NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION - CORN, SOYBEAN PLANTING REACHES AVERAGE PACE
For the week ending May 4, 2014, precipitation in the form of snow in the extreme northwest and rain across most other areas of the state slowed fieldwork, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Amounts of an inch of rain were common across the north and east while central counties received lesser amounts. By week’s end, soils had dried and fieldwork was widespread. Temperatures averaged 3 to 6 degrees below normal in most areas. The number of days considered suitable for fieldwork were 4.2. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 13 percent very short, 38 short, 48 adequate, and 1 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 16 percent very short, 45 short, 39 adequate, and 0 surplus.
Field Crops Report:
Winter wheat condition rated 3 percent very poor, 16 poor, 35 fair, 42 good, and 4 excellent. Winter wheat jointed was 21 percent, ahead of 8 last year but behind the five-year average of 39.
Oats condition rated 1 percent very poor, 19 poor, 41 fair, 38 good, and 1 excellent. Oats planted was 94 percent, ahead of 82 last year but near 91 average. Oats emerged was 70 percent, well ahead of 36 last year and 62 average.
Corn planted was 44 percent, ahead of 12 last year but near 45 average. Corn emerged was 7 percent, ahead of 2 last year but equal to the average.
Soybeans planted was 11 percent, ahead of 1 last year but equal to the average.
Sorghum planted was at 3 percent, ahead of 1 last year but equal to the average.
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:
Pasture and Range condition rated 13 percent very poor, 15 poor, 46 fair, 25 good, and 1 excellent.
Stock water supplies rated 5 percent very short, 9 short, 85 adequate, and 1 surplus.
Cattle and calf condition rated 0 percent very poor, 1 poor, 10 fair, 77 good, and 12 excellent. Cattle and calf losses rated 20 percent below average, 79 average, and 1 above average. Percentage of cows calved since January 1 was 96 percent.
Sheep and lamb condition rated 0 percent very poor, 1 poor, 9 fair, 80 good, and 10 excellent. Sheep and lamb losses rated 12 percent below average, 88 average, and 0 above average.
Access the National publication for Crop Progress and Condition tables at: http://usda.mannlib.cornell.edu/usda/nass/CropProg//2010s/2014/CropProg-05-05-2014.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®ion=HPRCC.
Access the U.S. Drought Monitor at: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?NE.
IOWA CROP PROGRESS - CORN 23% PLANTED
Cool weather and persistent wet conditions hindered fieldwork in Iowa during the week ending May 4, 2014, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Average temperatures were below normal for the week, but average precipitation was above normal. Statewide there were 0.9 days suitable for fieldwork.
Recent precipitation improved soil moisture levels. Topsoil moisture levels rated 2 percent very short, 12 percent short, 72 percent adequate and 14 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 10 percent very short, 32 percent short, 54 percent adequate and 4 percent surplus. Northwest Iowa remained the driest with over one-third of topsoil reported as very short or short of moisture.
Planting progress advanced little during the week. Oat seeding was 73 percent complete, 9 percentage points ahead of last year but 16 percentage points behind average. Thirty-eight percent of the oat acreage had emerged, ahead of last year’s 21 percent, but 23 percentage points behind the five-year average. Twenty-three percent of the expected corn acreage was planted, 9 days ahead of last year but 10 days behind normal. Corn started to emerge. There were scattered reports of soybeans being planted.
Pasture condition rated 7 percent very poor, 17 percent poor, 41 percent fair, 31 percent good and 4 percent excellent. Livestock have been moved onto pastures in parts of southern Iowa where pastures have seen more growth.
IOWA PRELIMINARY WEATHER SUMMARY
Provided by Harry Hillaker, State Climatologist, IA Dept of Agriculture & Land Stewardship
A very slow moving storm system brought a prolonged period of rain to the state over the past reporting week. Rain first moved into Iowa on Saturday (26th) night and finally exited the state Thursday (1st) morning with the heaviest rain falling on Sunday (27th). A few brief periods of very light rain also moved through the state over the first weekend of May but were mostly inconsequential. Weekly rain totals varied from 0.55 inches near Rock Rapids in Lyon County of far northwest Iowa to 4.42 inches at Bondurant in Polk County of central Iowa. The rain changed to snow over portions of north central Iowa on Tuesday (29th) night and Wednesday (30th) morning bringing about two inches of accumulation to parts of Mitchell, Howard, Floyd and Chickasaw counties. The statewide average precipitation was 1.64 inches while normal for the week is 0.98 inches. This was the third consecutive week with above normal precipitation for Iowa, however the northwest and southwest corners of the state have continued to lag normal during this time period. Temperatures during the week were mostly below normal. Only the southeast corner of Iowa climbed above normal on Sunday (27th) and Monday (28th) while the far south just barely edged back above normal on Saturday (3rd). Daytime highs were mostly in the 40’s across northern Iowa from Monday (28th) through Thursday (1st). Temperatures for the week as a whole averaged from three degrees below normal along the Missouri border to eight degrees below normal near the Minnesota border with a statewide average of 5.7 degrees below normal. Severe thunderstorms were reported from 13 southeast Iowa counties Sunday (27th) afternoon. The strongest of these storms produced a tornado which touched down northeast of Ottumwa and continued northeastward nearly fifty miles to west of Iowa City resulting in two fatalities in Keokuk County.
