November 3 Crop Progress and Harvest Report - NE - IA - US

NEBRASKA CROP HARVEST PROGRESS - CORN HARVEST ALMOST TWO-THIRDS COMPLETE

For the week ending November 2, 2014, clear skies and near normal temperatures allowed good progress to be made on corn harvest, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Rain was limited to the extreme northwest. Hard freezing temperatures were noted during the week. Grain moisture levels in standing corn remained above safe storage levels in a number of areas.  Livestock producers continued weaning and marketing calves. There were 6.8 days suitable for fieldwork. 

Topsoil moisture supplies rated 6 percent very short, 30 short, 63 adequate and 1 surplus. Subsoil moisture  supplies rated 7 percent very short, 27 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 harvested was 60 percent, behind 69 last year and 71 average.

Soybeans harvested was 95 percent, near 97 last year and 93 average.

Sorghum harvested was 71 percent, near 75 last year and 67 average.

Winter wheat conditions rated 0 very poor, 2 poor, 19 fair, 71 good, and 8 excellent.  Winter wheat emerged was 96 percent, near 97 last year and 93 for the five-year average.

Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:
Pasture and range conditions rated 5 percent very poor, 7 poor,34 fair, 47 good, and 7 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-11-03-2014.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 HARVEST PROGRESS - CORN HARVEST ADVANCES 25% 

Iowa farmers were able to harvest one-quarter of the State’s corn crop during the week ending November 2, 2014, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. There were 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork, the second most days suitable statewide this crop season. Other activities for the week included fall tillage, manure and fertilizer application, corn stalk baling, and hauling grain.

Topsoil moisture levels rated 0 percent very short, 4 percent short, 84 percent adequate, and 12 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 1 percent very short, 5 percent short, 83 percent adequate, and 11 percent surplus. Southwest Iowa was the wettest with almost onethird of its topsoil and subsoil in surplus condition.

Sixty-one percent of Iowa’s corn acreage was harvested, 4 days behind 2013 and 10 days behind the five-year average. Moisture content of corn at harvest was estimated at 18 percent. Seventysix percent of the corn crop was reported in good to excellent condition.

Soybean harvest reached 91 percent complete, 3 days behind last year but a day ahead of normal. This was the first time this season soybean harvest was ahead of average.

Grain movement from farm to elevator was rated 60 percent moderate to heavy, increasing 2 percentage points from the previous week.  Although off-farm grain storage availability was rate 89 percent adequate to surplus, a few elevators were running short on storage space or limiting incoming grain. On-farm grain storage availability was 83 percent adequate to surplus.

Hay and roughage supplies were estimated at 97 percent adequate to surplus. Livestock conditions were normal, with more cattle turned out on corn stalk fields.



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

Iowa enjoyed its driest week in nearly two years. Only a handful oflocations picked up any measurable rain with 0.05 inches near Badger (Webster County) being the most reported. The statewide average precipitation was a trace while normal for the week is 0.55 inches. The early portion of the week was unseasonably mild with daytime highs mostly in the sixties and seventies. Temperatures in far southwest Iowa soared into the eighties on Sunday (26th) with Sidney the warm spot at 85 degrees. A strong cold front moved into the state on Tuesday (28th) with daytime highs mostly in the forties for the remainder of the week across northern Iowa. There were scattered areas of freezing temperatures across western Iowa on Wednesday (29th) morning and northern Iowa on Thursday (30th) morning. However, a hard freeze impacted much of the northwestern two-thirds of Iowa on Friday (31 st) morning and statewide on Saturday (1 st) morning. The week’s lowest temperatures were reported across northeast Iowa on Saturday morning with 14 degree readings at Elkader and Stanley. The statewide average temperature for the week was 0.6 degrees below normal. Soil temperatures at the four inch depth were averaging in the mid-forties across most of Iowa as of Sunday (2nd).



USDA Weekly Crop Progress - Harvest Marches On

The nation's soybean crop is 83% harvested as of Sunday, Nov. 2, according to USDA's latest crop progress report. This is slightly better than pre-report expectations for 80% harvest progress and compares to 70% last week and a five-year average of 83%.

Corn is 65% harvested, compared to 46% last week and a five-year average of 73%. 

Winter wheat is 90% planted and 77% emerged, compared to 84% and 67% last week and five-year averages of 89% and 72%. Winter wheat condition stayed about even with last week, with a good-to-excellent rating of 59%.