November 9 Crop Progress & Condition Report - NE - IA - US

NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION

For the week ending November 8, 2015, the eastern half of the State was dry, with temperatures averaging six to nine degrees above normal as fall harvest activities wound down, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Harvest continued to advance in the west with precipitation of more than a half inch limited to North Central counties. Producers with harvest complete were turning their attention to fall tillage and fertilizer applications as well as livestock care. There were 6.2 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 7 percent very short, 29 short, 63 adequate, and 1 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 6 percent very short, 29 short, 64 adequate, and 1 surplus.

Field Crops Report:
Corn harvested was at 87 percent, ahead of 76 last year, but equal to the five-year average.

Sorghum harvested was at 84 percent, near 82 last year, but behind 89 average.

Winter wheat condition rated 0 percent very poor, 5 poor, 31 fair, 56 good, and 8 excellent.

Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:
Pasture and range conditions rated 3 percent very poor, 9 poor, 29 fair, 53 good, and 6 excellent.  Stock water supplies rated 2 percent very short, 11 short, 86 adequate, and 1 surplus.



Access the National publication for Crop Progress and Condition tables at:
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/nass/CropProg/2010s/2015/CropProg-11-09-2015.pdf. 

Access the High Plains Region Climate Center for Temperature and Precipitation Maps at:
http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/maps.php?map=ACISClimateMaps.

Access the U.S. Drought Monitor at:
http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?NE.



IOWA CROP PROGRESS & CONDITION REPORT

 Harvest activities wound down, while fall tillage, tiling, and fertilizer applications continued during the week ending November 8, 2015, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Farmers used the 5.5 days suitable for fieldwork to harvest corn for grain, harvest soybeans, and haul and spread manure. Reports of anhydrous application were received, although some farmers are waiting for cooler weather before applying.

Topsoil moisture levels rated 0 percent very short, 11 percent short, 83 percent adequate, and 6 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 2 percent very short, 13 percent short, 80 percent adequate, and 5 percent surplus.

Ninety-three percent of the corn crop for grain has been harvested, 9 days ahead of last year, and 2 days ahead of the 5-year average. There were reports of corn piles on the ground at some ethanol plants and local elevators.

Ninety-eight percent of the soybean crop has been harvested, one week ahead of last year.

Grain movement from farm to elevator was rated 51 percent moderate to heavy. Off-farm grain storage availability was rated 78 percent adequate to surplus. On-farm grain storage availability was rated 69 percent adequate to surplus.

Hay and roughage supplies were rated 97 percent adequate to surplus. Livestock conditions were described as good, with reports of calves being weaned and beef cattle gleaning harvested corn fields.



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

Unseasonably warm weather prevailed until Thursday (5th) with temperatures returning to near normal for the remainder of the reporting week. Showers and thunderstorms quickly moved across the southeast one-half of Iowa with the passage of the cold front on Thursday. No rain of consequence fell across the northwest one-half of the state during the week while the Thursday thunderstorms brought a maximum reported rain total of 1.13 inches to the Dubuque Airport. The statewide average precipitation total was 0.18 inches or about one-third of the weekly normal of 0.53 inches. Daytime temperatures reached into the seventies somewhere in Iowa each day from Monday (2nd) through Thursday (6th). Des Moines, Glenwood and Shenandoah reported the week’s highest temperatures with 79 degree readings on Monday (2nd). On the other extreme, Atlantic and Bedford recorded lows of 24 degrees on Saturday (7th) morning while Elkader reported 23 degrees on Sunday (8th) morning. Temperatures for the week as a whole ranged from about five degrees below normal over the southeast corner of Iowa to 11 degrees above normal over the northwest with a statewide average of 8.9 degrees above normal. This was the warmest start to November since 2008. Soil temperatures as of Sunday (8th) were averaging in the mid to upper forties statewide.



USDA Weekly Crop Progress - Corn 93% Harvested, Soybeans 95%

Ninety-three percent of the nation's corn and 95% of the soybeans were harvested as of Nov. 8, according to USDA's latest weekly Crop Progress report.

Corn is 93% harvested, compared to 85% last week and an 88% five-year average.  Soybeans are 95% harvested, compared to 92% last week and a 93% five-year average.

Winter wheat planting is 92% complete, compared to 88% last week and a 94% five-year average. Eighty percent of the crop is emerged, compared to 72% last week and an 80% five-year average.  Also, 51% of winter wheat was rated good-to-excellent.

Eighty-five percent of sorghum is harvested, compared to 79% last week and an 82% five-year average.

Fifty-eight percent of the cotton crop is harvested, compared to 50% last week and a 65% five-year average.



Rain Boosts Brazil Soy Planting

The belated arrival of spring rains to the center-west and southeast of Brazil at the end of October and the first week of November caused the 2015-16 soybean planting to accelerate sharply last week, though progress is still well behind the five-year average pace.

Planting advanced 17 percentage points to reach 47% complete as of Friday, which brought it in line with progress last year. However, planting is still behind the five-year average of 57% planted at this stage of the growing season, said AgRural, a local farm consultancy.

Mato Grosso led the planting charge. Heavy showers on the previous weekend allowed farmers to man the tractors, and planting moved forward 24 percentage points to reach 60% complete as of Friday, said AgRural. That’s still a long way back from the five-year average of 83%, but the opportunity to get seeds in the ground will have eased farmers’ nerves.

Still, the rains weren’t heavy enough to offset the impact of the dry start to the season, and growers won’t be pleased to see little rain in the Mato Grosso weather charts for the rest of the week. Indeed, some analysts are already contemplating lowering their Mato Grosso yield number because of the difficult start to the season.

The south did not suffer the same planting delays as the north in October. Planting in Parana, the No. 2 soy state, was 75% complete as of Friday, ahead of the 68% posted last year and near the five-year average of 76%. In the early planting west of the state, a wet October and November has fostered healthy plants and some have entered flowering, said AgRural.

In the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, planting is progressing on schedule despite the excessive rain. Planting in the No. 3 soy state was 30% complete, ahead of the five-year average of 27%.