USDA Crop Progress

OMAHA (DTN) -- The nation's row-crop harvest and winter wheat planting progress slowed last week, USDA's National Ag Statistics Service said in its weekly Crop Progress report on Tuesday. The report is normally released on Mondays but was delayed this week due to Veterans Day.

As of Sunday, Nov. 11, 88% of the nation's soybeans were harvested, up just 5 percentage points from the previous week. That was 5 percentage points behind the five-year average of 93%.

States with a significant amount of the soybean crop still in the field included Missouri with 30% of its soybeans still unharvested, Kansas with 26% of its crop unharvested and Arkansas with 22% of its soybeans still in the field, noted DTN Analyst Todd Hultman.

Corn harvest ended the week at 84% complete, up 8 percentage points from the previous week. Harvest lagged last year by 3 percentage points and was 3 percentage points behind the five-year average of 87%. Seventeen percent of the crop was still unharvested in Iowa, and 23% of Nebraska's corn was still in the field, Hultman noted.

Winter wheat progress also remained behind normal last week. Eighty-nine percent of the crop was planted as of Sunday, behind last year's 94% and also behind the five-year average of 94%. Winter wheat emerged, at 77%, was behind both last year's pace of 83% and the average pace of 83%.

"Winter wheat planting reached 90% in Kansas, but is only 65% in Arkansas and 72% in Missouri," Hultman said.

NASS estimated 54% of the nation's winter wheat was in good-to-excellent condition, up 3 percentage points from 51% the previous week.

Seventy-three percent of the sorghum crop was harvested as of Sunday, behind 81% last year and 11 percentage points behind the five-year average of 84%.

Ninety-six percent of cotton had bolls opening as of Sunday, behind the average of 98%. Fifty-four percent of cotton was harvested, behind last year's 63% and also behind the average pace of 61%. NASS has stopped reporting the condition of the cotton crop this season.

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	84	76	81	87
Soybeans Harvested	88	83	93	93
Winter Wheat Planted	89	84	94	94
Winter Wheat Emerged	77	70	83	83
Cotton Bolls Opening	96	94	98	98
Cotton Harvested	54	49	63	61
Sorghum Harvested	73	64	81	84

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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	3	9	34	45	9		3	9	37	42	9		3	8	35	46	8

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