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USDA Weekly Crop Progress 10/19 15:38
USDA Crop Progress: Corn 44% Harvested, Soybeans 64% Harvested as of Oct. 18
Corn was 44% harvested, and the remaining crop was rated 56% in
good-to-excellent condition as of Sunday, Oct. 18. Soybeans were 64% harvested.
EllaMae Reiff
DTN Content Editor
This article was originally published at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, Oct. 19.
It was last updated with additional information at 3:38 p.m. CDT on Monday,
Oct. 19.
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OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. corn and soybean harvests remain slightly behind their
five-year averages, though soybean progress has nearly caught up, trailing the
average by just 1 percentage point, according to USDA NASS's weekly Crop
Progress report released Monday.
Most producers can expect sunny skies, warm temperatures and good conditions
for fieldwork this week, while showers in the West may help drought and
increase soil moisture, according to DTN Ag Meteorologist John Baranick.
CORN
-- Crop development: Corn mature was pegged at 95%, 1 percentage point
behind the five-year average of 96%. DTN Senior Analyst Dana Mantini noted that
Michigan and Ohio are lagging, with Michigan at 62% mature and Ohio at 78%.
-- Harvest progress: NASS estimated that 44% of corn had been harvested
nationally as of Oct. 18, 8 percentage points behind the five-year average of
52%. Mantini said Michigan, Pennsylvania and Iowa are lagging well behind
average, with harvest progress at 13%, 15% and 26%, respectively.
-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 56% of the crop remaining in fields
was in good-to-excellent condition, steady with the previous week. Seventeen
percent of the crop was rated very poor to poor, also steady with the previous
week.
SOYBEANS
-- Crop development: Soybeans dropping leaves were pegged at 96%, 1
percentage point behind the five-year average of 97%.
-- Harvest progress: NASS estimated that 64% of soybeans had been harvested
as of Sunday, 1 percentage point behind the five-year average of 65%. Mantini
said harvest progress remains well behind the average pace in Michigan,
Nebraska and Iowa, where 37%, 52% and 57% of soybeans have been harvested.
WINTER WHEAT
-- Planting progress: Winter wheat planting was estimated at 63% complete
nationally, 6 percentage points behind the five-year average of 69%. Mantini
noted that planting in top-producing Kansas was 60% complete, compared with the
state's five-year average of 69%, while Oklahoma was 37% planted, 22 percentage
points behind its five-year average of 59%.
-- Crop development: Winter wheat emerged was estimated at 39%, 4 percentage
points behind the five-year average 43%.
THE WEEK AHEAD IN WEATHER
Sunny skies and warm temperatures will provide a great week for producers to
get fieldwork done across much of the country, though showers will bring
beneficial moisture to the West and could slow work in some areas, according to
DTN Ag Meteorologist John Baranick.
"This will be a great week of weather for most producers to get out and do
all the work they can," Baranick said. "Widespread high pressure east of the
Rockies will produce a lot of sunny skies, warm temperatures, and good
conditions to do fieldwork including harvest, tillage, fertilizer application,
or winter planting. However, an upper-level trough is moving into the West
where showers will be widespread throughout most of the week. That should help
with drought and increasing soil moisture for those folks, but will make it
difficult to get work done. The system will move into the Northern Plains on
Friday. Winds should pick up around the system and so should scattered showers.
As the system moves north into Canada, the front will stretch out across the
Southern Plains into the Upper Midwest for the weekend where showers will
likely continue. The forecast isn't calling for much heavy rain, so this would
be more of a nuisance and a slight delay rather than bog down producers again."
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To view weekly crop progress reports issued by National Ag Statistics
Service offices in individual states, visit http://www.nass.usda.gov/. Look for
the U.S. map in the "Find Data and Reports by" section and choose the state you
wish to view in the drop-down menu. Then look for that state's "Crop Progress &
Condition" report.
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Editor's Note: How are your crops looking? Are they better, worse or right
on track with USDA NASS' observations this week? Send us your comments, and
we'll include them in next week's Crop Progress report story. You can email
comments to talk@dtn.com. Please include the location of where you farm.
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National Crop Progress Summary
This Last Last 5-Year
Week Week Year Avg.
Corn mature 95 91 NA 96
Corn harvested 44 33 NA 52
96 92 NA 97
Soybeans dropping leaves
64 46 NA 65
Soybeans harvested
63 51 NA 69
Winter wheat planted
39 27 NA 43
Winter wheat emerged
Cotton bolls opening 85 82 NA 89
Cotton harvested 41 31 NA 37
Sorghum mature 87 80 NA 92
Sorghum harvested 46 40 NA 58
Rice harvested 97 92 NA 93
Sugarbeets harvested 55 32 NA 57
Sunflowers harvested 24 14 NA 26
Peanuts harvested 39 29 NA 46
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National Crop Condition Summary
(VP=Very Poor; P=Poor; F=Fair; G=Good; E=Excellent)
VP P F G E
Corn
This Week 5 12 27 43 13
Prev Week 5 12 27 44 12
Prev Year NA NA NA NA NA
DTN 5-Yr Avg 5 10 26 46 13
Peanuts
2 12 34 47 5
This Week
2 11 33 48 6
Prev Week
NA NA NA NA NA
Prev Year
2 8 32 51 7
DTN 5-Yr Avg
Cotton
This Week 13 24 28 28 7
Prev Week 12 24 30 28 6
Prev Year NA NA NA NA NA
DTN 5-Yr Avg 12 17 30 34 6
EllaMae Reiff can be reached at ellamae.reiff@dtn.com
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