NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION - WHEAT HARVEST ALMOST DONE
For the week ending August 10, 2014, rain beginning at mid-week and continuing into the weekend covered much of the state with 1 to 2 inches of precipitation, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This lowered irrigation demands and supported dryland crops and pastures. Hail was reported in a number of central areas over the weekend. Wheat harvest was nearly complete, with only scattered fields remaining. The wet conditions again made hay harvest a challenge. The number of days considered suitable for fieldwork were 5.2. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 8 percent very short, 30 short, 59 adequate, and 3 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 11 percent very short, 31 short, 58 adequate, and 0 surplus.
Field Crops Report:
Corn conditions rated 3 percent very poor, 6 poor, 20 fair, 51 good, and 20 excellent. Corn silking was 99 percent, near 98 last year and average. Corn dough was 62 percent, well ahead of 32 last year and 52 average. Corn dented was 6 percent, ahead of 1 last year, but behind 14 average.
Soybean conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 6 poor, 22 fair, 54 good, and 16 excellent. Soybeans blooming was 96 percent, near 95 last year and the average. Soybean setting pods was 80 percent, ahead of 69 last year and 71 average.
Winter wheat harvested was 98 percent, near 97 last year and 99 for the five-year average.
Sorghum conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 5 poor, 32 fair, 41 good, and 20 excellent. Sorghum headed was 79 percent, well ahead of 55 last year and 64 average. Sorghum coloring was 26 percent, well ahead of 0 last year and 1 average.
Oats harvested was 95 percent, ahead of 91 last year and equal to the average.
Alfalfa hay conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 7 poor, 30 fair, 52 good, and 9 excellent. Alfalfa hay second cutting was 97 percent complete, ahead of 91 last year, but equal to the average. Alfalfa hay third cutting was 58 percent complete, well ahead of 30 last year and 51 average.
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:
Pasture and range conditions rated 6 percent very poor, 11 poor, 32 fair, 44 good, and 7 excellent. Stock water supplies rated 2 percent very short, 9 short, 88 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-08-11-2014.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 - 3/4 CORN, SOYBEANS REMAIN IN GOOD/EXCELLENT SHAPE
Due to varying amounts of precipitation, some areas of Iowa had less than 3 days suitable for field work while others had more than 6 days during the week ending August 10, 2014, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were 4.6 days suitable for field work during the week. Insecticides were applied to help combat growing soybean aphid populations.
Topsoil moisture levels rated 3 percent very short, 23 percent short, 71 percent adequate, and 3 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 3 percent very short, 19 percent short, 76 percent adequate, and 2 percent surplus.
Over half of Iowa’s corn acreage was in the dough stage or beyond, more than 2 weeks ahead of 2013 and a week ahead of the five-year average. Seven percent of the corn crop reached the dent stage, ahead of last year but 4 percentage points behind normal. Seventy-six percent of the corn crop was reported in good to excellent condition.
Over three-quarters of the soybean acreage was setting pods or beyond, almost 30 percentage points above last year, but only 4 points above average. Seventy-five percent of the soybean crop is in good to excellent condition.
Oat harvest for grain was 87 percent complete, 3 percentage points behind the previous year and 6 points behind the normal pace.
The second cutting of alfalfa hay was 93 percent complete, just above last year but equal to the five-year average. The third cutting of alfalfa hay advanced to 22 percent complete, 3 days ahead of last year but just over one week behind normal. Sixty-six percent of all hay was rated in good to excellent condition. Pasture condition decreased for the fourth week in a row and now stands at 58 percent good to excellent. Stress on livestock was minimal with the cooler than normal temperatures.
IOWA PRELIMINARY WEATHER SUMMARY
Provided by Harry Hillaker, State Climatologist
Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship
Temperatures averaged slightly cooler than normal for most of the past week while very welcome rain fell over much of the state. Most of the week’s rain fell from Tuesday evening into Wednesday afternoon over the southwest one-half of Iowa. Greatest rains from these mid-week storms fell across west central Iowa where totals reached 5.65 inches at Denison, 5.40 inches at Coon Rapids and 4.71 inches at Guthrie Center. Rain showers occurred somewhere in Iowa on all of the other days of the reporting week. Rain fell over much of eastern Iowa on Monday (4th) with a maximum total of 2.48 inches reported at Columbus Junction. Light rain also fell over much of the southwest one-half of the state on Thursday with a few higher totals of about two inches in Shelby County. Despite the frequent occurrence of rain this past week much of the northeast one-third of Iowa is still waiting for a substantial rain. Rain totals for the past week varied from only sprinkles at Forest City, St. Ansgar, Waterloo, Elkader and Clinton to 6.29 inches at Denison. The statewide average precipitation was 1.13 inches while normal for the week is 0.96 inches. Temperature extremes for the week varied from afternoon highs of 89 degrees at Rock Rapids on Sunday (3rd) and Des Moines on Monday (4th) to a Thursday (7th) morning low of 51 degrees at Cresco. Temperatures for the week as a whole averaged 1.7 degrees below normal.
