A resource for tracking harvests and plantings in the Plains states:
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Recent entries:
Soybean condition 63% good to excellent (Iowa)
Sep 18, 2019 0
Heavy rains fell across much of Iowa with just 3.7 days suitable for fieldwork statewide during the week ending Sept. 15, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Upper Midwest Regional Field Office, Iowa. Fieldwork activities included harvesting hay and seed corn, chopp…
Rain delays corn silage harvest (Colorado)
Sep 18, 2019 0
Harvest of spring crops progressed around isolated precipitation for the week ending Sept. 15, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Mountain Regional Field Office, Colorado. In northwestern counties, frost in some areas ended the growing season, according to a county…
Winter wheat planting progresses (Kansas)
Sep 18, 2019 0
For the week ending Sept. 15, there were 6.1 days suitable for fieldwork, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Northern Plains Regional Field Office, Kansas. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 5% very short, 19 short, 71 adequate, and 5 surplus. Subsoil moisture supplie…
Wet, cool weather halts fieldwork (Minnesota)
Sep 18, 2019 0
Wet and cool weather allowed for only 1.6 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Sept. 15, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Upper Midwest Regional Field Office, Minnesota. There was limited harvest activity for corn silage, potatoes, sugarbeets and dr…
Precipitation scarce throughout state (Arkansas)
Sep 18, 2019 0
According to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Delta Regional Field Office, Arkansas, there were 7.0 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sept. 15. Topsoil moisture supplies were 28% very short, 48% short, 22% adequate, and 2% surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were…
Winter wheat planting well behind last year (South Dakota)
Sep 18, 2019 0
For the week ending Sept. 15, there were 2.2 days suitable for fieldwork, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Northern Plains Regional Field Office, South Dakota. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 0% very short, 0 short, 51 adequate, and 49 surplus. Subsoil moisture s… |
