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Southern Plains Row Crops Progressing and Showing Improvement

Mon, 20 Jul 2015 18:22:25 CDT

Oklahoma's corn crop is holding steady, but maturity has made huge strides. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Monday reported the state's corn crop rated 64 percent good to excellent condition. That's unchanged over last week. Corn silking was 82 percent complete, up 17 points from last year and up two points from normal. Soybeans rated 57 percent good to excellent, up one point from last week. The state's cotton crop rated 77 percent good to excellent. That's down three points over last week. Cotton squaring reached 54 percent, down 22 points from last year and down two points from the average. Sorghum rated 78 percent good to excellent, up one point over last week with sorghum headed reaching 35 percent, up three points from average. The peanut crop rated 81 percent good to excellent, unchanged over last week. Click here for the full Oklahoma report.


Corn and sorghum harvest has started in Texas. USDA reports 23 percent of the state's corn crop has been harvested, behind the five year average of 39. Fourteen percent of the sorghum crop has been harvested, behind the five-year average of 29. Crop condition has held nearly steady across the board. USDA reports 63 percent of the corn was in good to excellent condition, 66 percent of the sorghum, 50 percent of the cotton and 56 percent of the peanuts. Click here for the full Texas report.


Wheat harvest in Kansas has nearly wrapped up for another year. USDA reports 96 percent of the crop has been harvested. The Kansas corn crop rated 58 percent good to excellent, up three points from the previous week. Corn silking reached 64 percent, which remains behind last year, but near average. The state's soybean crop rated 51 percent good to excellent. That's up three points from the previous week.   Blooming was at 32 percent, behind last year and the average. The state's cotton crop rated 61 percent good to excellent, down one point from last week. Cotton squaring was at 34 percent, near last year but well behind the 65 average. Click here for the full Kansas report.
   

 

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