NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS - RAINS LIMIT IRRIGATION ACTIVITIES
For the week ending August 24, 2014, multiple rain events accumulated to an inch of moisture in many areas, limiting irrigation needs and supporting dryland crops and pastures, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Humid conditions slowed drydown of cut hay. The number of days considered suitable for fieldwork were 5.2 Topsoil moisture supplies rated 6 percent very short, 28 short, 64 adequate, and 2 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 dough was 89 percent, ahead of 80 last year, but near 88 for the five-year average. Corn dented was 44 percent, well ahead of 26 last year, but near 47 average.
Soybean conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 5 poor, 22 fair, 53 good, and 18 excellent. Soybeans setting pods was 95 percent, near 93 last year and 94 average.
Sorghum conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 5 poor, 33 fair, 41 good, and 19 excellent. Sorghum headed was 97 percent, ahead of 87 last year and 90 average. Sorghum coloring was 49 percent, well ahead of 7 last year and 17 average.
Alfalfa hay conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 7 poor, 32 fair, 48 good, and 11 excellent. Alfalfa hay third cutting was 82 percent complete, ahead of 76 last year, but near 80 average. Alfalfa hay fourth cutting was 2 percent complete, equal to last year, but behind 8 average.
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:
Pasture and range conditions rated 6 percent very poor, 10 poor, 34 fair, 43 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-08-25-2014.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 - SOYBEAN LEAVES START TO TURN COLOR
Much-needed precipitation limited fieldwork to 4.2 days suitable across Iowa during the week ending August 24, 2014, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Above normal temperatures during the week aided crop development. Activities for the week included spraying for insects, baling hay, and hauling grain.
Topsoil moisture levels improved and rated 4 percent very short, 19 percent short, 73 percent adequate, and 4 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 4 percent very short, 21 percent short, 73 percent adequate, and 2 percent surplus.
Eighty-eight percent of Iowa’s corn crop was in the dough stage or beyond, 17 days ahead of last year and 8 days ahead of the five-year average. Corn crop in the dent stage reached 33 percent, 25 percentage points above the previous year but 9 points below normal. Three-quarters of the corn acreage was reported in good to excellent condition.
Ninety-four percent of the soybean crop was setting pods or beyond, 13 percentage points above last year and 1 point above average. With a few farmers reporting soybean leaves starting to turn color, 73 percent of the soybean acreage was in good to excellent condition.
Oat harvest for grain was nearing completion, slightly behind the previous year and normal.
With the second cutting of alfalfa hay nearing completion, the third cutting of alfalfa hay was 46 percent complete, 11 percentage points below last year and 18 points below the five-year average. Sixty-four percent of all hay was rated in good to excellent condition. Pasture condition rated 56 percent good to excellent. Stress on livestock increased this week due to heat and flies.
IOWA PRELIMINARY WEATHER SUMMARY
Provided by Harry Hillaker, State Climatologist
Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship
Heat, humidity and rainfall all returned in abundance to Iowa this past reporting week. Temperatures were above normal throughout the week with the exception of a brief cool-down over the northeast one-half of the state on Wednesday (20th). This was among the warmer weeks of the year with readings averaging from 1 to 2 degrees above normal over the far southeast to 6 degrees above normal over the northwest. The statewide average temperature was 4.0 degrees above normal. Temperature extremes varied from a Wednesday morning low of 56 degrees at Stanley (Buchanan Co.) to afternoon highs of 92 degrees at Sioux City on Thursday and Stanley on Friday. The week began dry on Sunday (17th). However, heavy rain fell over much of Worth and Mitchell counties early Monday (18th) morning with lighter rains over the northeast one-third of the state. On Tuesday (19th) rain was confined to extreme southeast Iowa. Wednesday brought rain over a large area from west central to southeast Iowa. Thursday (21st) saw rain fall over much of the northeast two-thirds of the state. Friday (22nd) brought scattered thunderstorms to the southern two-thirds of Iowa. Finally, Saturday (23rd) brought rain statewide with greatest amounts over south central Iowa. Weekly rain totals varied from 0.33 inches at Persia (Harrison Co.) and 0.35 inches at Blockton (Taylor Co.) to 7.00 inches at Greenfield and 5.97 inches at Saint Ansgar (Mitchell Co.). The statewide average rainfall was 1.85 inches or double the weekly normal of 0.93 inches. This was Iowa’s wettest week in seven weeks.
USDA Weekly Crop Progress
Corn condition improved slightly in the week ended Aug. 24, and soybean condition worsened slightly, according to USDA's latest Crop Progress and Condition reports.
Corn is reported as 73% good-to-excellent condition, compared to 72% last week. According to USDA, 83% of the corn is in the dough stage, compared to 67% last year and 78% for the five year average. As for the corn in the dent stage, USDA reports 35% of the crop has made to to dent, 14 points ahead of last year, but 8 points behind the 5 year average.
