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Latest Crop Progress Reports Show Wheat Planting Well Underway While Corn Harvest Continues
Mon, 03 Oct 2016 16:32:36 CDT
The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture crop progress report rates 73 percent of the US Corn Crop as being in good to excellent condition- down 1 point from a week ago, 19 percent fair and 8 percent poor to very poor. Harvested corn reached 24 percent, 3 points below average. National soybean conditions bounced 1 point from a week ago in the good to excellent ratings- now at 74 percent while soybeans are 19 percent fair and 7 percent poor to very poor. The national grain sorghum condition is unchanged from a week ago at 66 percent good to excellent, and still 28 percent fair and 6 percent poor to very poor, as well. Harvested sorghum reached 41 percent, 5 above the average. National cotton conditions are up 1 point from last week in the good to excellent ratings- at 49 percent, 36 percent fair, 12 percent poor and 3 percent very poor. Harvested cotton reached 15 percent, just above the average by 1 point. For the complete USDA Crop Progress report, click here.
In the weekly crop progress report from USDA, Oklahoma winter wheat planted reached 42 percent, up 3 points from the previous year but down 2 points from normal. Winter wheat emerged reached 16 percent, up 4 points from the previous year and up 2 points from normal. Canola planted reached 40 percent, down 14 points from the previous year and down 16 points from normal. Corn mature reached 81 percent, down 15 points from the previous year and down 16 points from normal. Corn harvested reached 60 percent, up 1 point from the previous year but down 9 points from normal. Sorghum mature reached 74 percent, down 3 points from the previous year but up 11 points from normal. Sorghum harvested reached 40 percent, down 4 points from the previous year but up 3 points from normal. Soybeans dropping leaves reached 30 percent, down 3 points from the previous year but up 14 points from normal. Soybeans harvested reached 3 percent, up 1 point from the previous year but down 4 points from normal. Cotton bolls opening reached 63 percent, unchanged from the previous year but down 7 points from normal.
Click here for the full Oklahoma report.
In Texas, winter wheat and oats seeding was in full swing across the state, while cotton harvest continued across the southern half of the state. Meanwhile, areas of West Texas and the Plains, harvest was just getting underway. Corn harvest was 75 percent complete, 11 points higher than last week and 5 up from normal. Mature corn reached 86 percent, 1 point below normal. Sorghum harvest was 69 percent complete, 4 points higher than last week and just 1 above normal. Across the state, sorghum was 80 percent mature, which is equal to the five-year average. Soybeans dropping leaves were at 85 percent, 2 points higher than normal. Cotton harvest was at 17 percent, equal to normal. Cotton bolls opened were at 59 percent, 8 points under the 5-year average.
Click here for the full Texas report.
Crop progress reports in Kansas, show winter wheat planted was 40 percent, equal to last year, and near the five-year average of 43. Emerged was 12 percent, near 15 last year and 16 average. Corn condition rated 2 percent very poor, 7 poor, 26 fair, 54 good, and 11 excellent. Corn mature was 91 percent, near 92 last year and 89 average. Harvested was 47 percent, behind 56 last year and 52 average. Soybean condition rated 1 percent very poor, 4 poor, 24 fair, 55 good, and 16 excellent. Soybeans dropping leaves was 56 percent, behind 64 last year and 66 average. Harvested was 7 percent, behind 12 last year and 13 average. Sorghum condition rated 1 percent very poor, 3 poor, 21 fair, 59 good, and 16 excellent. Sorghum mature was 63 percent, behind 69 last year, but ahead of 46 average. Harvested was 18 percent, near 22 last year, but ahead of 11 average. Cotton condition rated 1 percent very poor, 2 poor, 29 fair, 64 good, and 4 excellent. Cotton setting bolls was 96 percent, near 100 last year and 99 average. Bolls opening was 51 percent, ahead of 46 last year, but near 54 average. Harvested was 4 percent, equal to last year, and near 1 average.
Click here for the full Kansas report.
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