NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS
Despite Storms - Over Two-Thirds of Corn and Soybeans still in Good to Excellent Shape
For the week ending June 22, 2014, warm, wet conditions prevailed over much of the eastern two thirds of the state, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Rainfall totaling 2 to 3 inches was common in central counties with up to 6 inches reported in the extreme northeast causing lowland flooding. Storm damage was reported with losses of crops, livestock, irrigation equipment and farm grain storage. Alfalfa second cutting advanced but was slowed due to rainfall. Pastures continue to show improvement. The number of days considered suitable for fieldwork were 4.3. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 3 percent very short, 17 short, 73 adequate, and 7 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 10 percent very short, 22 short, 65 adequate, and 3 surplus.
Field Crops Report:
Corn conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 5 poor, 25 fair, 54 good, and 14 excellent.
Soybeans conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 5 poor, 24 fair, 59 good, and 10 excellent. Soybeans blooming was at 11 percent, ahead of 0 last year and 2 average.
Winter wheat conditions rated 6 percent very poor, 16 poor, 32 fair, 42 good, and 4 excellent. Winter wheat headed was 99 percent, near 97 last year and 98 average. Winter wheat coloring was 62 percent, well ahead of 35 last year, and 52 average. Winter wheat mature was 4 percent, ahead of 1 last year, but behind 13 average.
Sorghum condition rated 0 percent very poor, 2 poor, 41 fair, 50 good, and 7 excellent. Sorghum emerged was 83 percent, behind 88 last year and 90 average. Sorghum headed was 1 percent, near 0 last year and 0 average.
Oat condition rated 3 percent very poor, 18 poor, 34 fair, 44 good, and 1 excellent. Oats jointing was 90 percent. Oats headed was 66 percent, behind 73 last year and 80 average. Oats coloring was at 13 percent.
Alfalfa hay conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 7 poor, 37 fair, 47 good, and 7 excellent. Alfalfa hay first cutting was 87 percent complete, ahead of 81 last year, but near the average of 86. Alfalfa hay second cutting was 12 percent complete, ahead of 2 last year, but near 14 average.
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:
Pasture and range conditions rated 8 percent very poor, 12 poor, 35 fair, 40 good, and 5 excellent.
Stock water supplies rated 4 percent very short, 6 short, 87 adequate, and 3 surplus.
Access the National publication for Crop Progress and Condition tables at: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/nass/CropProg//2010s/2014/CropProg-06-23-2014.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 - RAINS HALT ANY FIELD PROGRESS
Frequent precipitation halted fieldwork in Iowa during the week ending June 22, 2014, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Temperatures were above normal for the week, while severe storms brought high winds and hail to the State. Statewide there were only 2.0 days suitable for fieldwork.
Recent precipitation raised soil moisture levels. Topsoil moisture levels rated 0 percent very short, 4 percent short, 68 percent adequate, and 28 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 1 percent very short, 12 percent short, 71 percent adequate, and 16 percent surplus. Northwest Iowa was the wettest with over 40 percent of the topsoil in surplus condition.
Corn condition rated 1 percent very poor, 4 percent poor, 16 percent fair, 58 percent good, and 21 percent excellent.
With almost all of Iowa’s soybean acreage emerged, soybean condition rated 1 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 18 percent fair, 58 percent good, and 18 percent excellent. There were isolated reports of soybeans blooming across Iowa.
Seventy-one percent of the oat crop has headed, 8 percentage points above last year but 4 percentage points behind the five-year average. A few farmers reported seeing oats starting to turn color. Oat condition rated 0 percent very poor, 2 percent poor, 25 percent fair, 61 percent good, and 12 percent excellent.
The first cutting of alfalfa hay was 84 percent complete, well ahead of last year’s 66 percent and 8 percentage 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, 4 percent poor, 24 percent fair, 52 percent good, and 19 percent excellent. Stress on livestock increased this week because of the heat and flooding.
IOWA PRELIMINARY WEATHER SUMMARY
Provided by Harry Hillaker, State Climatologist
Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship
It was a warm and very wet week across Iowa. The most widespread rain came on Monday (16th) into Tuesday (17th) morning when nearly all of the northern one-half of the state received more than two inches of rain. Greatest rain totals with this first event were reported at Peterson (Clay County) with 5.14 inches and Lester (Lyon County) with 4.87 inches. Another event brought rain to the northern one-third of Iowa on Wednesday (18th) morning with a few locations receiving over two inches. Yet another complex of thunderstorms moved across extreme northeast Iowa on Wednesday night bringing 4.52 inches of rain to Dubuque. Rain fell statewide on Thursday (19th) with greatest amounts, locally exceeding three inches, falling across the east one-half of the state. The rain focus shifted to western Iowa over the weekend with heavy rain Friday (20th) night across the southwest where 4.27 inches of rain fell just south of Council Bluffs. Finally, a few far western areas received an inch or two of rain on Saturday (21st) night. Only a few small areas across south central and southeast Iowa recorded below normal rainfall for the week. Weekly rain totals varied from 0.17 inches at Centerville to 8.08 inches at Hampton. The statewide average precipitation was 3.66 inches or three times the weekly normal of 1.17 inches. This was the greatest weekly average since early June 2008. Meanwhile temperatures were above normal throughout the week. Temperature extremes varied from Monday (16th) morning lows of 51 degrees at Swea City and Tripoli to a Friday (20th) afternoon high of 94 degrees at Sidney. Temperatures for the week as a whole averaged 3.3 degrees above normal.
