NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION
For the week ending August 11, 2013, a second week of below normal temperatures was accompanied by rainfall across the northern half of the state as well as southwestern counties, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. The cooler conditions reduced stress on growing crops but slowed development with corn progress about a week behind average. Winter wheat harvest was virtually complete. Pastures continued to show slow improvement. Statewide, producers had 5.3 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 13 percent very short, 33 short, 52 adequate, and 2 surplus. Statewide, subsoil moisture supplies rated 26 percent very short, 40 short, 34 adequate, and 0 surplus.
Field Crops Report:
All corn condition rated 6 percent very poor, 7 poor, 20 fair, 47 good, and 20 excellent. Irrigated corn conditions rated 83 percent good or excellent, compared to 75 average. Dryland corn conditions rated 45 percent good or excellent, compared to 60 average. Corn silking was 99 percent complete, compared to 100 last year and 99 average. Corn in dough was 35 percent, well behind 85 last year and 57 average. Corn dented was 1 percent, well behind 48 last year and 17 average.
Soybean conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 5 poor, 22 fair, 56 good, and 15 excellent. Ninety-six percent of the crop was blooming, near 97 last year and 95 average. Seventy-two percent of the crop was setting pods, behind 80 last year but equal 72 average.
Sorghum conditions rated 6 percent very poor, 17 poor, 26 fair, 39 good, and 12 excellent. Sorghum heading was 58 percent, behind 63 for both last year and average.
Wheat harvested was 98 percent, behind 100 last year and 99 average.
Oats harvested were 92 percent, behind last year’s 100 and near 95 average.
Alfalfa conditions were 5 percent very poor, 12 poor, 28 fair, 50 good, and 5 excellent. Alfalfa second cutting was 96 percent complete, behind last year’s 100 and 99 average. Third cutting was 32 percent complete, behind 89 last year and 54 average.
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:
Stock water supplies rated 8 percent very short, 17 short, 74 adequate, and 1 surplus. Pasture and range condition was 16 percent very poor, 17 poor, 35 fair, 31 good, and 1 excellent.
Local Crop Reports
Wayne Ohnesorg, Extension Educator in Madison, Wayne, Pierce, and Stanton Counties: In the last two weeks growers in the area have welcomed moisture of 1-4 inches depending on location. Some corn fields are in the blister stage while some are pollinating. Soybean fields are generally around R3. I am noticing widespread issues with canopy closure in soybean fields this year. Insect pest pressure is low in corn and soybean. Soybean aphids are present, but at more than five aphids per plant to well below the economic threshold of 250 aphids per plant. I have received an isolated report of grasshopper damage in a corn field from Thurston County.
Gary Zoubek, Extension Educator in York County: Our ETgages in the York area this past week through Monday dropped 0.75 inch or about 0.82 inch or 0.12 inch/day for corn and soybeans. We received 0.55 to over 2 inches of rain, providing an opportunity for educators to catch up if they were behind. Many of the soybeans are in R4 and nearing R5 while the corn is in browning silk to the milk stage. Last year at this time, we were at ¾ dent.
Tom Hunt, Extension Entomologist at the Haskell Ag Lab, Concord: Fields are wet here. We've had a few reports of economically damaging populations of potato leafhoppers (PLH) in alfalfa. Be particularly watchful of new alfalfa and always recheck fields after storm fronts pass through, as PLH are swept up in winds and can infest fields as fronts pass through. The only reports of soybean aphid have been at very, very low numbers; however, weather fronts also bring soybean aphids. Temperatures are relatively mild, which favors soybean aphid population growth, so keep scouting. There is still time for economically damaging populations to develop. A few reports of rootworm problems in areas with long-term corn-on-corn. No other significant insect pest problems have been reported.
Access the National publication for Crop Progress and Condition tables at: http://usda01.library.cornell.edu/usda/nass/CropProg//2010s/2013/CropProg-08-12-2013.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/DM_state.htm?NE,HP.
Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report
Iowa experienced drier than normal weather combined with cooler than average temperatures for most of the week ending August 11, 2013, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Although significant rainfall was not widespread, enough moisture was received to be beneficial in some areas. Statewide there was an average of 6.2 days suitable for fieldwork. Field activities included aerial and ground applications of fungicides, herbicides and insecticides.
