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USDA Weekly Crop Progress 06/22 15:51
USDA Crop Progress: Corn Rated 68% Good to Excellent; Soybeans 66% Good to
Excellent as of June 21
Corn was rated 68% in good-to-excellent condition, and soybeans were rated
66% in good-to-excellent condition as of Sunday, June 21. Winter wheat harvest
reached 40% complete.
EllaMae Reiff
DTN Content Editor
This article was originally published at 3:05 p.m. CDT on Monday, June 22.
It was last updated with additional information at 3:51 p.m. CDT on Monday,
June 22.
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OMAHA (DTN) -- The latest USDA NASS Crop Progress report showed U.S. corn
and soybean conditions unchanged from the previous week.
Widespread rainfall has reduced drought and kept soil moisture high across
the Corn Belt with generally good crop conditions, though flooding, severe
weather, and upcoming heat remain key concerns, according to DTN Ag
Meteorologist John Baranick.
CORN
-- Crop development: 97% of corn had emerged as of Sunday, steady with last
year's pace and the five-year average. Corn silking was pegged at 5%, 1
percentage point ahead of last year's 4% and 2 percentage points ahead of the
five-year average of 3%.
-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 68% of the crop was in
good-to-excellent condition, steady with the previous week and 2 points below
last year's 70%. Six percent of the crop was rated very poor to poor, steady
with the previous week and previous year. Top-producing Iowa's crop remained
rated 77% good to excellent, while Illinois led states in declines, losing 6
points in its good-to-excellent rating through the week on reports of wind and
hail damage, according to DTN Lead Analyst Rhett Montgomery.
SOYBEANS
-- Crop development: 93% of soybeans had emerged as of Sunday, 4 points
ahead of last year's pace and 3 points ahead of the five-year average of 90%.
Soybeans blooming was pegged at 9%, 2 points ahead of last year's 7% and 3
points ahead of the five-year average of 6%.
-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 66% of soybeans that had emerged were
in good-to-excellent condition, steady with the previous week and previous
year. Meanwhile, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota -- the top three producing states
-- all saw weekly declines in crop ratings, though Iowa and Minnesota both
remained above 70% good to excellent, Montgomery said.
WINTER WHEAT
-- Harvest progress: Harvest moved ahead 15 percentage points last week to
reach 40% complete nationwide as of Sunday. That was 22 points ahead of last
year's 18% and 16 points ahead of the five-year average pace of 24%. Texas'
winter wheat is at 77% complete, 9 points ahead of last year and the five-year
average of 68%. Oklahoma harvest reached 95% complete compared to 73% last
week, 61 points ahead of last year's 34% and 34 points ahead of the five-year
average of 61%.
-- Crop condition: An estimated 26% of winter wheat was rated good to
excellent as of June 21, down 1 point from 27% the previous week and 23 points
below 49% a year ago, according to NASS.
SPRING WHEAT
-- Crop development: Sixteen percent of spring wheat was headed, 1 point
ahead of last year's pace of 15% and steady with the five-year average.
-- Crop condition: NASS estimated that 54% of the crop was in
good-to-excellent condition nationwide, down 1 point from 55% the previous week.
THE WEEK AHEAD IN WEATHER
Crop conditions remain generally good thanks to widespread beneficial
rainfall and mild temperatures, but flooding, severe weather and an emerging
heat pattern will be important to watch, according to DTN Ag Meteorologist John
Baranick.
"A lot of the talk recently, and deservedly so, has been the widespread
rainfall that has helped to reduce drought and keep soil moisture high across a
lot of the Corn Belt," Baranick said. "That has helped to keep crop conditions
in general good order. But the frequency of flooding, especially around
Missouri, and the higher instances of large tornadoes and hurricane-force winds
should not go unnoticed. Both the heavy rain and severe weather hit the Central
Plains over the weekend, which may not show up in the crop progress report this
week. But we could be seeing some troubles as we get more and more fields to
have issues with quality (in the case of heavy rain and damage for winter crop
harvest), or production (in the case of flooding and green snap in the Corn
Belt).
