November 19 Crop Progress & Harvest Report - NE - IA - US

NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND HARVEST REPORT

For the week ending November 18, 2018, there were 5.7 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 0 percent very short, 6 short, 87 adequate, and 7 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 1 percent very short, 8 short, 86 adequate, and 5 surplus.

Field Crops Report: Corn harvested was 88 percent, near 92 last year, and behind 93 for the five-year average.

Soybeans harvested was 97 percent, near 100 both last year and average.

Winter wheat condition rated 2 percent very poor, 5 poor, 23 fair, 51 good, and 19 excellent.

Sorghum harvested was 91 percent, near 90 last year and 95 average.

Pasture and Range Report: Pasture and range conditions rated 1 percent very poor, 3 poor, 18 fair, 70 good, and 8 excellent.



IOWA CROP PROGRESS & HARVEST REPORT

Iowa farmers had a rather cold 4.8 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending November 18, 2018, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Activities for the week included harvesting corn and soybeans, baling stalks, applying anhydrous and manure, moving grain, repairing tile, and fall tillage in areas where the ground was not too frozen.

Topsoil moisture levels rated 0 percent very short, 1 percent short, 81 percent adequate and 18 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 0 percent very short, 2 percent short, 78 percent adequate and 20 percent surplus.

Ninety-one percent of the State’s corn for grain crop has been harvested, 4 days behind the five-year average. Farmers in northwest and north central Iowa have harvested 96 percent of their corn for grain while farmers in the southwest have 22 percent of their corn for grain remaining to be harvested. Moisture content of field corn being harvested averaged 16 percent.

Soybean harvest was 97 percent complete, 5 days behind last year and 4 days behind the average.

Feedlots and pastures have begun freezing with some areas reporting frost down to 3 inches. The adjustment to extremely cold temperatures and snow-covered pastures caused livestock some minor stress.



10% of Corn, 9% of Soybeans Still in Field

An estimated 10% of the nation's corn crop and 9% of the soybean crop was left to harvest as of Sunday, Nov. 18, USDA's National Ag Statistics Service said in its weekly Crop Progress report on Monday.

Corn harvest ended last week at 90% complete, up 6 percentage points from the previous week. Harvest was near last year's pace of 89% complete but was 3 percentage points behind the five-year average of 93%.

Meanwhile, 91% of the nation's soybeans were harvested as of Sunday, up just 3 percentage points from the previous week. Harvest is still 5 percentage points behind the five-year average of 96%.

Eighty percent of the sorghum crop was harvested as of Sunday, behind 89% last year and 10 percentage points behind the five-year average of 90%.

Winter wheat progress also remained behind normal last week. Ninety-three percent of the crop was planted as of Sunday, behind last year's 97% and also behind the five-year average of 97%. Winter wheat emerged, at 81%, was behind both last year's pace of 87% and the average pace of 88%.  NASS estimated 56% of the nation's winter wheat was in good-to-excellent condition, up 2 percentage points from 54% the previous week and also up from 52% at the same time last year.