A total of 41 percent of topsoil was in the adequate and surplus moisture categories, unchanged from last week. Topsoil moisture levels rated 24 percent very short, 35 percent short, 40 percent adequate and 1 percent surplus. Forty-seven percent of subsoil was in the adequate and surplus categories, down 7 percentage points from last week. Subsoil moisture levels rated 14 percent very short, 39 percent short, 46 percent adequate and 1 percent surplus. Southwest Iowa continued to be the driest district, with just 5 percent of topsoil and 17 percent of subsoil in the adequate and surplus categories.
Ninety-four percent of the corn crop has tasseled, trailing the five-year average of 99 percent. Eighty-five percent of the corn crop was silking, 10 percentage points behind normal. Forty-two percent of the corn crop has reached the milk stage, well behind the normal 72 percent. Nine percent of the crop has reached the dough stage, about two weeks behind normal. Corn condition declined slightly from the previous week, and was rated at 5 percent very poor, 12 percent poor, 34 percent fair, 39 percent good and 10 percent excellent.
Ninety percent of the soybean crop was blooming, behind the five-year average of 96 percent. Pods were being set on 53 percent of the soybean crop, well behind last year’s 86 percent and the normal 80 percent. Soybean condition declined slightly from last week and was rated 4 percent very poor, 11 percent poor, 37 percent fair, 39 percent good and 9 percent excellent.
Ninety-two percent of the oat crop has been harvested, now equal to the normal pace.
The second cutting of alfalfa advanced to 93 percent complete, 1 percentage point ahead of normal. The third cutting of alfalfa has reached 17 percent compete, trailing the normal 38 percent. Hay and pasture conditions continued to deteriorate, and the amount rated in the good and excellent categories fell 4 and 6 percentage points, respectively. Hay condition was rated at 3 percent very poor, 12 percent poor, 35 percent fair, 42 percent good and 8 percent excellent. Pasture condition rated 8 percent very poor, 20 percent poor, 41 percent fair, 27 percent good and 4 percent excellent. Although pasture conditions were on the decline, livestock benefited from the cool weather.
IOWA PRELIMINARY WEATHER SUMMARY
Provided by Harry Hillaker, State Climatologist, Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship
Showers and thunderstorms were frequent across the state over the past reporting week; however, coverage of significant rainfall was limited to just a few scattered locations. Rain fell over much of the northeast one-third of Iowa, as well as most of west central sections of the state on Monday (5th) morning with a maximum of 3.32 inches of rain reported at Elma in Howard County. Widely scattered thunderstorms, some accompanied by high winds and hail, brought rain to portions of the southern one-half of Iowa Tuesday (6th) evening into Wednesday (7th) morning with a maximum rain amount of 2.02 inches at Indianola. Finally light to moderate rain fell over most of northwest and north central Iowa Saturday (10th) evening into Sunday (11th) with a maximum reported rain total of 2.40 inches at Granville in Sioux County. Meanwhile no rain fell during the week at scattered locations across central, southwest and southeast Iowa such as Fort Dodge, Johnston, Shenandoah, Clarinda, Keokuk and Burlington. The statewide average precipitation for the week was 0.61 inches or about two-thirds of the normal total of 0.96 inches. This was the fifth week of the past six with less than normal rainfall. Meanwhile temperatures averaged below normal every day except Tuesday (6th) when highs reached the 80’s or higher statewide. Temperature extremes varied from Tuesday afternoon highs of 92 degrees at Des Moines and Bloomfield to lows of 49 degrees at Cresco and Stanley on Thursday (8th) morning and again at Cresco on Saturday (10th) morning. Temperatures for the week as a whole averaged 2.7 degrees below normal.
