USDA Weekly Crop Progress
Corn, Spring Wheat Planting Well Below Average Pace
OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. corn planting came in at 6% this week, remaining behind the five-year average of 12%. Spring wheat planting is 5% completed, also well behind the five-year average of 22%, according to USDA NASS' weekly Crop Progress report on Monday.
For the week ended Sunday, April 21, the nation's corn crop gained 3 percentage points from the previous week, but is 2 percentage points behind this time last year and is 6 percentage points behind the five-year average.
"There were notable gains in Tennessee, Kansas and Missouri -- a sign that planting is migrating slowly northward," DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman said.
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Soybeans came in at 1% planted, below the five-year average of 2%. Early activity was noticed in Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas
Spring wheat planting was up 3 percentage points from last week and 2 percentage points from this time last year. However, spring wheat planting is currently 17 percentage points below the five-year average. Outside of the Pacific Northwest, Montana was 10% planted and South Dakota was 2% planted.
Progress of the winter wheat crop came in at 9% headed as of Sunday, 6 percentage points lower than the same time last year and also behind the five-year average of 18%.
The condition of the winter wheat crop, on the other hand, increased 2 percentage points and is now at 62% good to excellent, well above this time last year when the condition was just 31% good to excellent. "The top producer, Kansas, showed winter wheat crops at 57% good-to-excellent. Ohio and Michigan continue to have the highest poor-to-very poor ratings at 26% and 22%, respectively," said Hultman.
Sorghum was 17% planted, compared to 23% last year and a 22% five-year average. Cotton planting was 9% complete, compared to 10% last year and a 9% average. Rice was 31% planted, compared to 47% last year and a 47% average. Eighteen percent of rice was emerged, compared to 20% last year and an average of 25%.
Oats were 36% planted as of April 21, compared to 31% last year and a 51% average. Emergence was at 18%, compared to 20% last year and a 25% average.
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 Planted | 6 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
Soybeans Planted | 1 | NA | 2 | 2 |
Winter Wheat Headed | 9 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
Spring Wheat Planted | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 |
Cotton Planted | 9 | 7 | 10 | 9 |
Sorghum Planted | 17 | 16 | 23 | 22 |
Barley Planted | 17 | 8 | 10 | 29 |
Barley Emerged | 2 | NA | 2 | 7 |
Oats Planted | 36 | 30 | 31 | 51 |
Oats Emerged | 27 | 26 | 26 | 33 |
Rice Planted | 31 | 26 | 47 | 47 |
Rice Emerged | 18 | 13 | 20 | 25 |
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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 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 48 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 48 | 12 | 15 | 22 | 32 | 25 | 6 |
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