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USDA Weekly Crop Progress Show Corn and Cotton Slipping, Soybeans Gain
Mon, 13 Sep 2021 17:17:17 CDT
USDA's weekly Crop Progress report, Monday, shows corn condition slipping a bit at 58% good to excellent. Soybean crop conditions with a slight gain at 57% good to excellent. Cotton crop conditions fell, now with 64% good to excellent. Good to excellent grain sorghum conditions are down a bit, at 57%. Winter and Spring wheat harvest is complete.
The report shows 87% of the corn crop is in the dented stage, above the five-year average. Mature corn makes up 37%, also above the five-year average. Just 4% has been harvested, a point below the five-year average. The U.S. corn condition rating is 58% good to excellent, compared to 59% last week and 60% this time last year.
The nation's Soybean crop is done blooming setting pods. Soybeans dropping leaves is 38%, above the five-year average. For soybeans, 57% is rated good to excellent, a point up from last week. This time last year, good to excellent soybean crop condition rated 63%.
Cotton setting bolls is 96%, near the five-year average of 99%. Cotton bolls opening is at 36%, down from 43% for the five-year average. Cotton harvested is 5%, down from 8% for the average. Good to excellent cotton crop conditions is 64%, up 3 points from 61% last week, but much better than 45% this time last year.
The U.S. grain sorghum coloring is now 83%, up from 80% for the five-year average. Sorghum coloring is estimated at 59%, up slightly compared to the five-year average of 56%. Mature sorghum is 39%, up 1 point from the five-year average. For grain sorghum, 21% is harvested so far, ahead of the five-year average. Good to excellent sorghum crop condition is 57% - same as last week and up compared to this time last year, with 42% of soybean crop condition rated good to excellent.
Finally, pasture and range conditions fell again, ending up with just 25% good to excellent. Fair conditions are 33%, with 42% poor to very poor. Drought conditions in the western half of the country show those states have high percentages of poor to very poor pasture conditions.
Click here, for the complete National Crop Progress report released on Monday, September 13, 2021, by USDA NASS.
Oklahoma
According to the Oklahoma Crop Progress and Condition report, Oklahoma corn crop condition is 71% good to excellent, 26% fair and 3% poor to very poor. Corn dough reached 99%. Corn dented reached 82%, up 4 points from the previous year and up 3 points from normal. Corn mature reached 44%, down 6 points from the previous year and down 2 points from normal.
Oklahoma grain sorghum crop condition is 57% good to excellent, 30% fair and 13% poor to very poor. Sorghum headed reached 97%, down 2 points from the previous year and down 1 point from normal. Sorghum coloring reached 68%, down 3 points from both the previous year and normal. Mature Sorghum reached 26%, up 1 point from the previous year but down 7 points from normal.
Oklahoma soybean crop condition is 63% good to excellent, 31% fair and 6% poor to very poor. Soybeans blooming reached 97%, up 3 points from the previous year and up 4 points from normal. Soybeans setting pods reached 78%, up 2 points from the previous year and up 3 points from normal. Soybeans dropping leaves reached 11%, down 7 points from the previous year and down 1 point from normal.
Oklahoma cotton crop condition is 72% good to excellent, 26% fair and 2% poor to very poor. Cotton setting bolls reached 95%, down 4 points from both the previous year and normal. Cotton bolls opening reached 23%, down 11 points from the previous year and down 12 points from normal.
Pasture and range condition is 43% good to excellent, 41% fair and 16% poor to very poor.
Click here, for the Oklahoma Crop Progress Condition report.
Kansas
According to the Kansas Crop Progress and Condition report, Corn condition rated 53% good to excellent, 25% fair and 22% poor to very poor. Corn dented was 89%, near 90% last year and 88% average. Mature was 45%, near 46% last year and 47% average. Harvested was 11%, near 7% last year and 10% average.
Kansas soybean condition rated 59% good to excellent, 27% fair and 14% poor to very poor. Soybeans setting pods was 92%, near 96% last year and 95% average. Dropping leaves was 20%, behind 30% last year, and equal to average.
Kansas grain sorghum condition rated 56% good to excellent, 29% fair and 15% poor to very poor. Sorghum coloring was 79%, near 80% last year and 76% average. Mature was 20%, near 16% last year, and ahead of 14% average. Harvested was 1%, equal to both last year and average.
Kansas cotton crop condition rated 47% good to excellent, 44% fair and 8% poor to very poor. Cotton setting bolls was 96%, near 95% last year, and ahead of 89% average. Bolls opening was 38%, ahead of 25% last year and 22% average.
Kansas pasture and range conditions rated 42% good to excellent, 35% fair and 23% poor to very poor.
Click here, for the full Kansas Crop Progress report.
Texas
According to the Texas Crop Progress and Condition report, corn condition is 61% good to excellent, 29% fair and 10% poor to very poor. Corn harvested increased to 63%, down 3 points from the previous year but up 2 points from normal. Cotton harvested reached 11%, down 2 points from the previous year and down 3 points from normal.
Texas cotton crop condition is 58% good to excellent, 36% fair and 6% poor to very poor.
Texas grain sorghum crop condition didn't move from last week, at 63% good to excellent, 28% fair and 9% poor to very poor. Sorghum harvested reached 69%, down 7 points from the previous year but unchanged from normal.
Texas soybean crop condition is 54% good to excellent, 40% fair and 6% poor to very poor. Soybeans harvested reached 41%, down 1 point from the previous year and from normal.
Texas pasture and range conditions reported rated 34% good to excellent, 38% fair and 28% poor to very poor.
Click here, for the full Texas Crop Progress report.
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