Corn Condition - Selected States: Week Ending June 22, 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
:
Colorado .......: - 2 26 47 25
Illinois .......: 1 3 18 53 25
Indiana ........: 1 4 21 53 21
Iowa ...........: 1 4 16 58 21
Kansas .........: 3 7 39 44 7
Kentucky .......: 1 3 17 57 22
Michigan .......: 1 2 17 63 17
Minnesota ......: 1 6 23 57 13
Missouri .......: - 4 21 55 20
Nebraska .......: 2 5 25 54 14
North Carolina .: 1 5 28 52 14
North Dakota ...: - 1 14 70 15
Ohio ...........: 1 3 18 59 19
Pennsylvania ...: - 2 14 55 29
South Dakota ...: 1 1 17 71 10
Tennessee ......: 2 4 17 55 22
Texas ..........: - 4 34 45 17
Wisconsin ......: - 3 18 59 20
18 States ......: 1 4 21 56 18
Previous week ..: 1 3 20 59 17
Previous year ..: 2 6 27 51 14
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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 : June 22, : June 15, : June 22, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas ........: 87 76 86 92
Illinois ........: 95 94 96 93
Indiana .........: 96 91 96 94
Iowa ............: 88 99 100 97
Kansas ..........: 87 86 90 92
Kentucky ........: 75 70 80 84
Louisiana .......: 97 97 98 98
Michigan ........: 100 97 99 98
Minnesota .......: 93 93 95 98
Mississippi .....: 98 90 94 99
Missouri ........: 82 86 93 86
Nebraska ........: 100 100 100 100
North Carolina ..: 66 71 81 80
North Dakota ....: 91 96 100 97
Ohio ............: 100 91 95 97
South Dakota ....: 97 98 99 97
Tennessee .......: 71 70 78 85
Wisconsin .......: 83 93 96 96
18 States .......: 91 92 95 94
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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 22, : June 15, : June 22, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas ........: 76 73 78 84
Illinois ........: 84 89 93 86
Indiana .........: 89 85 91 87
Iowa ............: 72 95 98 91
Kansas ..........: 75 77 84 83
Kentucky ........: 58 58 72 75
Louisiana .......: 93 91 93 96
Michigan ........: 94 82 96 92
Minnesota .......: 79 82 90 94
Mississippi .....: 93 85 87 97
Missouri ........: 64 79 86 75
Nebraska ........: 94 97 99 97
North Carolina ..: 56 63 72 68
North Dakota ....: 73 79 90 86
Ohio ............: 95 78 88 90
South Dakota ....: 82 88 92 86
Tennessee .......: 52 52 62 69
Wisconsin .......: 66 76 90 88
18 States .......: 79 83 90 87
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Soybean Condition - Selected States: Week Ending June 22, 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 8 31 43 17
Illinois .......: 1 3 23 55 18
Indiana ........: 1 4 25 56 14
Iowa ...........: 1 5 18 58 18
Kansas .........: 1 2 39 52 6
Kentucky .......: 1 3 18 62 16
Louisiana ......: 2 9 22 46 21
Michigan .......: 1 3 18 65 13
Minnesota ......: 1 6 29 56 8
Mississippi ....: 1 8 28 47 16
Missouri .......: - 4 26 59 11
Nebraska .......: 2 5 24 59 10
North Carolina .: - 3 25 60 12
North Dakota ...: - 1 14 69 16
Ohio ...........: 1 4 19 65 11
South Dakota ...: 1 3 20 67 9
Tennessee ......: 1 4 19 62 14
Wisconsin ......: - 2 19 57 22
18 States ......: 1 4 23 58 14
Previous week ..: 1 3 23 60 13
Previous year ..: 2 5 28 54 11
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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 22, : June 15, : June 22, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas ........: 68 16 62 88
California ......: 77 50 73 57
Colorado ........: 2 - - 9
Idaho ...........: - - - -
Illinois ........: 10 - 20 31
Indiana .........: 6 - 13 22
Kansas ..........: 7 2 24 34
Michigan ........: - - - -
Missouri ........: 21 - 29 47
Montana .........: - - - -
Nebraska ........: - - - 5
North Carolina ..: 44 33 68 74
Ohio ............: 1 - - 4
Oklahoma ........: 51 47 74 74
Oregon ..........: - - - -
South Dakota ....: - - - -
Texas ...........: 54 40 69 64
Washington ......: - - - -
18 States .......: 19 16 33 31
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