The third crop progress report of the year expands to include corn and soybean emergence. Along with soybean planting.
For much of the Midwest there is little excitement as famers slow or pause planting pace to see what the current cool weather pattern has in store. Corn planting is 2% complete in Nebraska and 15% complete in Kansas. That is a couple percentage points back of their 5 year average, but is on point with where they were a year ago. Southern states are leading the way in corn planting with Texas 60% complete. Big I states are almost all over the 10% mark, but Iowa is lagging at only 4% planted.
As for corn emergence the national percentage is 2%, but it is basically composed of two states; Texas 51% and North Carolina at 13% emerged.
Soybean planting is just getting going at 3% nationwide. That is 1% ahead of the five year average. Nebraska and Kansas have not planted 1% of their soybeans yet. Delta states like Mississippi have the most soybeans planted at 15%. That though is 10% behind their five year average and could be highlighting issues they are having with heavy precipitation.
Cotton planting is running 2% ahead of the five year average at 11%. Arizona has a huge lead over other states with 43% of their cotton crop already planted. California is a closer second at 25%. Kansas though is still sitting at 0% cotton planted.
Winter wheat is heading out in the South with 41% of the Texas crop headed out. Meanwhile in the North 0% of the Nebraska and Kansas winter wheat crop has headed out. That hasn’t impacted the quality of the wheat crop though as the national rating remains unchanged at 53% good to excellent. Kansas winter wheat improved 1% over the week to 55% good to excellent. Nebraska winter wheat is rated 43% good to excellent, which is unchanged from last week.
Topsoil moisture slowly continues to improve for Northern states like North Dakota now rated 22% adequate to surplus, up 5% from last week. Kansas topsoil moisture is 83% adequate to surplus. Nebraska topsoil moisture is rated 81% adequate to surplus. Delta states like Mississippi are almost at the other end of the spectrum with 91% adequate to surplus topsoil moisture. Texas is rated 40% adequate to surplus for topsoil moisture.
Subsoil moisture is improving like topsoil moisture with North Dakota up 3% week to week at 23% adequate to surplus. Nebraska subsoil moisture is unchanged this week with a rating of 67% adequate to surplus. Kansas subsoil moisture ticked up 1% to 77% adequate to surplus.
You can check out the USDA report here:
Clay Patton has the report you can listen to here:
