with highly variable rain amounts. Mostly dry weather prevailed at the beginning of the reporting week on Sunday (8th) with rain falling over far northwest Iowa on Monday (9th) morning. Light to moderate rain fell across the southeast one-third of the state on Tuesday (10th) while dry weather prevailed over most of Iowa on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Rain fell across the northwest one-half of the state on Saturday (14th) into Sunday (15th) morning. Torrential rain fell across portions of Lyon and Osceola counties of far northwest Iowa on Saturday morning. Another period of torrential rain occurred Saturday night into Sunday morning centered upon Woodbury County and extending northeastward into Buena Vista County. There was no measureable rain during the week across portions of central Iowa, including Indianola, Des Moines, Ames, Marshalltown, Waterloo and Manchester. On the other end of the spectrum Rock Rapids reported 6.88 inches of rain for the week. Other locations reporting more than one-half foot of rain were Correctionville (6.76), Holly Springs (6.43) and Sioux City Airport (6.22) in Woodbury County and 6.05 inches at the Storm Lake Airport. The statewide average precipitation was 0.67 inches or a little more than one-half of the weekly normal of 1.19 inches. Temperatures were below normal throughout the week excepting portions of western Iowa on Wednesday (11th). Highest temperatures came on Wednesday with 85 degree readings at Clarion, Hampton and Little Sioux and also on Saturday (14th) at Little Sioux, Oakland and Sidney. On the other extreme Friday (13th) morning lows were in the 40’s over most of Iowa with Battle Creek (38) and Sioux City (39) dipping into the thirties. Battle Creek’s 38 degree minimum temperature was the lowest recorded for so late in the season in Iowa since Cresco dropped to 35 degrees on June 21, 1992. Temperatures for the week as a whole averaged 4.1 degrees below normal.
Corn Conditions Improve Slightly; Soybeans Worsen
Corn condition improved slightly in the week ended June 15, while soybean condition worsened a similar slight amount, according to USDA's weekly Crop Progress report.
The nation's corn crop was rated 76% good to excellent in Monday's report, compared to 75% last week. Corn is 97% emerged, compared to 92% last week and a 96% five-year average.
Soybeans were rated 73% good to excellent Monday, compared to 74% last week. Soybeans are 92% planted and 83% emerged, compared to 87% and 71% last week and 90% and 77% for a five-year average.
Corn Condition - Selected States: Week Ending June 15, 2014
[National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2013planted acreage]
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State : Very poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent
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: percent
Colorado .......: - 1 23 52 24
Illinois .......: 1 3 20 53 23
Indiana ........: 1 5 22 54 18
Iowa ...........: 1 2 14 63 20
Kansas .........: 2 7 41 44 6
Kentucky .......: 1 2 18 59 20
Michigan .......: - 2 18 66 14
Minnesota ......: 1 3 17 62 17
Missouri .......: - 6 23 56 15
Nebraska .......: 3 6 25 54 12
North Carolina .: 1 5 29 53 12
North Dakota ...: 1 4 11 71 13
Ohio ...........: 1 3 18 62 16
Pennsylvania ...: - 1 14 63 22
South Dakota ...: - 1 15 75 9
Tennessee ......: 2 4 18 57 19
Texas ..........: - 4 39 40 17
Wisconsin ......: - 2 16 65 17
18 States ......: 1 3 20 59 17
Previous week ..: 1 3 21 60 15
Previous year ..: 2 6 28 52 12
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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 : June 15, : June 8, : June 15, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas ........: 66 69 73 73
Illinois ........: 64 80 89 75
Indiana .........: 81 76 85 78
Iowa ............: 54 87 95 86
Kansas ..........: 58 66 77 71
Kentucky ........: 44 43 58 61
Louisiana .......: 85 88 91 91
Michigan ........: 85 58 82 80
Minnesota .......: 60 65 82 85
Mississippi .....: 88 82 85 93
Missouri ........: 46 71 79 62
Nebraska ........: 87 92 97 92
North Carolina ..: 45 56 63 57
North Dakota ....: 48 40 79 68
Ohio ............: 84 59 78 78
South Dakota ....: 67 75 88 71
Tennessee .......: 38 43 52 56
Wisconsin .......: 46 57 76 76
18 States .......: 63 71 83 77
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Soybean Condition - Selected States: Week Ending June 15, 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 .......: 1 7 32 44 16
Illinois .......: 1 3 24 54 18
Indiana ........: 1 4 25 56 14
Iowa ...........: 2 3 16 61 18
Kansas .........: 1 2 41 51 5
Kentucky .......: 1 2 22 61 14
Louisiana ......: 3 10 24 42 21
Michigan .......: 1 2 20 66 11
Minnesota ......: - 3 23 65 9
Mississippi ....: 2 6 31 46 15
Missouri .......: - 5 29 56 10
Nebraska .......: 2 5 25 59 9
North Carolina .: - 3 26 61 10
North Dakota ...: - 1 13 72 14
Ohio ...........: 1 3 18 68 10
South Dakota ...: - 2 14 75 9
Tennessee ......: 2 4 19 62 13
Wisconsin ......: - 2 21 58 19
18 States ......: 1 3 23 60 13
Previous week ..: 1 3 22 62 12
Previous year ..: 1 5 30 54 10
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Winter Wheat Harvested - Selected States
[These 18 States harvested 86% of the 2013 winter wheat acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------:
State : June 15, : June 8, : June 15, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas ........: 32 11 16 67
California ......: 58 - 50 40
Colorado ........: - - - 1
Idaho ...........: - - - -
Illinois ........: - - - 16
Indiana .........: - - - 9
Kansas ..........: - - 2 19
Michigan ........: - - - -
Missouri ........: 5 - - 26
Montana .........: - - - -
Nebraska ........: - - - 2
North Carolina ..: 15 11 33 50
Ohio ............: - - - -
Oklahoma ........: 27 26 47 56
Oregon ..........: - - - -
South Dakota ....: - - - -
Texas ...........: 47 30 40 49
Washington ......: - - - -
18 States .......: 10 9 16 20
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Winter Wheat Condition - Selected States: Week Ending June 15, 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 .......: - 10 26 47 17
California .....: - 5 10 35 50
Colorado .......: 26 12 27 28 7
Idaho ..........: - 1 15 72 12
Illinois .......: 2 7 32 45 14
Indiana ........: 1 4 24 55 16
Kansas .........: 28 35 26 10 1
Michigan .......: 3 15 28 45 9
Missouri .......: 2 8 37 46 7
Montana ........: 2 7 29 51 11
Nebraska .......: 8 16 32 41 3
North Carolina .: 1 5 26 55 13
Ohio ...........: 1 4 26 55 14
Oklahoma .......: 48 28 19 5 -
Oregon .........: 8 12 35 39 6
South Dakota ...: - 4 29 61 6
Texas ..........: 32 31 22 13 2
Washington .....: 5 21 44 27 3
18 States ......: 22 22 26 25 5
Previous week ..: 22 22 26 25 5
Previous year ..: 24 19 26 25 6
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