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Missouri Crop and Pasture Conditions Are the Worst in the US- The Latest US Crop Progress Report

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 15:57:26 CDT

With little to no relief in sight, the latest USDA National Crop Progress Report shows significant declines again in the latest week for corn, soybean and pasture conditions. Missouri continues to be the epicenter for the worst of the impacts of the drought of 2012, based on poor to very poor ratings for all three commodities.


Nationally, the corn ratings have slipped seven additional percentage points from one week ago in the poor to very poor conditions- now at 45% poor to very poor versus 38% one week ago. Good to excellent ratings have continued to shrink- now at just 26% of the corn crop nationally compared to 31% a week ago and 62% on the 2011 corn crop. The Missouri snapshot has the Show Me state corn crop now at 79% poor to very poor and only five percent good to excellent.


Soybean ratings are similar, as poor to very poor ratings grew five percentage points from July 15 to July 22. Over two thirds of the Missouri soybean crop now has been judged to be in the poor to very poor categories- 68% to be exact. There may still be some hope for Illinois and Indiana soybean producers, although they desperately need a weather break with their soybeans at 59% and 53% poor to very poor respectively.


Livestock producers, who have few if any resources that can be called a safety net, have continued to see the pasture and range conditions head rapidly into poor to very poor ratings when it comes to the midwestern states most impacted by drought. Nationally, the pasture and range conditions are little changed from a week ago- now at 55% poor to very poor, one percentage point up from a week ago whle the good to excellent rating is actually the same as a week ago. Missouri and Illinois pasture conditions fell hard this latest week, as both of these states are above ninety percent poor to very poor- Missouri the most awful at 96% and Illinois increasing by eight percentage points in this last week to 91% poor to very poor. Five states just north of Oklahoma are now above the eighty percentile level of poor to very poor on pasture ratings- Missouri at 96%, Illinois at 91%, Indiana at 89%, Arkansas at 86% and Kansas at 84% poor to very poor.


One crop that can claim improvement from the week of July 15 to the week of July 22 is the US Cotton Crop. A week ago, the good to excellent ratings stood at 45%, this week they are bumped up to 47%.


Click here for today's National Crop Progress Report as released on Monday afternoon by the US Department of Agriculture.



   

 

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