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Southern Plains Wheat Harvest Nearly Complete, Row Crops Showing Improvement

Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:19:13 CDT

Oklahoma's corn crop is showing improvement in condition, but maturity remains well behind average. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Monday reported the state's corn crop rated 64 percent good to excellent condition. That's up two points over last week. Corn silking was 51 percent complete, down four points from last year and down 16 points from average. The state's soybean and cotton crop both dropped a point in the good to excellent category from last week. Soybeans rated 56 percent good to excellent, while the cotton crop rated 80 percent good to excellent. Cotton squaring reached ten percent, down 52 points from last year and down 35 points from the average. Sorghum rated 77 percent good to excellent with sorghum headed reaching 23 percent, unchanged from normal. The peanut crop dropped two points over last week rating 81 percent good to excellent. Oklahoma's wheat and canola harvest has reached 97 percent completion.Click here for the full Oklahoma report.


Kansas is on the homestretch of wheat harvest. USDA reports 93 percent of the crop has been harvested. That's ahead of last year's 87, but near the average of 94. The Kansas corn crop rated 55 percent good to excellent, unchanged over the previous week. Corn silking reached 47 percent, which remains behind last year, but near average. The state's soybean crop rated 48 percent good to excellent, down one point from last week. Blooming was at 17 percent, which remains behind last year and average. The state's cotton crop rated 62 percent good to excellent. That's up one point over last week. Cotton squaring was at 22 percent. That's near last year, but well behind the average of 51. Click here for the full Kansas report.


Corn and sorghum harvest is getting started in Texas, while wheat harvest has nearly wrapped up. USDA reports the state's sorghum crop gained three points over last week with 66 percent in good to excellent condition. Seven percent of the sorghum crop has been harvested, behind the five-year average of 21. The state's corn, cotton and peanut crops held steady over last week with 63 percent of the corn, 51 percent of the cotton and 56 percent of the peanuts rated in good to excellent condition. USDA reports wheat harvest is 95 percent complete. Click here for the full Texas report.

   

 

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