Corn Dough - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 92% of the 2012 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State : August 11, : August 4, : August 11, : 2008-2012
: 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average
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: percent
Colorado .......: 38 6 19 27
Illinois .......: 89 30 50 64
Indiana ........: 81 13 33 49
Iowa ...........: 78 2 9 39
Kansas .........: 82 41 59 68
Kentucky .......: 75 26 40 56
Michigan .......: 53 15 25 39
Minnesota ......: 69 2 7 27
Missouri .......: 93 42 60 70
Nebraska .......: 85 14 35 57
North Carolina .: 94 89 92 93
North Dakota ...: 62 3 10 27
Ohio ...........: 65 21 40 48
Pennsylvania ...: 56 27 48 36
South Dakota ...: 72 15 31 31
Tennessee ......: 97 74 84 90
Texas ..........: 81 70 75 78
Wisconsin ......: 40 6 12 27 :
18 States ......: 76 18 32 48
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Corn Dented - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 92% of the 2012 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State : August 11, : August 4, : August 11, : 2008-2012
: 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average
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: percent
Colorado .......: 5 (NA) 2 3
Illinois .......: 59 (NA) 6 26
Indiana ........: 37 (NA) - 14
Iowa ...........: 42 (NA) - 13
Kansas .........: 58 (NA) 9 31
Kentucky .......: 61 (NA) 14 36
Michigan .......: 10 (NA) - 5
Minnesota ......: 20 (NA) - 5
Missouri .......: 73 (NA) 19 37
Nebraska .......: 48 (NA) 1 17
North Carolina .: 81 (NA) 72 72
North Dakota ...: 14 (NA) - 3
Ohio ...........: 20 (NA) - 10
Pennsylvania ...: 16 (NA) 7 8
South Dakota ...: 19 (NA) 1 5
Tennessee ......: 81 (NA) 48 63
Texas ..........: 68 (NA) 61 66
Wisconsin ......: 5 (NA) - 2
18 States ......: 39 (NA) 5 17
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- Represents zero.
(NA) Not available.
Corn Condition - Selected States: Week Ending August 11, 2013
[National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2012
planted acreage]
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State : Very poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent
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: percent
Colorado .......: 10 12 24 47 7
Illinois .......: 2 5 25 48 20
Indiana ........: 1 4 18 48 29
Iowa ...........: 5 12 34 39 10
Kansas .........: 10 16 33 35 6
Kentucky .......: 1 2 9 43 45
Michigan .......: 1 4 22 54 19
Minnesota ......: 3 7 29 49 12
Missouri .......: 4 11 28 47 10
Nebraska .......: 6 7 20 47 20
North Carolina .: 1 4 19 54 22
North Dakota ...: 3 9 28 51 9
Ohio ...........: 1 3 14 45 37
Pennsylvania ...: 1 2 10 41 46
South Dakota ...: 1 4 25 50 20
Tennessee ......: - 2 11 54 33
Texas ..........: 1 7 37 39 16
Wisconsin ......: 3 10 28 44 15
18 States ......: 3 8 25 46 18
Previous week ..: 3 8 25 46 18
Previous year ..: 26 25 26 20 3
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- Represents zero.
Soybeans Blooming - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 95% of the 2012 soybean acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------:
State :August 11, : August 4, :August 11, : 2008-2012
: 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas ........: 99 84 87 91
Illinois ........: 98 81 90 91
Indiana .........: 97 84 90 89
Iowa ............: 100 79 90 96
Kansas ..........: 85 69 82 84
Kentucky ........: 84 54 69 82
Louisiana .......: 99 94 98 98
Michigan ........: 99 87 94 93
Minnesota .......: 100 81 92 95
Mississippi .....: 100 90 95 100
Missouri ........: 91 53 74 80
Nebraska ........: 97 91 96 95
North Carolina ..: 74 42 53 74
North Dakota ....: 100 86 92 97
Ohio ............: 100 87 93 95
South Dakota ....: 96 89 93 94
Tennessee .......: 94 56 67 90
Wisconsin .......: 95 67 75 89
18 States .......: 96 79 88 92
