NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION - SEPT 23 2013
For the week ending September 22, 2013, warm, windy conditions prevailed with temperatures again averaging above normal. Rainfall was limited except for portions of southeastern Nebraska where an inch or more was recorded, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Over one-third of the corn crop was considered mature and two-thirds of the soybeans were dropping leaves. Corn silage harvest continued as did dry bean harvest in western counties. Statewide, producers had 5.8 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 22 percent very short, 39 short, 39 adequate, and 0 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 31 percent very short, 42 short, 27 adequate, and 0 surplus.
Field Crops Report:
All corn condition rated 7 percent very poor, 7 poor, 23 fair, 46 good, and 17 excellent. Irrigated corn conditions rated 81 percent good or excellent, compared to 75 average. Dryland corn conditions rated 37 percent good or excellent, compared to 58 average. Corn dented was 96 percent, behind 100 last year but near 97 average. Corn mature was 36 percent, behind 85 last year and 46 average. Corn harvested was 4 percent, behind 34 last year and
10 average.
Soybean conditions rated 4 percent very poor, 9 poor, 28 fair, 48 good, and 11 excellent. Soybeans dropping leaves were 67 percent, near 66 last year but ahead of 50 average. Harvest was 3 percent complete, behind 17 last year but near
5 average.
Sorghum conditions rated 17 percent very poor, 21 poor, 23 fair, 36 good, and 3 excellent. Sorghum turning color was 96 percent, ahead of 78 last year and 86 average. Mature was 17 percent, behind 31 last year and 21 average.
Winter wheat was 49 percent seeded, ahead of 43 last year but behind 53 average. Wheat emerged was 12 percent, ahead of 4 last year but behind 15 average.
Alfalfa conditions were 7 percent very poor, 16 poor, 30 fair, 40 good, and 7 excellent. The fourth cutting of alfalfa was 58 percent complete, behind 82 last year and 68 average.
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:
Stock water supplies rated 7 percent very short, 20 short, 73 adequate, and 0 surplus. Pasture and range condition was 19 percent very poor, 21 poor, 36 fair, 23 good, and 1 excellent.
Access the National publication for Crop Progress and Condition tables at: http://usda01.library.cornell.edu/usda/nass/CropProg//2010s/2013/CropProg-09-23-2013.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 - SEPT 23 2013
Iowa received some much needed precipitation during the week ending September 22, 2013, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Areas of Central Iowa experienced wind damage from Thursday evening’s storm. Statewide there were 5.6 days suitable for fieldwork. Other activities for the week included chopping corn silage and harvesting seed corn.
Topsoil moisture levels rated 36 percent very short, 41 percent short, 23 percent adequate and 0 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 41 percent very short, 40 percent short, 19 percent adequate and 0 percent surplus. Southeast Iowa was the driest with 97 percent of topsoil moisture rated in the very short and short categories.
With almost the entire corn crop in or past the dough stage, 89 percent of the crop was dented, 6 percentage points behind normal. Thirty-five percent of corn was mature, well behind the normal 61 percent. Some operators reported harvesting their earliest planted corn. Corn condition improved slightly to 9 percent very poor, 18 percent poor, 36 percent fair, 32 percent good and 5 percent excellent.
Sixty-nine percent of soybeans had turned color, 20 percentage points behind normal. Twenty-two percent of the crop had dropped leaves, 10 days behind normal pace. There were scattered reports of the earliest planted soybeans being harvested. Soybean condition also improved slightly to 10 percent very poor, 19 percent poor, 37 percent fair, 30 percent good and 4 percent excellent.
The harvest of third cutting alfalfa was 96 percent complete, slightly ahead of the normal 93 percent. Pasture condition improved and was rated 32 percent very poor, 30 percent poor, 27 percent fair, 10 percent good and 1 percent excellent.
IOWA PRELIMINARY WEATHER SUMMARY
Provided by Harry Hillaker, State Climatologist, Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship
The past week brought frequent rainfall for much of the state. Most of the week was on the cool side with daytime highs primarily in the 60’s. However, hot and humid weather made a brief appearance on Wednesday and Thursday. The reporting week began with light rain falling across about the southeast one-half of the state on Sunday (15th) with a few rain totals over an inch reported in east central Iowa. Monday (16th) was mostly dry with rain spreading across the southwest one-half of Iowa on Tuesday (17th) where a few locations received more than an inch of moisture. Wednesday saw scattered showers and thunderstorms, primarily across the northern two-thirds of the state with a few one inch totals in central Iowa. The most widespread rain came on Thursday with precipitation falling nearly statewide. The heaviest rain came in a band from about Glenwood to Des Moines to Dubuque. However, high winds with some hail were reported with these storms from 19 counties from southwest into east central Iowa. Rain totals for the week varied from only sprinkles at Le Mars, Orange City and Rock Valley of northwest Iowa to 4.85 inches near Hastings in Mills County, 4.40 inches at Greenfield and 4.33 inches at Monticello. The statewide average precipitation was 1.09 inches while normal for the week is 0.77 inches. This was the wettest week in twelve weeks with Thursday being the wettest day since June 24. Temperatures early in the week fell as low as 39 degrees at Estherville on Monday (16th) with a few northwest Iowa locations (Battle Creek, Sheldon and Spencer) reporting the first freeze of the season on Saturday (21st) morning with 32 degree readings. However, no damage has been reported from this light freeze. On the other extreme, Des Moines reached 92 degrees on Wednesday while Burlington, Donnellson, Keosauqua and Lowden reached 94 degrees on Thursday. Temperatures for the week as a whole averaged 0.7 degrees above normal, thus the two days of unseasonably hot weather was just enough to cancel the impacts of the five cooler than normal days.
