NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS - WHEAT HARVEST OVER HALF DONE
For the week ending July 20, 2014, the State saw unseasonably cool temperatures and only isolated rainfall according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. With the dry conditions, wheat harvest was over one half complete. Also, producers in many areas started irrigating their row crops last week. The number of days suitable for fieldwork were 6.4. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 4 percent very short, 28 short, 66 adequate, and 2 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 8 percent very short, 26 short, 65 adequate, and 1 surplus.
Field Crops Report:
Corn conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 5 poor, 17 fair, 52 good, and 24 excellent. Corn silking was 62 percent, ahead of 45 last year, but near 60 average. Corn dough was 8 percent, ahead of 0 last year but near 6 average
Soybean conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 5 poor, 20 fair, 54 good, and 19 excellent. Soybeans blooming was 73 percent, ahead of 61 last year and 62 average. Soybean setting pods was 32 percent, well ahead of 11 last year and 14 average.
Winter wheat conditions rated 6 percent very poor, 14 poor, 28 fair, 44 good, and 8 excellent. Winter wheat mature was 84 percent, ahead of 80 last year but behind a five year average of 87. Winter wheat harvested was 54 percent, ahead of 49 last year but behind 61 average.
Sorghum conditions rated 1 percent very poor, 2 poor, 35 fair, 42 good, and 20 excellent. Sorghum headed was 23 percent, well ahead of 4 last year and 7 average. Sorghum coloring was 4 percent, ahead of 0 for both last year and average.
Oat conditions rated 3 percent very poor, 18 poor, 26 fair, 50 good, and 3 excellent. Oats coloring was 91 percent. Oats mature was 70 percent. Oats harvested was 31 percent, behind 60 last year and 56 average.
Alfalfa hay conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 6 poor, 32 fair, 53 good, and 9 excellent. Alfalfa hay second cutting was 71 percent complete, near 69 last year and 74 average. Alfalfa hay third cutting was 16 percent complete, ahead of 1 last year and 9 average.
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:
Pasture and range conditions rated 5 percent very poor, 11 poor, 30 fair, 46 good, and 8 excellent. Stock water supplies rated 1 percent very short, 7 short, 91 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-07-21-2014.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.
USDA Weekly Crop Progress - Corn, Soybean Ratings Basically Unchanged
More than half the nation's corn has silked and one-fifth of the soybeans have set pods, according to USDA's latest weekly Crop Progress report. As of July 20, 56% of the corn was silking, compared to 34% last week and a 55% five-year average. Corn condition was equal to last week with 76% of the crop rated good to excellent.
Nineteen percent of the soybeans were setting pods and 60% were blooming, compared to 41% blooming last week. Pod setting was not included on the national report last week. Soybean condition worsened just slightly, with one percentage point moving from the good category last week into the poor category this week.
Winter wheat harvest is three-quarters of the way complete, compared to 69% last week and a 75% five-year average. Spring wheat is 84% headed, compared to 69% last week and an 85% five-year average. Spring wheat conditions worsened slightly with one percentage point moving from the fair category into the very poor category.
