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USDA Weekly Crop Progress 06/30 15:55
USDA Crop Progress: Corn Rated 73% Good to Excellent, Soybeans 66% Good to
Excellent as of June 29
Corn was rated 73% in good-to-excellent condition, and soybeans were rated
66% in good-to-excellent condition as of Sunday, June 29. Winter wheat harvest
reached 37% complete.
EllaMae Reiff
DTN Content Editor
This article was originally published at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, June 30.
It was last updated with additional information at 3:55 p.m. CDT on Monday,
June 30.
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OMAHA (DTN) -- The condition of the U.S. corn crop increased slightly while
soybean conditions remained steady last week, USDA NASS reported in its weekly
Crop Progress report on Monday.
Multiple weather systems will maintain the pattern of scattered showers and
thunderstorms across the central and eastern U.S. this week, with some areas
receiving heavy downpours while others remain relatively dry, according to DTN
Ag Meteorologist John Baranick.
CORN
-- Crop development: Corn silking was pegged at 8%, 2 percentage points
behind of last year's 10% but 2 percentage points ahead of the five-year
average of 6%.
-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 73% of the crop was in
good-to-excellent condition, up 3 points from 70% the previous week and 6
points ahead of last year's 67%. Five percent of the crop was rated very poor
to poor, down 1 point from 6% the previous week and lower than 9% last year.
Iowa corn is rated 85% good to excellent, Nebraska is at 77% and Illinois is at
71%.
SOYBEANS
-- Crop development: 94% of soybeans had emerged as of Sunday, consistent
with last year but 1 point behind of the five-year average of 95%. Soybeans
blooming was pegged at 17%, 1 point behind of last year's 18% but 1 point ahead
of the five-year average of 16%. Soybeans setting pods was estimated at 3%,
also equal to last year and up 1 point from the five-year average of 2%.
-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 66% of soybeans were in
good-to-excellent condition, unchanged from the previous week and 1 point below
67% last year. Seven percent of soybeans were rated very poor to poor,
unchanged from the previous week and 1 point below last year's 8%.
WINTER WHEAT
-- Harvest progress: Harvest maintained a steady pace last week, moving
ahead 18 percentage points to reach 37% complete nationwide Sunday. That was 15
points behind of last year's 52% and 5 points behind of the five-year average
pace of 42%. Texas' winter wheat is 80% complete, 5 points behind last year and
the five-year average pace of 85%. Oklahoma made a big jump to reach 71%
complete compared to 35% the previous week, but is 28 points behind last year's
99% and 17 points behind the five-year average of 88%.
-- Crop condition: 48% of the crop remaining in fields was rated in
good-to-excellent condition, down 1 point from 49% the previous week and 3
points below from 51% a year ago, according to NASS.
SPRING WHEAT
-- Crop development: 96% of spring wheat has emerged, 4 points behind 100%
from last year and the five-year average. 38% of the crop was headed, which is
3 points ahead of last year's 35% and 1 point ahead of the five-year average of
37%.
-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 53% of the crop was in
good-to-excellent condition nationwide, down 1 point from 54% the previous week
and 19 points down from 72% last year. Eighty-seven percent of spring wheat in
Minnesota was rated in good-to-excellent condition, and 69% of the North Dakota
crop was considered good to excellent.
THE WEEK AHEAD IN WEATHER
Active weather patterns continue to bring widespread rainfall across most
areas east of the Rockies this week, creating challenging conditions for winter
wheat harvest and potentially worsening already-saturated southeastern areas,
according to DTN Ag Meteorologist John Baranick.
"Active weather continues to be the case across most of the U.S., even when
the upper-level pattern is changing," Baranick said. "It doesn't seem to matter
what the presentation is, we still get a lot of rainfall east of the Rockies.
That continues to be true this week as well. We've got one front sweeping
through the country early this week and bringing widespread showers and
thunderstorms, a continuation from the weekend farther northwest. Though it
does get a little quieter behind that front, some showers will be possible
across the north and then another system will move into the Plains on Thursday
and slow-walk itself across the middle of the country through the holiday
weekend.
"Showers and thunderstorms continue to move in clusters though, leaving some
areas drier while others get a massive soaking. We've had more issues with
wetness than dryness this season so far though, and that includes in the Plains
that are trying to harvest their winter wheat. It may be more of a struggle in
some areas again this week. It's also been too wet in the Southeast and the
front that sweeps through the country this week will stall from the northern
Gulf to the Atlantic just off the coast of the Carolinas. That will be a spot
to watch for a potential tropical storm developing later this week or weekend
as well, which may bring even more heavy rain into areas that don't need it.
"The only large area of dryness is found west of the Rockies and
particularly in the Pacific Northwest where a lack of rain has increased
drought conditions in recent weeks. Some spotty showers will be possible there
this week, but not a lot and temperatures will be hot early this week. They'll
get a little break later this week and weekend, but then that heat will
increase again next week, leading to poor conditions for wheat and specialty
crops in the region."
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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 Silking 8 4 10 6
Soybeans Emerged 94 90 94 95
Soybeans Blooming 17 8 18 16
Soybeans Setting Pods 3 NA 3 2
Winter Wheat Harvested 37 19 52 42
Spring Wheat Emerged 96 93 100 100
Spring Wheat Headed 38 17 35 37
Cotton Planted 95 92 97 98
Cotton Squaring 40 26 41 37
Cotton Setting Bolls 9 5 11 9
Sorghum Planted 92 84 95 94
Sorghum Headed 18 14 19 20
Oats Headed 74 60 72 72
Barley Emerged 96 94 99 99
Barley Headed 35 17 34 37
Rice Headed 19 13 17 14
Peanuts Pegging 41 26 42 39
Sunflowers Planted 97 91 96 96
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National Crop Condition Summary
(VP=Very Poor; P=Poor; F=Fair; G=Good; E=Excellent)
This Week Last Week Last Year
VP P F G E VP P F G E VP P F G E
Corn 1 4 22 58 15 2 4 24 56 14 3 6 24 52 15
Soybeans 2 5 27 55 11 2 5 27 56 10 2 6 25 55 12
Winter Wheat 6 14 32 41 7 6 13 32 43 6 5 10 34 41 10
Spring Wheat 1 13 33 48 5 3 12 31 49 5 1 3 24 61 11
Rice NA 2 18 56 24 NA 2 20 57 21 1 2 15 67 15
Oats 6 9 24 54 7 7 9 27 49 8 6 5 22 57 10
Barley 1 11 45 41 2 1 14 43 40 2 1 4 31 60 4
Cotton 5 12 32 44 7 6 14 33 41 6 8 9 33 44 6
Peanuts NA 3 25 62 10 1 4 23 64 8 3 9 35 49 4
Sorghum 2 5 29 53 11 2 4 33 51 19 3 5 34 50 8
EllaMae Reiff can be reached at ellamae.reiff@dtn.com
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