Crops are marching their way to the finish line with promise of a touchdown. As of September 2, status in the reporting states was:
Corn dough stage: 96 percent, average 91 percent
Corn dented: 75 percent, average 60 percent
Corn mature: 22 percent, average 11 percent
Soybeans dropping leaves: 16 percent, average 9 percent
Sorghum headed: 96 percent, average 95 percent
Sorghum coloring: 69 percent, average 62 percent
Sorghum mature: 30 percent, average 33 percent
Sorghum harvested: 22 percent, average 23 percent
Spring wheat harvested: 87 percent, average 75 percent
Condition is little changed from a week ago and overall continues better than last year.
Corn is rated 87 percent good/excellent and 12 percent poor/very poor, 1 point lower on the high end than a week ago and 6 points better than a year ago.
Soybeans are unchanged from last week, with 66 percent in the top categories and 11 percent in the bottom two. This compared with the same number in the bottom categories and 5 percent more in the top categories than last year.
Sorghum, at 52 percent good/excellent in the 11 states, is 1 point below last week, but 11 points behind last year. Its bottom two categories, at 17 percent, compares with just 8 percent last year. Texas and Missouri represent the highest numbers in the bottom categories.
The table includes a few surrounding states:
|
Corn |
Soybeans |
Sorghum |
|
Good/excellent
|
Poor/very poor
|
Good/excellent
|
Poor/very poor
|
Good/excellent
|
Poor/very poor
|
| Iowa |
74
|
8
|
72
|
8
|
NA
|
NA
|
| Kansas |
44
|
28
|
49
|
15
|
66
|
8
|
| Nebraska |
81
|
6
|
81
|
6
|
84
|
1
|
| South Dakota |
65
|
14
|
57
|
20
|
65
|
5
|
Recent rains helped pasture condition improve a couple points at each end in the 48 states. Drought-stressed Kansas now has 27 percent in the bottom two categories and 38 percent in the top two. This compares with 25 percent in the bottom and 34 in the top two months ago (July 2). The first report in May showed 29 percent in the bottom categories and 25 in the top two.
