USDA Crop Progress Report
Wet Weather Slowed Corn, Soybean Harvest Last Week, According to Latest USDA Crop Progress Report
This article was originally posted at 3:05 p.m. CDT on Monday, Nov. 1. It was last updated at 3:37 p.m. CDT on Monday, Nov. 1.
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OMAHA (DTN) -- Widespread precipitation across the U.S. slowed the row-crop harvest last week, with soybean harvest falling behind the five-year average pace by week's end, USDA NASS said in its weekly national Crop Progress report Monday.
Following a 13-percentage-point gain the previous week, the nation's soybean harvest progressed only 6 percentage points last week to reach 79% complete as of Sunday, Oct. 31. With that slowdown, harvest is now 7 percentage points behind last year's 86% and 2 percentage points behind the five-year average of 81%.
"Minnesota leads the way at 98% soybeans harvested," said DTN Senior Analyst Dana Mantini. "Iowa is 88% harvested, while Illinois lags at 75% versus an 86% average."
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The corn harvest was also slowed by wet weather last week, though progress managed to stay ahead of the average pace. Following a 14-percentage-point jump the previous week, corn harvest moved ahead just 8 percentage points last week to reach 74% complete as of Sunday. That is 7 percentage points behind last year's pace but 8 percentage points ahead of the five-year average of 66%.
"Illinois corn is 81% harvested, Iowa is 70% finished, Nebraska is 72% and Minnesota is 83% done," Mantini said.
While the row-crop harvest slowed last week, winter wheat planting moved slightly ahead of the average pace, reaching 87% complete as of Sunday, 1 percentage point ahead of the five-year average of 86%. Winter wheat emerged, pegged at 67%, was just 1 percentage points behind the five-year average of 68%.
"Illinois, Indiana and Ohio continue to lag the winter wheat planting averages at 70%, 75% and 80% done," Mantini said.
NASS estimated the crop's condition at 45% good to excellent, down 1 percentage point from 46% the previous week but up from 43% a year ago.
"In Kansas, the largest winter wheat-producing state, 62% of the crop was rated good to excellent, down 1 point," Mantini said. "Illinois' crop is rated at 86% good to excellent."
The following are some other highlights from this week's Crop Progress report:
Sorghum harvested was 80%, 10 percentage points ahead of average.
Cotton bolls opening was 94%, 1 percentage point behind the average. Cotton harvested was 45%, 3 percentage points behind the average. Cotton condition was rated 62% good to excellent, down 2 percentage points from 64% the previous week.
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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.
National Crop Progress Summary | ||||
This | Last | Last | 5-Year | |
Week | Week | Year | Avg. | |
Corn Harvested | 74 | 66 | 81 | 66 |
Soybeans Harvested | 79 | 73 | 86 | 81 |
Winter Wheat Planted | 87 | 80 | 88 | 86 |
Winter Wheat Emerged | 67 | 55 | 70 | 68 |
Cotton Bolls Opening | 94 | 91 | 98 | 95 |
Cotton Harvested | 45 | 35 | 51 | 48 |
Sorghum Harvested | 80 | 71 | 81 | 70 |
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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 | |||
Winter Wheat | 7 | 14 | 34 | 40 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 37 | 6 | ||
Cotton | - | 5 | 33 | 49 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 30 | 48 | 16 | 6 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 8 |
Anthony Greder can be reached at anthony.greder@dtn.com
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