USDA Weekly Crop Progress
USDA's crop progress and condition numbers for the week ended Aug. 10 showed 54 percent of the nation's corn is in the dough stage, compared to 36% last week and a 46% five-year average. Eleven percent of the crop is dented, compared to a 16% five-year average. Corn condition was rated at 73% good to excellent.
Soybeans are 92% blooming and 72% setting pods, compared to 85% and 57% last week and 91% and 65% on average. Soybean condition worsened slightly with the excellent category decreasing by one percentage point and the very poor category increasing by the same amount.
Winter wheat is 95% harvested compared to 90% last week and a 90% five-year average. Spring wheat is 6% harvested compared to a 21% average. Spring wheat conditions are unchanged from last week.
Corn Silking - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 91% of the 2013 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
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State :August 10, : August 3, :August 10, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Colorado ........: 89 70 86 92
Illinois ........: 98 96 100 98
Indiana .........: 96 96 99 96
Iowa ............: 83 93 97 94
Kansas ..........: 96 94 97 98
Kentucky ........: 91 91 94 94
Michigan ........: 94 78 90 92
Minnesota .......: 94 85 94 97
Missouri ........: 94 100 100 97
Nebraska ........: 98 94 99 98
North Carolina ..: 100 96 98 100
North Dakota ....: 90 65 85 88
Ohio ............: 97 83 91 96
Pennsylvania ....: 96 81 89 93
South Dakota ....: 95 88 95 85
Tennessee .......: 99 99 99 100
Texas ...........: 95 99 100 97
Wisconsin .......: 76 68 82 88
18 States .......: 93 90 96 95
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Corn Dough - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 91% of the 2013 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State : August 10, : August 3, : August 10, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Colorado .......: 17 7 27 23
Illinois .......: 47 55 77 62
Indiana ........: 30 35 56 48
Iowa ...........: 8 36 55 35
Kansas .........: 56 51 66 66
Kentucky .......: 38 42 56 51
Michigan .......: 24 6 31 32
Minnesota ......: 6 23 44 24
Missouri .......: 57 64 81 70
Nebraska .......: 32 42 62 52
North Carolina .: 92 79 86 93
North Dakota ...: 9 1 13 26
Ohio ...........: 37 29 46 46
Pennsylvania ...: 45 5 9 38
South Dakota ...: 29 20 40 31
Tennessee ......: 83 71 85 88
Texas ..........: 74 87 88 77
Wisconsin ......: 11 8 20 25
18 States ......: 30 36 54 46
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Corn Dented - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 91% of the 2013 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State : August 10, : August 3, : August 10, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Colorado .......: 2 (NA) 3 2
Illinois .......: 5 1 17 23
Indiana ........: - 1 17 12
Iowa ...........: - (NA) 7 11
Kansas .........: 8 (NA) 12 26
Kentucky .......: 13 18 33 32
Michigan .......: - (NA) - 4
Minnesota ......: - (NA) - 4
Missouri .......: 18 12 34 36
Nebraska .......: 1 (NA) 6 14
North Carolina .: 70 55 68 73
North Dakota ...: - (NA) - 3
Ohio ...........: - (NA) 6 8
Pennsylvania ...: 6 (NA) 1 7
South Dakota ...: 1 (NA) 1 4
Tennessee ......: 46 (NA) 22 59
Texas ..........: 61 75 76 65
Wisconsin ......: - (NA) - 2
18 States ......: 5 (NA) 11 16
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Corn Condition - Selected States: Week Ending August 10, 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 .......: 1 5 24 51 19
Illinois .......: 1 3 14 52 30
Indiana ........: 1 5 22 51 21
Iowa ...........: 2 5 17 51 25
Kansas .........: 5 9 31 42 13
