Monday, August 11, 2014

August 11 Crop Progress and Condition Reports - NE - IA - US

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&region=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            :          
                 :-----------------------------------:          
      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  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                :                        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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