November 10 Crop Progress and Harvest Report

NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION

For the week ending November 9, 2014, warm conditions coupled withlimited rainfall made for excellent harvest conditions, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural StatisticsService. Precipitation of a half inch or more fell early in the week across portions of the western Panhandle, butwas non-existent elsewhere. Temperatures averaged 5 degrees above normal. Sugarbeet harvest was wrappingup in western counties. Fall tillage and fertilizer applications were underway. Cattle were being moved toavailable stalk fields. There were 6.6 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 7 percentvery short, 32 short, 60 adequate, and 1 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 8 percent very short, 30 short,61 adequate, and 1 surplus.

Field Crops Report:
Winter wheat conditions rated 0 very poor, 2 poor, 19 fair, 71 good, and 8 excellent.Corn harvested was 79 percent, near 80 last year and equal to the five-year average.Sorghum harvested was 84 percent, behind 89 last year, but near 80 average.

Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:
Pasture and range conditions rated 5 percent very poor, 6 poor,32 fair, 51 good, and 6 excellent.Stock water supplies rated 1 percent very short, 6 short, 92 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-11-10-2014.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 + HARVEST REPORT

Iowa farmers used the 6.6 days suitable for fieldwork to harvest just over one-fifth of the State’s corn crop during the week ending November 9, 2014, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. This was the most days suitable statewide this crop season. Other activities for the week included fall tillage, manure and fertilizer application, corn stalk baling, and tiling fields.

Topsoil moisture levels rated 0 percent very short, 5 percent short, 86 percent adequate, and 9 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 1 percent very short, 6 percent short, 83 percent adequate, and 10 percent surplus. Southwest Iowa was wettest with over one-quarter of its topsoil and subsoil in surplus condition.

Eighty-two percent of Iowa’s corn acreage was harvested, 2 days behind 2013 and 1 day behind the five-year average. Corn harvest advanced 21 percentage points from last week, the most harvested during this week in November since 1993. With every other district between 80 and 93 percent complete, corn harvest in southwest and south central Iowa lagged behind with only 69 and 67 percent complete, respectively.

Soybean harvest reached 96 percent complete, 3 days behind last year but at the normal pace. Grain movement from farm to elevator was rated 60 percent moderate to heavy. Off-farm grain storage availability was rated at 86 percent adequate to surplus. On-farm grain storage availability was 81 percent adequate to surplus.

Hay and roughage supplies were estimated at 97 percent adequate to surplus. Livestock conditions were reported as normal.


IOWA PRELIMINARY WEATHER SUMMARY
Provided by Harry Hillaker, State Climatologist
Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship

Iowa enjoyed an unseasonably dry week with a statewide average precipitation of 0.08 inches compared to a weekly normal of 0.53 inches. Light rain fell across most of Iowa from Monday (3rd) morning into Tuesday (4th) morning with showers and a few thunderstorms across the southeast one-half of the state on Wednesday(5th) night. Le Claire reported the most rain for the week with 0.35 inches while scattered locations across central and western Iowa saw no rain for the period. Temperatures were above normal in most areas from Sunday (2nd) through Wednesday (5th) and below normal for the remainder of the week. Temperature extremes varied from a Monday (3 rd) afternoon high of 70 degrees at Donnellson to Friday (7th) morning lows of 19 degrees at Elkader, Lowden and Stanley. Temperatures for the week as a whole averaged from two degrees below normal in far southeast Iowa to five degrees above normal over the far northwest with a statewide average of 1.7 degrees above normal. Soil temperatures as of Sunday (9th) were averaging in the mid 40’s statewide.



USDA Weekly Crop Progress

Eighty percent of the nation's corn crop and 90% of the soybeans were harvested as of Nov. 9, according to USDA's latest weekly Crop Progress and Conditions report.

Corn harvest is equal to the five-year average and increased 15 percentage points in the past week. 

Soybean harvest is one percentage point behind the five-year average and increased 7 percentage points in the past week. 

Sorghum is 75% harvested, compared to 65% last week and an 80% five-year average.

Winter wheat is 93% planted and 83% emerged, compared to 90% and 77% last week and five-year averages of 93% and 79%.




Brazil Soy Planting Accelerates
While rainfall has still not completely normalized across Brazil's grain belt, soil moisture was sufficient to allow soybean planting to accelerate in the first week of November, according to AgRural, a local farm consultancy.

Brazilian soybean planting was 46% complete as of Friday, up 17 percentage points from the week before but still well behind the 59% planted at the same stage last year, said the consultancy.

Farmers have been planting day and night in Mato Grosso, Brazil's top-producing soy state. As a result, the planted area rose by 27 percentage points last week to 62% complete, but progress still lags the 85% planted at the same stage last year.

Parana, the No. 2 soybean state in the south, did enjoy, for the most part, ample rainfall in October. But planting was also late there, some 10 percentage points behind last year at 62% complete, due to irregular rainfall in the north and south of the state.