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Soybeans Setting Pods - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 95% of the 2012 soybean acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State : August 11, : August 4, : August 11, : 2008-2012
: 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas .......: 92 55 66 75
Illinois .......: 87 39 63 67
Indiana ........: 78 55 66 59
Iowa ...........: 86 35 53 80
Kansas .........: 47 24 43 50
Kentucky .......: 66 28 42 57
Louisiana ......: 96 87 91 92
Michigan .......: 87 58 64 69
Minnesota ......: 92 28 58 72
Mississippi ....: 98 49 72 95
Missouri .......: 58 16 35 45
Nebraska .......: 80 50 72 72
North Carolina .: 39 18 28 40
North Dakota ...: 98 48 68 82
Ohio ...........: 86 46 72 68
South Dakota ...: 83 37 55 69
Tennessee ......: 79 31 45 71
Wisconsin ......: 79 24 40 63
18 States ......: 81 39 58 68
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Soybean Condition - Selected States: Week Ending August 11, 2013
[National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2012
planted acreage]
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State : Very poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent
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: percent
Arkansas .......: 4 12 30 37 17
Illinois .......: 2 5 23 54 16
Indiana ........: 1 4 19 51 25
Iowa ...........: 4 11 37 39 9
Kansas .........: 2 7 29 54 8
Kentucky .......: - 2 11 56 31
Louisiana ......: - 5 29 50 16
Michigan .......: 1 6 21 60 12
Minnesota ......: 2 6 29 53 10
Mississippi ....: 1 7 25 54 13
Missouri .......: 4 10 32 46 8
Nebraska .......: 2 5 22 56 15
North Carolina .: 2 8 39 46 5
North Dakota ...: 2 9 31 51 7
Ohio ...........: 1 6 20 51 22
South Dakota ...: 1 4 26 55 14
Tennessee ......: - 5 12 56 27
Wisconsin ......: 2 8 30 44 16
18 States ......: 2 7 27 50 14
Previous week ..: 2 7 27 51 13
Previous year ..: 16 22 32 26 4
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Pasture and Range Condition - Selected States: Week Ending August 11, 2013
[National pasture and range conditions for selected States are weighted
based on pasture acreage and/or livestock inventories]
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State : Very poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent
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: percent
Alabama ........: - 2 12 61 25
Arizona ........: 45 13 21 20 1
Arkansas .......: - 3 25 56 16
California .....: 55 40 5 - -
Colorado .......: 26 26 35 13 -
Connecticut ....: - - 14 84 2
Delaware .......: 2 7 40 47 4
Florida ........: - 5 10 65 20
Georgia ........: - 2 24 50 24
Idaho ..........: 10 34 27 29 -
Illinois .......: 1 9 31 47 12
Indiana ........: 2 6 24 54 14
Iowa ...........: 8 20 41 27 4
Kansas .........: 19 20 27 30 4
Kentucky .......: - 3 15 56 26
Louisiana ......: 1 11 46 40 2
Maine ..........: - 2 4 47 47
Maryland .......: 1 2 9 66 22
Massachusetts ..: - - 44 55 1
Michigan .......: 4 12 24 48 12
Minnesota ......: 4 9 28 52 7
Mississippi ....: - 2 29 57 12
Missouri .......: 2 7 31 48 12
Montana ........: 3 11 29 46 11
Nebraska .......: 16 17 35 31 1
Nevada .........: 44 25 22 9 -
New Hampshire ..: 2 2 15 72 9
New Jersey .....: - 2 8 63 27
New Mexico .....: 37 30 28 5 -
New York .......: - 8 28 57 7
North Carolina .: - 3 22 66 9
North Dakota ...: 1 4 20 57 18
Ohio ...........: 1 5 21 53 20
Oklahoma .......: 7 8 29 48 8
Oregon .........: 14 34 30 20 2
Pennsylvania ...: - 7 38 44 11
Rhode Island ...: - - 50 50 -
South Carolina .: - - 10 74 16
South Dakota ...: - 6 29 54 11
Tennessee ......: - 3 14 63 20
Texas ..........: 18 30 37 14 1
Utah ...........: 8 22 26 35 9
Vermont ........: - 10 20 53 17
Virginia .......: - 3 15 60 22
Washington .....: 14 20 34 30 2
West Virginia ..: - - 18 74 8
Wisconsin ......: 7 16 31 39 7
Wyoming ........: 18 26 31 21 4
48 States ......: 12 16 27 37 8
Previous week ..: 11 15 29 37 8
Previous year ..: 32 27 24 15 2
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