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Wet Weather Delays U.S. Cotton Harvest, Wheat Crop Showing More Improvement
Mon, 30 Nov 2015 16:49:06 CST
The nation's fall harvest is nearly complete, but the wet weather continues to hamper the nation's cotton harvest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Monday reported the nation's sorghum harvest was 98 percent complete. That's in line with the five year average. Peanuts were 93 percent harvested. That's six points behind average. Nationally, cotton harvest was 80 percent complete. That's eight points behind the average. Cotton harvest remains less than 90 percent complete in Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas.
The nation's wheat crop condition continued to show improvement. USDA reported 55 percent of the crop was in good to excellent condition, 36 percent fair and nine percent in poor to very poor condition. The crop gained two points in the good category. A year ago this week, 58 percent of the crop was in good to excellent condition.
Click here for the full National Crop Progress report.
Click here for the full Oklahoma report.
Click here for the full Texas report.
Click here for the full Kansas report.
This is the final weekly crop weather report for the 2015 season. A monthly crop weather report will be available on January 4, 2016.
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