Conditions where expected to be lower by many experts it ended up not dropping as much as anticipated. With large parts of the Midwest expecting some substantial heat look for next weeks report to potentially hurt conditions if no moistures comes with the heat.
CORN
Corn Planted came off the report for the first time this week
EMERGED
Last Year | Last Week % | This week % | 5 year average % | |
National | 99 | 88 | 95 | 95 |
Nebraska | 100 | 92 | 98 | 98 |
Kansas | 94 | 83 | 93 | 94 |
CONDITION
For corn conditions the national numbers are at 70 percent Good/Excellent 2percent down from last week. Last year at this time they where at 65 percent.
Nebraska is at 68 percent good excellent for corn conditions. Slightly up from last week.
Kansas is at 55 percent good excellent for corn conditions. That is down 3 percent.
SOYBEANS
PLANTED
Last Year | Last Week % | This Week % | 5 year average % | |
National | 97 | 88 | 94 | 93 |
Nebraska | 100 | 99 | 100 | 98 |
Kansas | 89 | 68 | 83 | 89 |
EMERGED
Last Year | Last Week % | This week % | 5 year average % | |
National | 90 | 70 | 83 | 84 |
Nebraska | 94 | 89 | 94 | 92 |
Kansas | 74 | 55 | 70 | 75 |
CONDITION
For conditions nationally the numbers are 68 percent good excellent. That’s down 2 percent from last week.
Nebraska is at 68 percent good excellent for soybean conditions.
Kansas is at 63 percent good excellent for soybean conditions
SORGHUM
PLANTED
Last Year | Last Week % | This week % | 5 year average % | |
National | 86 | 66 | 80 | 85 |
Nebraska | 96 | 90 | 95 | 95 |
Kansas | 81 | 54 | 72 | 79 |
HEADED
Last Year | Last Week % | This week % | 5 year average % | |
National | 16 | 13 | 15 | 17 |
Nebraska | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
Kansas | – | – | 1 | 1 |
CONDITIONS
Nationally 46 percent Good/Excellent. Compared to last years 73 percent Good/Excellent.
Nebraska is at 65 percent Good/Excellent. Up 7 percent from last week
Kansas is at 58 percent Good/Excellent. Up 3 percent from last week.
WINTER WHEAT
HEADED
Last Year | Last Week % | This week % | 5 year average % | |
National | 95 | 86 | 91 | 95 |
Nebraska | 97 | 87 | 95 | 95 |
Kansas | 99 | 99 | 100 | 99 |
HARVESTED
Last Year | Last Week % | This week % | 5 year average % | |
National | 15 | 10 | 25 | 22 |
Nebraska | – | – | – | – |
Kansas | 11 | 2 | 27 | 18 |
CONDITION
Winter Wheat conditions continue to struggle 30 percent Good/Excellent for the nation. Last year that number was at 49 percent Good/Excellent.
Nebraska 25 percent Good/Excellent dropping 4 percent.
Kansas 27 percent Good/Excellent this week up 1 percent
MOISTURE
TOPSOIL
Very Short | Short | Adequate | Surplus | |
National | 12 | 23 | 59 | 6 |
Nebraska | 14 | 30 | 54 | 2 |
Kansas | 16 | 29 | 52 | 3 |
SUBSOIL
Very Short | Short | Adequate | Surplus | |
National | 12 | 21 | 61 | 6 |
Nebraska | 16 | 30 | 53 | 1 |
Kansas | 19 | 25 | 53 | 3 |