USDA Crop Progress: Winter Wheat Takes a Hit, Corn & Soy Plantings Continue Behind Average Pace
Winter wheat condition worsened considerably in the week ended May 4, according to the USDA weekly Crop Progress and Condition report issued Monday afternoon. Thirty-eight percent of the crop is now rated poor to very poor, compared to 34% last week and 39% last year. The percent of the crop rated good to excellent fell to 31% compared to 33% last week. Winter wheat is 29% headed, compared to 18% last week and a 35% five-year average.
Corn planting hit 29% complete, compared to 19% last week and a 42% five-year average. Emergence is slow at 7% compared to 3% last week and a 13% five-year average. Soybean planting progress was also slow in the last week. Five percent of the crop is sown, compared to 3% last week and an 11% five-year average.
Corn Planted - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 91% of the 2013 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
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State : May 4, : April 27, : May 4, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Colorado ........: 11 16 35 30
Illinois ............: 6 32 43 41
Indiana ...........: 7 8 20 34
Iowa ..............: 7 15 23 50
Kansas ..........: 16 37 52 46
Kentucky .......: 31 32 39 52
Michigan ........: 4 1 3 23
Minnesota ......: 2 4 8 46
Missouri .........: 21 47 63 51
Nebraska ........: 12 20 44 45
North Carolina .: 87 60 75 91
North Dakota ..: 1 - - 19
Ohio ..............: 6 4 9 32
Pennsylvania ..: 26 2 8 25
South Dakota .: 6 11 25 23
Tennessee .....: 55 53 68 70
Texas ............: 70 64 73 76
Wisconsin .....: 3 1 2 23
18 States ......: 11 19 29 42
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Corn Emerged - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 91% of the 2013 corn acreage]
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: Week ending :
:-----------------------------------:
State : May 4, : April 27, : May 4, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Colorado ........: - - 1 3
Illinois ............: - 2 8 21
Indiana ..........: - - 2 15
Iowa ..............: - - 1 10
Kansas ..........: 2 11 19 17
Kentucky .......: 11 7 15 34
Michigan ........: - - - 3
Minnesota ......: - - - 5
Missouri .........: 12 10 29 27
Nebraska ........: - 2 7 7
North Carolina .: 67 32 55 67
North Dakota ..: - - - 1
Ohio ..............: - - - 7
Pennsylvania ..: 1 - - 4
South Dakota .: - - 1 2
Tennessee .....: 28 12 35 47
Texas ............: 61 55 58 63
Wisconsin .....: - - - 1
18 States ......: 3 3 7 13
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Soybeans Planted - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 95% of the 2013 soybean acreage]
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: Week ending :
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State : May 4, : April 27, : May 4, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas .......: 13 16 24 29
Illinois ...........: - 2 3 7
Indiana ..........: - 1 3 14
Iowa ..............: - - 1 8
Kansas ..........: - 1 4 5
Kentucky .......: 1 1 2 8
Louisiana .......: 37 55 69 48
Michigan ........: - - 1 8
Minnesota ......: - - - 10
Mississippi .....: 14 24 36 50
Missouri .........: - - 4 6
Nebraska ........: 1 6 11 11
North Carolina .: 2 - 3 8
North Dakota ..: - - - 2
Ohio ...............: 1 1 3 12
South Dakota ..: - - 1 2
Tennessee ......: 1 2 5 7
Wisconsin ......: - - 1 4
18 States ........: 2 3 5 11
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Winter Wheat Headed - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 87% of the 2013 winter wheat acreage]
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: Week ending :
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State : May 4, : April 27, : May 4, : 2009-2013
: 2013 : 2014 : 2014 : Average
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: percent
Arkansas .......: 71 17 49 88
California .......: 94 90 95 95
Colorado ........: - 1 2 6
Idaho .............: - - - -
Illinois ............: - - 2 26
Indiana ...........: 1 1 2 13
Kansas ..........: 3 4 15 29
Michigan ........: - - - -
Missouri .........: 11 - 5 37
Montana .........: - - - -
Nebraska ........: - - - 4
North Carolina .: 69 20 63 82
Ohio ...............: - - - 2
Oklahoma .......: 39 45 81 74
Oregon ...........: 2 2 7 1
South Dakota ..: - - - 1
Texas .............: 52 50 59 68
Washington ....: - - - -
18 States .......: 19 18 29 35
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Winter Wheat Condition - Selected States: Week Ending May 4, 2014
[National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2013 planted acreage]
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State : Very poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent
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: percent
Arkansas .......: - 4 32 51 13
California .......: - 5 15 25 55
Colorado .......: 20 17 32 28 3
Idaho ............: - 1 12 71 16
Illinois ...........: 2 7 31 44 16
Indiana ..........: 1 5 31 52 11
Kansas .........: 18 29 36 16 1
Michigan .......: 5 13 40 36 6
Missouri ........: 2 9 43 40 6
Montana ........: 1 5 31 46 17
Nebraska .......: 3 16 35 42 4
North Carolina : 1 7 23 58 11
Ohio .............: 2 7 41 43 7
Oklahoma .....: 40 33 21 6 -
Oregon .........: 1 6 42 42 9
South Dakota : - 3 33 62 2
Texas ...........: 31 33 23 12 1
Washington ..: 3 15 42 37 3
18 States .....: 17 21 31 26 5
Previous week : 14 20 33 28 5
Previous year .: 19 20 29 27 5
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