"Otherwise, the rainfall has been rather widespread and beneficial.
Temperatures have been milder outside of Texas, and crop development should be
going well due to the recent conditions. That continues here again this week as
we get multiple systems and fronts to continue the showers and thunderstorms
this week, hitting more of the Plains and western Corn Belt than recent weeks.
Temperatures will remain mild again outside of the far Southern Plains and Gulf
Coast, keeping stress low. We will see the start of a pattern change this
weekend though, with higher temperatures and heat spreading through more of the
country east of the Rockies for the start of July. How long that lasts will be
important to follow for crop conditions going forward. But in the short term,
the increasing temperatures will help to make up some of the growing degree day
deficits in some areas.
"Areas to watch for issues would be the flooding in the South and Southeast,
and dryness in the Pacific Northwest."
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To view weekly crop progress reports issued by National Ag Statistics
Service offices in individual states, visit http://www.nass.usda.gov/. Look for
the U.S. map in the "Find Data and Reports by" section and choose the state you
wish to view in the drop-down menu. Then look for that state's "Crop Progress &
Condition" report.
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Editor's Note: How are your crops looking? Are they better, worse or right
on track with USDA NASS' observations this week? Send us your comments, and
we'll include them in next week's Crop Progress report story. You can email
comments to talk@dtn.com. Please include the location of where you farm.
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National Crop Progress Summary
This Last Last 5-Year
Week Week Year Avg.
Corn emerged 97 94 97 97
Corn silking 5 NA 4 3
Soybeans emerged 93 88 89 90
Soybeans blooming 9 NA 7 6
Winter wheat harvested 40 25 18 24
Spring wheat headed 16 6 15 16
Cotton planted 92 86 91 94
Cotton squaring 27 19 25 25
Cotton setting bolls 5 2 5 5
Sorghum planted 84 68 82 84
Oats headed 61 50 58 58
Barley headed 20 7 15 14
Rice headed 13 8 12 8
Sunflowers planted 95 82 89 90
Peanuts pegging 23 12 24 23
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National Crop Condition Summary
(VP=Very Poor; P=Poor; F=Fair; G=Good; E=Excellent)
VP P F G E
Corn
This Week 1 5 26 56 12
Prev Week 1 5 26 56 12
Prev Year 2 4 24 56 14
DTN 5-Yr Avg 5 10 26 46 13
Soybeans
This Week 1 5 28 56 10
Prev Week 1 5 28 57 9
Prev Year 2 5 27 56 10
DTN 5-Yr Avg 4 10 28 47 11
Spring Wheat
This Week 1 5 40 50 4
Prev Week 1 5 39 51 4
Prev Year 3 12 31 49 5
DTN 5-Yr Avg 8 16 29 40 7
Winter Wheat
This Week 20 26 28 22 4
Prev Week 20 25 28 22 5
Prev Year 6 13 32 43 6
DTN 5-Yr Avg 14 18 31 32 6
Rice
This Week 0 2 27 55 16
Prev Week 1 2 27 55 15
Prev Year 0 2 20 57 21
DTN 5-Yr Avg 1 3 22 58 17
Oats
This Week 7 12 28 47 6
Prev Week 7 12 29 47 5
Prev Year 7 9 27 49 8
DTN 5-Yr Avg 7 9 30 48 6
Barley
This Week 1 5 45 47 2
Prev Week 1 5 47 45 2
Prev Year 1 14 43 40 2
DTN 5-Yr Avg 1 7 39 48 4
Peanuts
This Week 2 5 30 58 5
Prev Week 1 4 33 57 5
Prev Year 1 4 23 64 8
DTN 5-Yr Avg 2 8 32 51 7
Cotton
This Week 3 10 34 45 8
Prev Week 2 9 39 41 9
Prev Year 6 14 33 41 6
DTN 5-Yr Avg 12 17 30 34 6
EllaMae Reiff can be reached at ellamae.reiff@dtn.com
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