The hot and dry conditions last week took their toll on soil moisture and crop conditions.
With corn planting and emergence past 95% we start the report with corn condition ratings this week. Nationwide the corn crop declined 3% go 65% good to excellent. Nebraska corn declined 1% last week to 83% good to excellent. Kansas corn declined 4% to 71% good to excellent. North Dakota already dry wasn’t helped last week with it’s corn rating dropping 3% to 39% good to excellent. As for the Big I states; Iowa corn was rated 56% good to excellent, Indiana corn was rated 70% good to excellent and Illinois corn was rated 64% good to excellent.
Over to the soybean crop planting is essentially done and likely won’t be included in future reports with the national rating at 97% complete. That is up 3% from last week and 3% ahead of the five year average. Nebraska joins other states like Indiana and Iowa at 100% complete on soybean planting. Kansas soybean planting is rated 90% complete that is right with the five year average and 4% behind where it was a year ago.
Soybean emergence may quickly go the way of soybean planting with 91% of the crop above ground as of this week. That is 6% ahead of the five year average. Nebraska has 95% of the soybeans emerged and Kansas has 76% of the soybeans emerged. Both are equal to or ahead of the five year average. Minnesota is the first state to almost break 100% emergence.
For the soybeans above ground they are already starting to bloom in area’s. Nationwide 5% of the soybean crop has bloomed. That is even with the five year average and even with a year ago. Nebraska has 5% of the soybean crop in bloom and Kansas has 2% of the soybean crop in bloom. Both are equal to or ahead of the five year average. The states with the most soybeans blooming are in the South East US. Arkansas has 30% of the crop in bloom. Louisiana has 47% of soybeans in bloom and that is 5% behind the five year average. Mississippi is now 35% bloomed for soybeans. That is 5% behind the five year average.
National soybean condition this week declined 2% to 60% good to excellent. Nebraska soybeans are rated 83% good to excellent. That is a weekly decline 4% good to excellent. Kansas soybeans are rated 68% good to excellent. That is an increase of 3% week to week.
Cotton is slowly getting into the squaring phase now 21% complete nationwide. That is 4% behind the five year average. Kansas has squared 20% of it’s cotton crop. Which is 12% ahead of the five year average. That is one of the bigger leads, but North Carolina is 20% ahead of the five year average on cotton squaring at 47% complete.
Nationwide the cotton condition increased 7% this week to 52% good to excellent. Kansas cotton dropped 12% to 48% good to excellent. Alabama cotton is rated 93% good to excellent up 2% from last week. Louisiana cotton is rated 95% good to excellent. That is an increase of 1% from last week.
For the winter wheat crop 96% of the crop is headed out. Last week Nebraska reached 100% and Kansas is almost there at 99%.The only state not to break 90% yet is Idaho at 84%. That is even with it’s five year average.
Winter wheat harvest continues to roll along up 13% week to week to 17% complete. Nebraska has yet to harvest any wheat, but Kansas has harvested 13% of the crop. Which is actually behind the five year average by 11%. Arkansas (60%) and Texas (58%) duke it out for the most winter wheat harvested. Both are significantly behind the five year average.
Winter wheat condition nationwide is 49% good to excellent. That is up 1% form last week. Nebraska winter wheat followed the national que and improved 1% to 59% good to excellent. Kansas winter wheat condition decreased 1% to 63% good to excellent.
Spring wheat was really impacted by the heat last week with the national crop dropping 10% to 27% good to excellent. North Dakota spring wheat dropped 10% to 19% good to excellent. South Dakota spring wheat declined 7% to 5% good. Washington spring whet declined 2% to 10% good.
Pasture and range conditions followed the crop conditions declining in the heat last week. Colorado pasture and range was one of the few states to actually see an increase of 5% to 52% good to excellent. Kansas pasture and range decreased 7% to 64% good to excellent. Nebraska pasture and range decreased 3% to 29% good to excellent. Wyoming pasture and range decreased 8% to 15% good to excellent.
Topsoil moisture saw a dramatic drop in Kansas last week down 21% to 67% adequate to surplus. Nebraska topsoil moisture declined 7% to 59% adequate to surplus. Iowa topsoil moisture was one of the few states to increase 6% to 36% good to excellent.
Subsoil moisture followed a similar pattern with Kansas dropping 12% to 79% adequate to surplus. Nebraska subsoil moisture declined 5% to 57% adequate to surplus. Iowa subsoil moisture charged 2% to 31% good to excellent.
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