The US Department of Agriculture released Monday, July 30, 2018 its latest Crop Progress report according to which the US corn crop is denoted as being 91 percent complete in the silking stage, 9 points above both last year and the five-year average with corn dough 17 percent above last year at 38 percent complete nationally and a crop condition currently of 9 percent poor to very poor, 19 percent fair and 72 percent good to excellent, unchanged from the week before. In the meantime, the US soybean crop is 86 percent blooming, ahead of last year by 6 and the average by 9 points. Setting pods is at 60 percent this week, 15 points ahead of last year and 19 points ahead of the average. Soybean’s condition is unchanged this week from last, rated currently at 8 percent poor to very poor, 22 fair and 70 percent good to excellent.
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Looking at our three-state region across the Southern Plains this week -
In Oklahoma, corn silk reached 82 percent, up 8 points from the previous year. Corn dough reached 35 percent, up 8 points from the previous year. Corn’s condition rates 7 percent poor to very poor, 20 fair and 73 percent good to excellent. Sorghum headed reached 43 percent, down 1 point from the previous year. Sorghum coloring reached 19 percent, down 6 points from the previous year. Sorghum’s condition rates this week 10 poor to very poor, 46 fair and 44 good to excellent. Soybeans blooming reached 54 percent, up 16 points from the previous year. Soybeans setting pods reached 17 percent, down 4 points from the previous year. Soybean’s condition rates 15 poor to very poor, 38 fair and 47 good to excellent. Cotton setting bolls reached 35 percent, up 11 points from the previous year and up 3 points from normal. Cotton’s condition rates 40 poor to very poor, 39 fair and 21 good to excellent. Conditions of pasture and range were rated at 31 poor to very poor, 39 fair and 30 good to excellent.
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In Kansas, corn condition rated 8 percent very poor, 15 poor, 30 fair, 39 good, and 8 excellent. Corn silking was 92 percent, ahead of 81 last year and 85 for the five-year average. Dough was 49 percent, well ahead of 28 last year and 29 average. Dented was 11 percent, ahead of 2 last year and 1 average. Soybean condition rated 6 percent very poor, 15 poor, 36 fair, 39 good, and 4 excellent. Soybeans blooming was 83 percent, ahead of 71 last year, and well ahead of 62 average. Setting pods was 48 percent, well ahead of 25 last year and 23 average. Sorghum condition rated 1 percent very poor, 5 poor, 31 fair, 56 good, and 7 excellent. Sorghum headed was 39 percent, ahead of 24 last year and 23 average. Coloring was 3 percent, near 1 average. Cotton condition rated 1 percent very poor, 3 poor, 35 fair, 50 good, and 11 excellent. Cotton squaring was 92 percent, well ahead of 58 last year and 62 average. Setting bolls was 20 percent, near 19 last year, and ahead of 14 average. Pasture and range conditions rated 12 percent very poor, 23 poor, 36 fair, 27 good, and 2 excellent.
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