July 1 Crop Progress & Condition Report - NE - IA - US

NEBRASKA CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION

For the week ending June 30, 2019, there were 5.3 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 0 percent very short, 7 short, 82 adequate, and 11 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 0 percent very short, 4 short, 84 adequate, and 12 surplus.

Field Crops Report:
Corn condition rated 1 percent very poor, 4 poor, 21 fair, 64 good, and 10 excellent.

Soybean condition rated 1 percent very poor, 4 poor, 21 fair, 66 good, and 8 excellent. Soybeans emerged was 96 percent, near 100 last year and 98 for the five-year average.

Winter wheat condition rated 1 percent very poor, 5 poor, 21 fair, 45 good, and 28 excellent. Winter wheat headed was 98 percent, near 100 both last year and average.

Sorghum condition rated 0 percent very poor, 2 poor, 14 fair, 80 good, and 4 excellent. Sorghum planted was 97 percent, near 100 last year and 99 average. Headed was 9 percent, near 5 last year, and ahead of 2 average.

Oats condition rated 1 percent very poor, 3 poor, 19 fair, 68 good, and 9 excellent. Oats headed was 75 percent, well behind 96 last year, and behind 92 average.

Dry edible bean condition rated 2 percent very poor, 3 poor, 33 fair, 54 good, and 8 excellent. Dry edible beans planted was 95 percent. Emerged was 79 percent.

Pasture and Range Report:
Pasture and range conditions rated 1 percent very poor, 2 poor, 10 fair, 68 good, and 19 excellent.



IOWA CROP PROGRESS & CONDITION REPORT

Iowa experienced scattered storms across the State that delivered high winds and hail limiting opportunities for fieldwork during the week ending June 30, 2019, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service. Statewide there were 4.4 days suitable for fieldwork. Fieldwork activities included planting, harvesting hay and spraying.

Topsoil moisture condition was rated 0 percent very short, 2 percent short, 74 percent adequate and 24 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture condition was rated 0 percent very short, 1 percent short, 69 percent adequate and 30 percent surplus.

Corn condition improved to 64 percent good to excellent.

Soybean planting has nearly finished with 97 percent of the expected soybean crop planted. Ninety percent of the crop has emerged, over two weeks behind the 5-year average, and one percent has started to bloom. Soybean condition rated 64 percent good to excellent, also an improvement from last week.

Seventy-nine percent of the oat crop has headed, 8 days behind last year and average. Nine percent of the crop has started coloring, nearly a week behind average. Oat condition rated 64 percent good to excellent.

Eighty-three percent of the first cutting of alfalfa hay has been cut, two weeks behind average. Reports that a second cutting of alfalfa hay has also began across the State. Hay condition declined to 63 percent good to excellent.

Pasture condition rated 70 percent good to excellent. Livestock experienced some stress with the recent heat. Feedlots remain muddy, but have started to improve.



Corn Condition Estimated at 56% Good to Excellent; 92% of Intended Soybean Acres Planted

Corn and soybean conditions -- for the portion of those crops that was planted and emerged -- held steady last week, according to the latest USDA NASS Crop Progress report released Monday.

NASS has stopped reporting corn planting progress for this season. But, as of Sunday, June 30, an estimated 94% of corn that did get planted was emerged, 6 percentage points behind the five-year average of 100%. The portion of the crop that had emerged was rated 56% in good-to-excellent condition, unchanged from the previous week.

Soybean planting jumped another 7 percentage points last week to reach 92% complete as of Sunday. Progress was 7 percentage points behind the five-year average of 99%.

Nationwide, 83% of soybeans were emerged, 12 percentage points behind the average of 95%. That was an improvement from last Monday's report when soybean emergence was 20 percentage points behind average. As with corn, the nationwide condition rating for soybeans held steady last week, at 54% good to excellent.

Winter wheat heading was nearly complete at 97%. Winter wheat harvest picked up speed last week, moving ahead 15 percentage points to reach 30% complete as of Sunday. However, harvest was still considerably behind last year's 50% and the five-year average pace of 48%.

Sixty-three percent of the winter wheat remaining in fields was rated in good-to-excellent condition, up 2 percentage points from 61% the previous week. That was considerably better than last year's good-to-excellent rating of 37% at the same time last year.

Twenty-five percent of the spring wheat crop was headed, up 18 percentage points from the previous week. However, heading was still well behind last year's 55% and the five-year average of 52%.  Spring wheat condition for the portion of the crop that was emerged was rated 75% good to excellent, unchanged from the previous week.

Sorghum was 94% planted, compared to 98% last year and a five-year average of 96%. Twenty percent of sorghum was headed, just 3 percentage points behind the five-year average of 23%. Oats were 58% headed, behind the average of 81%.

Cotton squaring reached 37% as of Sunday, slightly behind of the average pace of 39%. Cotton setting bolls was 7%, also slightly behind the average of 9%. Ten percent of rice was headed, behind the average of 15%.