June 25 Crop Progress & Condition Report - NE - IA - US

NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION

For the week ending June 24, 2018, there were 3.6 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 2 percent very short, 13 short, 71 adequate, and 14 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 4 percent very short, 17 short, 74 adequate, and 5 surplus.

Field Crops Report:
Corn condition rated 0 percent very poor, 1 poor, 13 fair, 70 good, and 16 excellent. Corn silking was 2 percent.

Soybean condition rated 0 percent very poor, 3 poor, 12 fair, 71 good, and 14 excellent. Soybeans blooming was 14 percent, ahead of 6 both last year and for the five-year average.

Winter wheat condition rated 4 percent very poor, 8 poor, 21 fair, 58 good, and 9 excellent. Winter wheat harvested was 1 percent, equal to both last year and average.

Sorghum condition rated 0 percent very poor, 1 poor, 16 fair, 76 good, and 7 excellent. Sorghum headed was 2 percent, near 3 last year and 1 average.

Oats condition rated 1 percent very poor, 3 poor, 25 fair, 67 good, and 4 excellent. Oats headed was 91 percent, behind 97 last year, but ahead of 83 average.

Pasture and Range Report:
Pasture and range conditions rated 2 percent very poor, 5 poor, 24 fair, 59 good, and 10 excellent.



IOWA CROP PROGRESS & CONDITION REPORT

Another week of storms which delivered heavy precipitation across much of Iowa resulted in just 2.1 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending June 24, 2018, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Activities for the week included checking rain gauges, assessing flood damage, harvesting hay, and applying post-emergent herbicides when weather permitted.

Topsoil moisture levels rated 1 percent very short, 6 percent short, 68 percent adequate and 25 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 3 percent very short, 10 percent short, 67 percent adequate and 20 percent surplus. Heavy rainfall left many fields ponded and caused flooding in some northern counties. In south central Iowa the topsoil moisture supplies rated adequate to surplus reached 66 percent; the highest percentage in these categories since the week ending June 4, 2017.

Eighty-one percent of the corn crop was rated in good to excellent condition.

Nearly all of the soybean crop has emerged with 4 percent of the crop blooming, 3 days ahead of both last year and the 5-year average. Seventy-nine percent of the soybean crop was rated in good to excellent condition.

Eighty-four percent of the oat crop has headed, 3 days ahead of average. Eighty percent of the oat crop was rated in good to excellent condition.

With the first cutting of alfalfa hay nearing completion, the second cutting reached 8 percent complete. Putting up hay was a challenge this week due to persistent precipitation. Hay condition rated 73 percent good to excellent.

Pasture conditions rated 67 percent good to excellent. Heat and high humidity continued to stress livestock. Muddy conditions have made feedlot operations difficult.



U.S. Corn, Soybean Conditions Mostly Steady Despite Mixed Weather

Despite widely varied weather across the U.S., overall conditions for the nation's corn and soybeans held mostly steady last week, according to the USDA National Ag Statistics Service's weekly Crop Progress report released Monday. NASS lowered its good-to-excellent rating for corn just 1 percentage point, from 78% the previous week to 77% last week.

Meanwhile, NASS' good-to-excellent rating for soybeans stayed at 73% last week.

NASS reported that 41% of winter wheat was harvested as of Sunday, ahead of the five-year average of 33%. The Kansas winter wheat harvest was 52% complete, well ahead of its usual pace.

Spring wheat progress was also ahead of normal with 34% of the crop headed compared to 33% last year and the five-year average of 27%. USDA reported 77% of spring wheat crops were rated in good-to-excellent condition, the highest since 2012 when crops showed the same rating.

Cotton squaring was 32%, ahead of the average pace of 28%. Six percent of cotton was setting bolls, near the average of 5%.

Sorghum was 95% planted as of Sunday, compared to 89% last week, 94% last year and a five-year average of 91%. Sorghum headed was 20%, near the average of 21%.

Barley headed was 28%, slightly behind the average of 32%. Oats headed was 67%, near the average of 68%.