Corn Silking - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 91% of the 2013 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------:
State : July 20, : July 13, : July 20, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Colorado ........: 26 8 25 27
Illinois ........: 58 62 82 70
Indiana .........: 56 42 69 61
Iowa ............: 16 26 59 50
Kansas ..........: 53 56 75 69
Kentucky ........: 48 65 75 65
Michigan ........: 38 9 32 41
Minnesota .......: 16 5 23 43
Missouri ........: 55 79 91 74
Nebraska ........: 45 33 62 60
North Carolina ..: 95 88 94 98
North Dakota ....: 13 5 10 28
Ohio ............: 57 14 51 54
Pennsylvania ....: 50 12 37 52
South Dakota ....: 28 9 30 25
Tennessee .......: 84 78 90 91
Texas ...........: 82 81 91 85
Wisconsin .......: 16 5 22 31
18 States .......: 39 34 56 55
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Corn Condition - Selected States: Week Ending July 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
Colorado .......: 2 5 25 51 17
Illinois .......: 1 3 15 52 29
Indiana ........: 1 4 19 53 23
Iowa ...........: 2 5 16 52 25
Kansas .........: 2 5 29 49 15
Kentucky .......: 2 5 18 54 21
Michigan .......: 1 4 14 59 22
Minnesota ......: 2 6 28 50 14
Missouri .......: - 1 13 53 33
Nebraska .......: 2 5 17 52 24
North Carolina .: 3 11 27 47 12
North Dakota ...: 1 4 16 59 20
Ohio ...........: 1 4 20 52 23
Pennsylvania ...: 1 3 15 47 34
South Dakota ...: 2 3 17 65 13
Tennessee ......: 1 3 18 54 24
Texas ..........: - 5 33 47 15
Wisconsin ......: 1 6 17 51 25
18 States ......: 1 4 19 54 22
Previous week ..: 1 4 19 54 22
Previous year ..: 3 8 26 46 17
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Soybeans Blooming - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 95% of the 2013 soybean acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State : July 20, : July 13, : July 20, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas .......: 50 57 67 63
Illinois .......: 47 50 69 55
Indiana ........: 52 55 70 54
Iowa ...........: 33 45 67 64
Kansas .........: 33 28 44 45
Kentucky .......: 23 31 41 45
Louisiana ......: 81 85 90 87
Michigan .......: 54 32 59 51
Minnesota ......: 36 27 47 55
Mississippi ....: 75 65 72 89
Missouri .......: 21 30 48 37
Nebraska .......: 61 55 73 62
North Carolina .: 14 33 46 27
North Dakota ...: 49 25 55 58
Ohio ...........: 55 22 51 55
South Dakota ...: 53 56 70 59
Tennessee ......: 25 30 47 53
Wisconsin ......: 28 24 46 41
18 States ......: 43 41 60 56
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Soybeans Setting Pods - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 95% of the 2013 soybean acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State : July 20, : July 13, : July 20, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas .......: 19 31 43 36
Illinois .......: 10 (NA) 24 16
Indiana ........: 10 18 32 14
Iowa ...........: 2 6 19 18
Kansas .........: 4 3 10 5
Kentucky .......: 4 6 18 13
Louisiana ......: 63 57 70 70
Michigan .......: 13 (NA) 15 11
Minnesota ......: 2 (NA) 7 12
Mississippi ....: 26 30 41 65
Missouri .......: 2 (NA) 7 7
Nebraska .......: 11 (NA) 32 14
North Carolina .: 5 13 23 7
North Dakota ...: 3 (NA) 7 17
Ohio ...........: 6 (NA) 8 11
South Dakota ...: 4 8 15 11
Tennessee ......: 8 (NA) 16 25
Wisconsin ......: - 1 10 6
18 States ......: 7 (NA) 19 17
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Soybean Condition - Selected States: Week Ending July 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 .......: 4 11 25 42 18
Illinois .......: 1 3 19 56 21
Indiana ........: 1 4 23 56 16
Iowa ...........: 1 5 20 54 20
Kansas .........: - 2 31 57 10
Kentucky .......: 1 4 18 60 17
Louisiana ......: 2 4 15 51 28
Michigan .......: 2 7 22 54 15
Minnesota ......: 2 6 28 54 10
Mississippi ....: - 5 23 52 20
Missouri .......: - 3 19 60 18
Nebraska .......: 2 5 20 54 19
North Carolina .: 1 5 25 58 11
North Dakota ...: - 2 20 62 16
Ohio ...........: 2 5 24 58 11
South Dakota ...: 1 4 23 62 10
Tennessee ......: 1 3 17 63 16
Wisconsin ......: 1 4 20 51 24
18 States ......: 1 4 22 57 16
Previous week ..: 1 5 22 56 16
Previous year ..: 2 6 28 51 13
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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 : July 20, : July 13, : July 20, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas ........: 100 99 100 100
California ......: 96 85 87 95
Colorado ........: 71 46 68 71
Idaho ...........: 2 4 7 2
Illinois ........: 96 90 95 97
Indiana .........: 92 76 92 97
Kansas ..........: 100 90 95 100
Michigan ........: 55 3 19 61
Missouri ........: 100 95 100 100
Montana .........: 1 - 5 2
Nebraska ........: 49 31 54 61
North Carolina ..: 89 97 100 98
Ohio ............: 84 61 89 95
Oklahoma ........: 100 97 98 99
Oregon ..........: 16 6 22 14
South Dakota ....: 3 - 4 32
Texas ...........: 100 99 100 99
Washington ......: 8 3 15 5
18 States .......: 74 69 75 75
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