June 5 Crop Progress & Condition Report - NE - IA - US

NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION

For the week ending June 4, 2017, temperatures averaged near normal, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The western half of the panhandle received half an inch to an inch of rain; however, the rest of State remained relatively dry. The warm and dry weather aided planting and spraying activities. There were 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 1 percent very short, 16 short, 81 adequate, and 2 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 1 percent very short, 12 short, 83 adequate, and 4 surplus.

Field Crops Report:
Corn condition rated 0 percent very poor, 2 poor, 19 fair, 70 good, and 9 excellent. Emerged was 91 percent, near 88 last year, and equal to the five year average.

Soybeans planted was 91 percent, near 88 last year and 90 average. Emerged was 62 percent, near 60 last year, but behind 67 average.

Winter wheat condition rated 1 percent very poor, 9 poor, 38 fair, 44 good, and 8 excellent. Winter wheat headed was 96 percent, ahead of 84 last year, and well ahead of 74 average. Coloring was 8 percent, near 9 last year.

Sorghum planted was 71 percent, behind 81 last year, and near 75 average. Emerged was 40 percent, near 38 last year and 37 average.

Oats condition rated 0 percent very poor, 1 poor, 23 fair, 67 good, and 9 excellent. Oats jointed was 90 percent, well ahead of 68 last year. Headed was 62 percent, well ahead of 33 both last year and average.

Alfalfa condition rated 0 percent very poor, 1 poor, 18 fair, 70 good, and 11 excellent. Alfalfa first cutting was 53 percent, behind 59 last year, but ahead of 46 average.

Pasture and Range Report:
Pasture and range conditions rated 0 percent very poor, 1 poor, 20 fair, 69 good, and 10 excellent. Stock water supplies rated 0 percent very short, 2 short, 95 adequate, and 3 surplus.



Access the National publication for Crop Progress and Condition tables at:
http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/nass/CropProg/2010s/2017/CropProg-06-05-2017.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

Dry weather conditions allowed farmers to make good progress on spring planting during the week ending June 4, 2017, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were 6.0 days suitable for fieldwork, which were the most Iowa has had all season. Field activities for the week included planting and re-planting, applying herbicides, and harvesting the first crop of alfalfa hay.

Topsoil moisture levels rated 0 percent very short, 9 percent short, 85 percent adequate and 6 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 0 percent very short, 3 percent short, 87 percent adequate and 10 percent surplus.

Ninety percent of corn crop has emerged, six days behind last year and one day behind the 5-year average. Corn condition improved and rated 77 percent good to excellent.

Soybean planting reached 91 percent complete, 2 days behind last year, but over a week ahead of average. Soybean emergence reached 62 percent, 1 day behind average. The first soybean condition rating of the season came in at 1 percent very poor, 3 percent poor, 23 percent fair, 62 percent good and 11 percent excellent.

Oats headed reached 26 percent, 5 days behind last year and 1 day behind average. Oats condition improved to 78 percent good to excellent.

Dry weather allowed one-third of the first cutting of alfalfa hay to be harvested last week. Hay conditions improved to 85 percent good to excellent. Livestock conditions were reported as good with very little stress.



USDA Weekly Crop Progress
 
Corn planting and emergence were both slightly behind the five-year average while the overall condition of the crop improved from the previous week, according to USDA's weekly Crop Progress report released Monday.  This week's report showed 96% of U.S. corn planted, down from 97% a year ago and down from the five-year average of 97%. USDA also said 86% of U.S. corn was emerged, down from 88% a year ago and down slightly from the five-year average of 87% emerged.  Sixty-eight percent of the corn crop was rated in good-to-excellent condition, up 3 percentage points from the previous week's 65% good-to-excellent rating.

Soybean planting, on the other hand, was ahead of the average pace with USDA estimating 83% of U.S. soybeans planted as of Sunday, June 4, up from 82% a year ago and above the five-year average of 79%. However, emergence was slightly behind normal with USDA estimating 58% of the crop emerged, down from 62% a year ago and down from the five-year average of 59%.

Meanwhile, USDA reported 87% of winter wheat is headed, down from 90% a year ago, but up from the five-year average of 85% headed. Ten percent of winter wheat has already been harvested, up from the five-year average of 7% with Texas showing 58% completion.  Forty-nine percent of the winter wheat crop was rated in good-to-excellent condition, resulting in a DTN Winter Wheat Condition Index of 122, down 3 points from a week ago. 

USDA estimated that 90% of spring wheat was emerged, down from 95% a year ago, but up from the five-year average of 85%. Fifty-five percent of spring wheat was rated in good-to-excellent condition.

In other crop reports, cotton was 80% planted, equal to the five-year average. Cotton squaring was 11% compared to the average of 7%. Rice was 87% emerged, compared to 92% on average.  Sorghum was 55% planted, behind the five-year average of 60%. Barley was 99% planted and 84% emerged, compared to 96% and 87% on average. Oats were 96% emerged and 35% headed, compared to 94% and 38% on average.