Kentucky .......: 6 13 24 46 11
Michigan .......: 2 6 19 57 16
Minnesota ......: 1 6 23 57 13
Missouri .......: - 2 15 50 33
Nebraska .......: 3 6 20 51 20
North Carolina .: 4 11 25 45 15
North Dakota ...: - 4 19 55 22
Ohio ...........: 1 4 20 54 21
Pennsylvania ...: 1 3 17 45 34
South Dakota ...: 2 5 22 58 13
Tennessee ......: - 4 19 54 23
Texas ..........: 1 6 28 49 16
Wisconsin ......: 3 8 20 46 23
18 States ......: 2 5 20 52 21
Previous week ..: 2 5 20 51 22
Previous year ..: 3 8 25 46 18
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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 : August 10, : August 3, : August 10, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas .......: 87 85 91 91
Illinois .......: 89 91 94 91
Indiana ........: 89 92 96 89
Iowa ...........: 88 91 96 95
Kansas .........: 80 73 83 83
Kentucky .......: 67 65 73 79
Louisiana ......: 97 97 99 98
Michigan .......: 93 84 91 92
Minnesota ......: 90 85 94 94
Mississippi ....: 94 84 92 99
Missouri .......: 71 76 84 80
Nebraska .......: 95 90 96 95
North Carolina .: 51 63 71 68
North Dakota ...: 91 90 95 95
Ohio ...........: 92 82 91 94
South Dakota ...: 92 89 94 93
Tennessee ......: 65 75 83 85
Wisconsin ......: 74 79 88 86
18 States ......: 87 85 92 91
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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 : August 10, : August 3, : August 10, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas .......: 64 70 79 74
Illinois .......: 60 65 79 66
Indiana ........: 64 68 80 61
Iowa ...........: 50 65 79 75
Kansas .........: 40 38 52 45
Kentucky .......: 40 43 54 54
Louisiana ......: 90 87 92 92
Michigan .......: 63 61 75 63
Minnesota ......: 54 55 74 67
Mississippi ....: 69 63 79 90
Missouri .......: 32 40 56 43
Nebraska .......: 69 68 80 71
North Carolina .: 27 36 46 35
North Dakota ...: 65 57 75 76
Ohio ...........: 68 48 66 65
South Dakota ...: 52 51 64 65
Tennessee ......: 43 47 62 64
Wisconsin ......: 38 45 65 56
18 States ......: 55 57 72 65
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Soybean Condition - Selected States: Week Ending August 10, 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 .......: 3 10 27 42 18
Illinois .......: 1 3 18 56 22
Indiana ........: 1 5 27 51 16
Iowa ...........: 1 5 19 53 22
Kansas .........: 2 7 35 46 10
Kentucky .......: 7 10 25 48 10
Louisiana ......: 2 3 13 56 26
Michigan .......: 3 7 27 51 12
Minnesota ......: 2 6 27 56 9
Mississippi ....: - 4 17 53 26
Missouri .......: - 3 21 56 20
Nebraska .......: 2 6 22 54 16
North Carolina .: 1 4 25 54 16
North Dakota ...: 1 3 23 58 15
Ohio ...........: 2 5 23 58 12
South Dakota ...: 2 6 21 61 10
Tennessee ......: 1 4 21 58 16
Wisconsin ......: 1 5 24 48 22
18 States ......: 2 5 23 53 17
Previous week ..: 1 5 23 55 16
Previous year ..: 2 7 27 50 14
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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 :August 10, : August 3, :August 10, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas ........: 100 100 100 100
California ......: 99 95 96 100
Colorado ........: 100 96 100 99
Idaho ...........: 61 39 60 37
Illinois ........: 100 100 100 100
Indiana .........: 100 100 100 100
Kansas ..........: 100 100 100 100
Michigan ........: 100 89 97 97
Missouri ........: 100 100 100 100
Montana .........: 50 40 65 45
Nebraska ........: 97 93 98 99
North Carolina ..: 100 100 100 100
Ohio ............: 100 100 100 100
Oklahoma ........: 100 100 100 100
Oregon ..........: 87 74 84 69
South Dakota ....: 70 55 75 88
Texas ...........: 100 100 100 100
Washington ......: 60 56 83 50
18 States .......: 91 90 95 90
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