April 22 Crop Progress & Condition - NE - IA - US

NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION

For the week ending April 21, 2019, there were 4.5 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 0 percent very short, 2 short, 79 adequate, and 19 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 0 percent very short, 2 short, 81 adequate, and 17 surplus.

Field Crops Report:
Corn planted was 2 percent, equal to last year, and behind 8 for the five-year average.

Winter wheat condition rated 1 percent very poor, 3 poor, 27 fair, 63 good, and 6 excellent.

Oats planted was 30 percent, behind 44 last year, and well behind 72 average. Emerged was 2 percent, behind 13 last year, and well behind 33 average.



IOWA CROP PROGRESS & CONDITION

It was mostly a dry week with spotty rains throughout the State during the week ending April 21, 2019, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were 4.1 days suitable for fieldwork, which was two more days than the previous week. Warmer temperatures and drier conditions increased fieldwork activities which included anhydrous and fertilizer applications, tillage, seeding oats, and planting corn.

Topsoil moisture levels rated 0 percent very short, 1 percent short, 75 percent adequate and 24 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels rated 0 percent very short, 0 percent short, 65 percent adequate and 35 percent surplus.

Forty-eight percent of the expected oat crop has been planted, 6 days ahead of last year but 5 days behind the 5-year average. Less than a quarter of the expected oats have been planted in northwest and north central Iowa, while all the other districts had at least twenty-five percentage point increases in their expected oats planted.

Pasture Condition rated 3 percent very poor, 8 percent poor, 36 percent fair, 44 percent good and 9 percent excellent. Pastures continue to green gradually, and there were few comments of cattle being turned out to pastures as grazing may hurt the already slow growth. Warmer temperatures have improved livestock conditions and helped dry out feedlots.



USDA: Corn, Spring Wheat Planting Well Below Average Pace

U.S. corn planting came in at 6% this week, remaining behind the five-year average of 12%. Spring wheat planting is 5% completed, also well behind the five-year average of 22%, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress report on Monday.

For the week ended Sunday, April 21, the nation's corn crop gained 3 percentage points from the previous week, but is 2 percentage points behind this time last year and is 6 percentage points behind the five-year average.

Soybeans came in at 1% planted, below the five-year average of 2%. Early activity was noticed in Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas

Spring wheat planting was up 3 percentage points from last week and 2 percentage points from this time last year. However, spring wheat planting is currently 17 percentage points below the five-year average. Outside of the Pacific Northwest, Montana was 10% planted and South Dakota was 2% planted.

Progress of the winter wheat crop came in at 9% headed as of Sunday, 6 percentage points lower than the same time last year and also behind the five-year average of 18%.  The condition of the winter wheat crop, on the other hand, increased 2 percentage points and is now at 62% good to excellent, well above this time last year when the condition was just 31% good to excellent.

Sorghum was 17% planted, compared to 23% last year and a 22% five-year average. Cotton planting was 9% complete, compared to 10% last year and a 9% average. Rice was 31% planted, compared to 47% last year and a 47% average. Eighteen percent of rice was emerged, compared to 20% last year and an average of 25%.  Oats were 36% planted as of April 21, compared to 31% last year and a 51% average. Emergence was at 18%, compared to 20% last year and a 25% average.