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Nation's Soybean and Cotton Planting Nearly Complete, Wheat Harvest Makes Slow Progress
Mon, 15 Jun 2015 18:15:30 CDT
Soybean and cotton planting has reached the homestretch. That's according to the latest crop progress report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Soybean planting has reached 87 percent complete, slightly behind the five-year average of 90 percent. USDA reports 75 percent of the crop has emerged with 67 percent of the crop in good to excellent condition, 27 percent in fair and six percent in poor to very poor condition. Cotton planted reached 91 percent complete. That's behind last year's 94 and average of 96. The crop rated 55 percent good to excellent condition, 38 fair and seven percent poor. That's a jump of five points in the good to excellent category over last week. The nation's sorghum planting reached 71 percent complete. The nation's corn crop has reached 97 percent emergence. The crop was rated 73 percent good to excellent, 22 percent fair and five percent poor to very poor. To view the full national crop progress report, click here.
As precipitation remains above normal, Oklahoma's wheat harvest remains behind. In the weekly USDA crop weather report, the state's wheat harvest reached 38 percent. That's behind last year's 44 percent and the five-year average of 57 percent. Canola harvest made huge gains over the last week jumping from six percent complete to 57 percent harvested. Canola harvest remains behind last year and the five-year average. Planting of row crops was nearly complete with peanuts 99 percent complete, corn was 94 percent planted with 85 percent of the crop emerged. Seedbed preparation for cotton was 97 percent done, sorghum was at 94 percent and soybeans 82 percent. First cutting of alfalfa was 87 percent complete. Pasture and range conditions rated 73 percent good to fair. Click here for the full Oklahoma report.
Rain continues to delay wheat harvest in parts of Texas. USDA reported the state's wheat harvest reached 47 percent. That's ahead of last year's 39 percent and five-year average of 46 percent. Row crops across the state continued to progress as planting continued. Producers in the Trans-Pecos region began replanting cotton, while producers in the Blacklands and North East region sustained damage to their sorghum and corn crops due to flooding. Corn planting was 98 percent planted, peanuts were 94 percent, cotton 88 percent, sorghum 83 percent and soybeans 81 percent. Click here for the full Texas report.
Wheat harvest is slow to get underway in Kansas. The weekly crop progress report has two percent of the crop harvested. That's in-line with last year, but behind the average of 18 percent. Corn planting was at 97 percent, cotton planting was at 76 percent, sorghum was at 58 percent and soybeans were at 57 percent. Overall, planting remains well-behind the five-year average. Click here for the full Kansas report.
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