The latest U.S. Department of Agriculture crop progress report indicates harvested corn reached 86 percent, above the average by 1. National soybean harvest reached 93 percent, 1 point below last year and 2 above the average. Harvested sorghum reached 84 percent, 6 above the average. Harvested cotton reached 56 percent, 4 points below the average. Winter wheat conditions are rated 58 percent good to excellent, 33 percent fair, 7 percent poor and 2 percent very poor. Winter wheat emerged reached 79 percent, 1 above last year and the average. For the complete USDA Crop Progress report, click here.
In the weekly crop progress report from USDA, Oklahoma winter wheat planted reached 94 percent, up 1 point from the previous year but down 1 point from normal. Winter wheat emerged reached 83 percent, down 1 point from the previous year and down 1 point from normal. Canola emerged reached 88 percent, down 2 points from the previous year and down 5 points from normal. Sorghum harvested reached 84 percent, unchanged from the previous year but up 9 points from normal. Soybeans dropping leaves reached 89 percent, down 6 points from the previous year but up 51 points from normal. Soybeans harvested reached 68 percent, up 6 points from the previous year and up 7 points from normal. Cotton harvested reached 42 percent, down 3 points from the previous year and down 3 points from normal.
In Texas, small grain seeding continues throughout the state as wheat and oat fields begin to emerge. Corn harvested is 95 percent complete, 5 points higher than last week and 1 point above normal. Sorghum harvest was 83 percent complete, 3 points higher than last week and on par with normal. Across the state, sorghum was 96 percent mature, which is up 1 compared to the five-year average. Soybeans harvested reached 85 percent, same as the previous year and higher than the average by 1. Cotton harvest was at 39 percent, trailing normal by 12 points. Cotton bolls opened were at 96 percent, equal to the 5-year average.
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