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Wheat Harvest Makes Progress Across Southern Plains, Despite Rain from Tropical Storm Bill
Mon, 22 Jun 2015 19:44:21 CDT
Oklahoma wheat harvest made huge strides this past week, even with the arrival Tropical Storm Bill. The latest crop progress report shows wheat harvest gained 20 percentage points. As of Sunday, wheat harvest reached 58 percent complete. That's remains 12 points behind last year and 15 points from normal. Canola harvest reached 78 percent complete. That's a jump of 21 points from last week. Canola harvest remains behind last year and the five-year average. Corn planting reached 96 percent, peanuts reached 90 percent, soybeans were at 86 percent, cotton was at 82 percent and sorghum planting was 72 percent done. Pasture and range conditions rated 77 percent good to fair. Click here for the full Oklahoma report.
Wheat harvest was temporarily delayed in Texas, as Tropical Storm Bill last week dumped up to 20 inches of rain in the Upper Coast region. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports wheat harvest progressed to 64 percent complete. That's an increase of 17 points in the past week. Corn and sorghum in the Southern High Plains, the Blacklands and South Central showed signs of stress due to standing water. Planting of row crops continued to progress, with cotton, corn, sorghum, in line with normal. Soybeans planting reached 84 percent complete, 15 points behind normal. Click here for the full Texas report.
Wheat harvest has gotten underway in southern Kansas. USDA reports harvest was eight percent complete, behind last year's 21 percent and the average of 33 percent. Corn emerged was 94 percent. Cotton planting was at 80 percent complete, sorghum planting was at 78 percent, and soybean planting was at 73 percent. Click here for the full Kansas report.
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