Corn Mature - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 92% of the 2012 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State :September 22,:September 15,:September 22,: 2008-2012
: 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average
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: percent
Colorado .......: 76 20 31 46
Illinois .......: 94 25 47 62
Indiana ........: 80 22 47 55
Iowa ...........: 95 15 35 61
Kansas .........: 94 33 52 77
Kentucky .......: 96 63 74 85
Michigan .......: 56 11 28 43
Minnesota ......: 92 5 17 45
Missouri .......: 98 43 57 75
Nebraska .......: 85 16 36 46
North Carolina .: 100 95 100 98
North Dakota ...: 90 9 24 40
Ohio ...........: 58 12 32 44
Pennsylvania ...: 65 28 48 43
South Dakota ...: 86 18 40 45
Tennessee ......: 98 67 77 91
Texas ..........: 88 77 80 81
Wisconsin ......: 60 14 24 35
18 States ......: 86 22 40 55
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Corn Harvested - Selected States
[These 18 States harvested 93% of the 2012 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State :September 22,:September 15,:September 22,: 2008-2012
: 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average
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: percent
Colorado .......: 17 2 4 7
Illinois .......: 51 1 5 24
Indiana ........: 25 2 6 14
Iowa ...........: 35 1 3 9
Kansas .........: 62 8 16 34
Kentucky .......: 69 14 25 44
Michigan .......: 9 - 3 5
Minnesota ......: 27 - - 6
Missouri .......: 78 10 16 36
Nebraska .......: 34 2 4 10
North Carolina .: 74 53 74 71
North Dakota ...: 19 - 1 4
Ohio ...........: 7 - 3 6
Pennsylvania ...: 10 3 11 11
South Dakota ...: 34 1 4 7
Tennessee ......: 84 21 39 60
Texas ..........: 69 61 62 66
Wisconsin ......: 11 - - 3
18 States ......: 37 4 7 16
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Soybeans Dropping Leaves - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 95% of the 2012 soybean acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State :September 22,:September 15,:September 22,: 2008-2012
: 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas .......: 57 30 41 40
Illinois .......: 63 13 37 47
Indiana ........: 78 40 67 64
Iowa ...........: 75 7 22 57
Kansas .........: 45 24 43 43
Kentucky .......: 58 15 28 55
Louisiana ......: 80 70 80 79
Michigan .......: 66 21 48 54
Minnesota ......: 94 21 46 69
Mississippi ....: 82 33 42 72
Missouri .......: 39 10 21 30
Nebraska .......: 66 36 67 50
North Carolina .: 20 6 12 22
North Dakota ...: 98 59 82 70
Ohio ...........: 71 46 70 61
South Dakota ...: 97 47 72 80
Tennessee ......: 60 16 26 56
Wisconsin ......: 74 11 29 51
18 States ......: 71 26 47 56
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Soybeans Harvested - Selected States
[These 18 States harvested 95% of the 2012 soybean acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State :September 22,:September 15,:September 22,: 2008-2012
: 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas .......: 33 (NA) 18 18
Illinois .......: 7 (NA) 1 6
Indiana ........: 9 (NA) 4 9
Iowa ...........: 21 (NA) 1 7
Kansas .........: 5 (NA) 1 2
Kentucky .......: 13 (NA) 1 6
Louisiana ......: 59 (NA) 46 54
Michigan .......: 5 (NA) - 4
Minnesota ......: 41 (NA) 1 10
Mississippi ....: 61 (NA) 13 43
Missouri .......: 4 (NA) - 2
Nebraska .......: 17 (NA) 3 5
North Carolina .: 1 (NA) - 1
North Dakota ...: 52 (NA) 3 12
Ohio ...........: 7 (NA) 3 7
South Dakota ...: 42 (NA) 3 10
Tennessee ......: 8 (NA) 3 7
Wisconsin ......: 12 (NA) - 3
18 States ......: 21 (NA) 3 9
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Winter Wheat Planted - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 87% of the 2011 winter wheat acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------------:
State :September 22,:September 15,:September 22,: 2008-2012
: 2012 : 2013 : 2013 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas .......: 3 - 2 3
California .....: 4 2 3 4
Colorado .......: 38 22 35 50
Idaho ..........: 25 16 34 30
Illinois .......: 4 1 2 4
Indiana ........: 3 1 3 3
Kansas .........: 15 5 13 15
Michigan .......: 8 3 8 9
Missouri .......: 5 1 1 3
Montana ........: 33 21 49 36
Nebraska .......: 43 22 49 53
North Carolina .: 1 - 2 1
Ohio ...........: 3 1 2 2
Oklahoma .......: 19 7 15 18
Oregon .........: 17 8 13 20
South Dakota ...: 34 15 43 44
Texas ..........: 27 17 29 26
Washington .....: 69 43 59 60
18 States ......: 23 12 23 24
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