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Oklahoma Wheat Harvest Now 83% Done- Corn and Soybean Ratings Sliding in the Eastern Cornbelt
Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:24:35 CDT
The 2015 Oklahoma Hard Red Winter Wheat harvest moves closer to a conclusion- but the 83% harvested number released on Monday afternoon by USDA is behind the 87% percent complete one year ago and the five year average of 89%. It did show that one fourth of the total expected acreage was harvested this past week- as the state jumped from 58% complete a week ago to 83% today. The 2015 Winter Canola Crop Harvest is called by USDA at 89%- a smaller number than was indicated by the Executive Director Ron Sholar of the Great Plains Canola Association in an interview that Farm Director Ron Hays did with him this past Friday.
Meanwhile in Kansas, it was truly harvest jumping into road gear with forty percent of the expected crop was harvested over the last week. Harvest progress in Kansas jumped from 8% a week ago to 48% this week. The 48% was ten percentage points ahead of the pace set in 2014, but twelve points behind the 60% completion that is the five year average.
The Texas Wheat harvest was at a slower pace with another 6% of the crop was harvested over this past week- with the total harvested number in Texas now at 70% done. That is compared to the five year average of 78% and the 2014 number as of the end of June at 76%.
Click on the state name below to jump to the State Crop Weather Update released by the State Statisticians for each state:
Click here for the Oklahoma Crop Weather Update
For the Kansas Crop Weather Update, click here.
If you are interested in the Texas Crop Weather Update- click here.
At the National Level- With U.S. corn just entering the silking stage, the crop condition declined slightly, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. With 68 percent of acres still rated in good or excellent condition, seven points behind this time last year, the 2015 corn crop enters the next growth state with solid potential.
"As wet conditions continue to plague farmers with June almost complete, the abundance of rain is beginning to take a toll on overall crop quality," said National Corn Growers Association President Chip Bowling. "Yet, with planting complete and tasseling still ahead, a more advantageous mixture of sun, heat and well-timed showers could help the crop recover. As is so often true, the conditions prevalent during tasseling will play a sizeable role in determining the size of the crop at harvest."
Corn acres entering the silking stage fell behind the five-year average by four points, with four percent of all acres up by June 28. At the same time, the crop condition held relatively steady with acres rated excellent stable over the past week and those rated good lowered by three points.
The condition of the US Soybean crop also dropped by a couple of percentage points- with the concern being the number of unplanted soybeans as we come to the end of June. Unplanted soybean acres in today's report total 5.1 million, with 2.8 million of those in Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri (mostly in Missouri).
The condition scores for both soybeans and corn are going down the quickest in the eastern cornbelt states- where it has been very wet- think Indiana and Ohio.
To review the full report of all of the spring planted crops, soil moisture and pasture-range conditions- clcik here.
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