Soybeans are 7% poor to very poor, compared to 6% last week. Seventy percent of the crop is rated good to excellent, compared to 71% last week. Ninety percent of the soybeans are setting pods, vs 82% last year and 89% for the 5 year average.
Corn Dough - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 91% of the 2013 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
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State : August 24, : August 17, : August 24, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Colorado .......: 65 53 69 63
Illinois .......: 85 86 93 87
Indiana ........: 74 72 82 81
Iowa ...........: 43 75 88 73
Kansas .........: 85 79 88 90
Kentucky .......: 69 70 80 80
Michigan .......: 64 49 64 69
Minnesota ......: 42 63 78 63
Missouri .......: 84 91 94 88
Nebraska .......: 80 78 89 88
North Carolina .: 99 91 94 98
North Dakota ...: 53 32 57 61
Ohio ...........: 78 68 82 80
Pennsylvania ...: 72 31 45 64
South Dakota ...: 77 59 83 73
Tennessee ......: 94 92 96 97
Texas ..........: 87 89 90 89
Wisconsin ......: 38 38 53 60
18 States ......: 67 70 83 78
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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 24, : August 17, : August 24, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Colorado .......: 15 5 13 18
Illinois .......: 27 34 48 53
Indiana ........: 20 29 41 39
Iowa ...........: 8 16 33 42
Kansas .........: 34 30 51 59
Kentucky .......: 45 49 64 62
Michigan .......: 13 6 13 24
Minnesota ......: 4 6 18 28
Missouri .......: 47 52 67 66
Nebraska .......: 26 20 44 47
North Carolina .: 92 78 86 92
North Dakota ...: 4 - 2 20
Ohio ...........: 20 16 27 34
Pennsylvania ...: 42 6 19 32
South Dakota ...: 16 5 13 27
Tennessee ......: 77 53 66 86
Texas ..........: 70 77 78 75
Wisconsin ......: 4 4 10 20
18 States ......: 21 22 35 43
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Corn Condition - Selected States: Week Ending August 24, 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 23 51 20
Illinois .......: 1 3 14 52 30
Indiana ........: 1 5 21 51 22
Iowa ...........: 2 5 18 51 24
Kansas .........: 6 10 30 42 12
Kentucky .......: 5 13 23 47 12
Michigan .......: 2 7 19 55 17
Minnesota ......: 1 5 23 58 13
Missouri .......: - 2 15 48 35
Nebraska .......: 3 6 20 51 20
North Carolina .: 4 11 24 44 17
North Dakota ...: 1 4 17 56 22
Ohio ...........: 1 4 20 53 22
Pennsylvania ...: 1 3 16 47 33
South Dakota ...: 2 5 21 59 13
Tennessee ......: - 4 19 53 24
Texas ..........: 1 5 29 48 17
Wisconsin ......: 3 8 21 47 21
18 States ......: 2 5 20 52 21
Previous week ..: 2 6 20 51 21
Previous year ..: 4 10 27 44 15
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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 24, : August 17, : August 24, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas .......: 88 87 94 91
Illinois .......: 82 89 94 88
Indiana ........: 87 90 94 87
Iowa ...........: 81 88 94 93
Kansas .........: 70 63 78 75
Kentucky .......: 64 63 72 79
Louisiana ......: 97 94 97 98
Michigan .......: 91 87 92 92
Minnesota ......: 83 85 92 92
Mississippi ....: 94 85 91 98
Missouri .......: 63 70 82 73
Nebraska .......: 93 89 95 94
North Carolina .: 52 54 69 67
North Dakota ...: 91 88 94 96
Ohio ...........: 91 80 91 92
South Dakota ...: 89 81 93 93
Tennessee ......: 75 75 84 87
Wisconsin ......: 73 79 88 87
18 States ......: 82 83 90 89
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Soybean Condition - Selected States: Week Ending August 24, 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 .......: 2 10 26 42 20
Illinois .......: 1 3 18 55 23
Indiana ........: 1 4 26 52 17
Iowa ...........: 2 5 20 51 22
Kansas .........: 3 10 39 40 8
Kentucky .......: 4 11 27 47 11
Louisiana ......: 1 2 13 59 25
Michigan .......: 3 8 26 50 13
Minnesota ......: 2 6 26 56 10
Mississippi ....: - 4 17 52 27
Missouri .......: - 4 20 55 21
Nebraska .......: 2 5 22 53 18
North Carolina .: 1 3 25 56 15
North Dakota ...: 1 4 20 59 16
Ohio ...........: 1 5 21 58 15
South Dakota ...: 2 5 22 57 14
Tennessee ......: 1 4 20 58 17
Wisconsin ......: 1 6 24 49 20
18 States ......: 2 5 23 52 18
Previous week ..: 1 5 23 54 17
Previous year ..: 3 10 29 46 12
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