Iowa farmers took advantage of good weather last week. USDA’s latest crop update says activities including alfalfa harvest and spraying crops. Corn and soybean condition ratings are both 80 percent good to excellent, with 97 percent of soybeans emerged. The oat crop is 80 percent headed and 12 percent is turning color, with 81 percent considered good to excellent. The first cutting of alfalfa is finished, and the second cutting […]
Crop conditions declined slightly as temperatures rose and rainfall was scarce. Soybeans are rated 77% good to excellent, with 51% of the crop blooming. Just 2% of the crop is left to be planted. Cotton is rated 78% good to excellent with 51% squaring and 2% setting bolls. The rice crop is rated 71% rated good to excellent, and 1% of the crop is headed. Peanuts are rated 86% good […]
Illinois’ crop condition ratings dropped last week. Corn is rated 70 percent good to excellent, down one percent on the week. Ninety-six percent of Illinois’ soybean crop has emerged, slightly ahead of the average. Soybeans are rated 66 percent good to excellent, slightly down on the week. Illinois’ winter wheat harvest is ahead with two thirds of the crop out. The remaining crop is rated 68 percent good to excellent. […]
A mostly-dry week allowed Wisconsin farmers to get a lot of fieldwork accomplished. USDA reporters say there were six days suitable for getting into fields, but it was hot and many said they could use some rain. Ninety-five percent of the corn has emerged with 78% of the crop reported to be in good to excellent condition. Ninety-three percent of the soybeans have emerged, and 77% of the beans are […]
Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. Near-term weather is mostly cooler and its early in the growing season, but some areas do need rain. The USDA says 98% of this year’s crop is planted, compared to the five-year average of 97%, with 91% of the crop emerged, matching the average rate, and 7% blooming, compared to 11% normally in late June. 65% of U.S. beans are in good […]
Michigan farmers were able to get a lot of field work done last week. USDA’s Marlo Johnson says there were 6.5 days suitable for fieldwork with warm and windy conditions around much of the state. About half of the corn and soybean crops are in good condition as the state still has adequate soil moisture levels. The drier weather slowed emergence for all crops, but farmers were able to start […]
The USDA says nearly all of South Dakota’s corn and soybean crop has emerged. The Crop Progress Report on Monday showed 75 percent of the state’s corn is in good to excellent condition, and 73 percent of the soy crop was rated in that same category. Ninety-five percent of the state’s winter wheat crop has headed, which is near 97 percent last year. Spring wheat was rated 68 percent good […]
The USDA says dry weather has caused early signs of crop stress in Ohio. Corn planting is wrapped up, with 95 percent of the crop emerged. Forty-nine percent of the state’s corn crop is rated good to excellent. Ninety-six percent of soybeans are planted, compared to the five-year average of 94 percent. Eighty-five percent of the crop has emerged, with 49 percent rated good to excellent. All of the state’s […]
Warmer and dry conditions helped Kansas farmers progress with winter wheat harvest. The USDA says 59 percent is in with 29 percent rated good-to-excellent. Corn is in 59 percent good-to-excellent shape. Soybeans are rated at 65 percent good-to-excellent with 82 percent of the crop emerged. Cotton is rated 40 percent good-to-excellent; sorghum is seen at 54 percent good-to-excellent. Pasture and range conditions are 44 percent good-to-excellent. ...
