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Harvest and Planting Progressing with Drier Weather
Mon, 08 Jun 2015 17:28:59 CDT
Soybean and cotton planting continues to progress nationally. That's according to the latest crop progress report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Soybean planting has reached 79 percent complete. That's behind last year's 86 and average of 81. USDA reports 68 percent of the crop has emerged with 69 percent of the crop in good to excellent condition, 26 percent in fair and five percent in poor to very poor condition. Cotton planting reached 81 percent. That's behind last year's 87 and average of 89. The crop rated 50 percent good to excellent condition, 43 fair and seven percent poor.
The nation's corn crop has reached 91 percent emergence, in line with last year and average. The crop has started off looking similar to the 2014 crop. The crop was rated 74 percent good to excellent, 22 percent fair and four percent poor to very poor.
To view the full national crop progress report, click here.
Wheat harvest has gotten underway in Oklahoma. The latest crop progress report has 13 percent of the crop harvested. That's behind last year's 23 and the five year average of 37. Wheat crop conditions remain unchanged with 36 percent in good to excellent condition, 41 percent fair and 23 percent poor to very poor. Planting was nearing completion with 89 percent of the state's corn crop seeded as of Sunday and peanut planting was 86 percent complete. Sorghum seedbed preparation reached 89 percent, soybeans 71 and cotton was 95 percent. Topsoil and subsoil moisture conditions were rated mostly adequate to surplus. Click here for the full Oklahoma report.
Wheat harvest continued in Texas. USDA reports 20 percent of the crop has been harvested. That's about 10 points behind last year and the five-year average. Wheat and oats have suffered damage in the Cross Timbers region due to excess moisture. USDA has half of the wheat crop rated in good to excellent condition, 32 fair and 18 poor to very poor. Planting has progressed with drier weather. Corn planting reached 93 percent complete, cotton was 75 percent planted, peanuts 87 percent, sorghum 82 percent and soybeans 73 percent. Click here for the full Texas report.
Planting continues to be delayed in Kansas. Some areas in northeast part of the state received up to six inches of rain this past week. There were concerns some corn may need to be replanted where flooding occurred. Corn planting reached 93 percent, soybeans were at 31 percent, cotton was at 63 percent planted, sorghum was at 30 percent planted. The wheat crop condition was unchanged over last week with 30 percent rated good to excellent, 41 fair, and 29 percent poor to very poor. Click here for the full Kansas report.
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