June 24 Crop Progress & Condition Report - NE - IA - US

NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION

For the week ending June 23, 2019, there were 3.3 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 0 percent very short, 1 short, 77 adequate, and 22 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 0 percent very short, 1 short, 81 adequate, and 18 surplus.

Field Crops Report:
Corn condition rated 1 percent very poor, 3 poor, 19 fair, 66 good, and 11 excellent. Corn emerged was 95 percent, behind 100 both last year and for the five-year average.

Soybean condition rated 0 percent very poor, 3 poor, 22 fair, 68 good, and 7 excellent. Soybeans planted was 96 percent, near 100 last year and 99 average. Emerged was 85 percent, behind 99 last year and 96 average.

Winter wheat condition rated 1 percent very poor, 5 poor, 24 fair, 44 good, and 26 excellent. Winter wheat headed was 94 percent, near 98 last year, and behind 99 average.

Sorghum condition rated 0 percent very poor, 2 poor, 18 fair, 76 good, and 4 excellent. Sorghum planted was 91 percent, behind 99 last year and 98 average. Headed was 5 percent, near 2 last year and 1 average.

Oats condition rated 1 percent very poor, 5 poor, 20 fair, 64 good, and 10 excellent. Oats emerged was 95 percent, behind 100 both last year and average. Headed was 53 percent, well behind 89 last year and 84 average.

Pasture and Range Report:
Pasture and range conditions rated 0 percent very poor, 1 poor, 8 fair, 69 good, and 22 excellent.



IOWA CROP PROGRESS & CONDITION REPORT

Another wet week as showers and thunderstorms moved through the State meant Iowa farmers had limited opportunities for fieldwork during the week ending June 23, 2019, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were just 3.1 days suitable for fieldwork. Fieldwork activities included planting, harvesting hay, spraying and applying nitrogen.

Topsoil moisture condition was rated 0 percent very short, 1 percent short, 68 percent adequate and 31 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture condition was rated 0 percent very short, 1 percent short, 62 percent adequate and 37 percent surplus.

Ninety-six percent of the expected corn crop has emerged, two weeks behind last year and 15 days behind the 5-year average. Corn condition improved to 62 percent good to excellent.

Ninety-five percent of the expected soybean crop has been planted, two weeks behind average. Eighty-one percent of the crop has emerged, over two weeks behind last year and average. Soybean condition rated 63 percent good to excellent, also an improvement from the last report.

Oats headed reached 58 percent, eight days behind last year and average, while 3 percent of the crop has started coloring. Oat condition rated 63 percent good to excellent.

Wet conditions slowed progress on the first cutting of alfalfa hay with just 73 percent of the crop harvested statewide, nearly two weeks behind average. Hay condition rated 66 percent good to excellent.

Pasture condition continued to improve and rated 69 percent good to excellent. Feedlots were muddy after recent rainfalls.



96% of Intended Corn Planted; 85% of Intended Soybeans Planted

Ninety-six percent of the corn that farmers intend to plant this year -- on those acres that were still farmable following relentless rains and flooding this spring -- was planted as of Sunday, June 23, according to the latest USDA NASS Crop Progress report released Monday.

Progress was up just 4 percentage points from 92% the previous week. That put planting progress 4 percentage points behind both last year's pace and the five-year average of 100%. But at this stage in the growing season, advancement in corn planting progress is most likely due to farmers abandoning plans to plant remaining acres they had originally intended to plant to corn. For those farmers, planting would then be considered complete for the season, according to sources at NASS.

Planting progress estimates represent the portion of the crop that was planted relative to farmers' planting intentions as of last week, not as of the March Prospective Plantings report or what they had originally intended to plant at the start of the season, Lance Honig, chief of the Crops Branch at NASS, said in an interview with USDA Radio Newsline last week.

An estimated 89% of corn was emerged as of Sunday, 10 percentage points behind the five-year average of 99%.

NASS estimated that 56% of corn that was emerged was in good-to-excellent condition, down 3 percentage points from 59% the previous week and below 77% at the same time last year.

Meanwhile, an estimated 85% of intended soybean acres were planted, up 8 percentage points from 77% the previous week. Progress was 12 percentage points behind the five-year average of 97%, continuing to improve slightly from last week's report when soybean planting was 16 percentage points behind average.

Nationwide, 71% of soybeans were emerged, 20 percentage points behind the average of 91%. In last week's report, soybean emergence was 29 percentage points behind average.

NASS also included its first soybean condition rating of the season in Monday's report.  The first good-to-excellent rating for soybeans in 2019 was 54%, on the lower end of guesses and down from 73% a year ago.

Winter wheat was 94% headed as of Sunday, behind last year's 98% and 5 percentage points behind the five-year average of 99%. Winter wheat harvest reached 15% complete as of Sunday, well behind 39% last year and also behind the average of 34%. Sixty-one percent of the winter wheat remaining in fields was rated in good-to-excellent condition, down from 64% the previous week.

Seven percent of the spring wheat crop was headed, up just 5 percentage points from the previous week, putting progress well behind last year's 30% and the five-year average of 29%. Spring wheat condition for the portion of the crop that was emerged was rated 75% good to excellent, down 2 percentage points from 77% the previous week.

Sorghum was 84% planted, compared to 94% last year and a five-year average of 91%. Seventeen percent of sorghum was headed, slightly behind the five-year average of 20%. Oats emerged were at 97%, compared to 100% last year and an average of 100%. Forty-three percent of oats were headed, behind the average of 68%.

Cotton planting was 96% complete, compared to 99% last year and the average of 98%. Cotton squaring, at 30%, was slightly ahead of the average pace of 28%. Cotton setting bolls was 3%, slightly behind the average of 5%. Rice was 97% emerged, compared to 100% last year and an average of 100%. Five percent of rice was headed, slightly behind the average of 8%.