Weekly Weather
and Crop Bulletin
National Agricultural Statistics Service
USDA Washington, D.C.
Released May 28, 2008, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin" call Dawn Keen at (202) 720-7621, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.
National Weather Summary
May 18 - 24, 2008
Highlights: Cool weather plagued the Midwestern and Northeastern States, holding weekly temperatures 4 to 12 degrees F below normal and limiting summer crop emergence and development. In addition, showers hampered fieldwork across the southern half of the Corn Belt, but mostly dry weather favored corn and soybean planting in the Great Lakes region. Farther west, heavy rain pounded the northern and central Plains, with at least 4 inches reported in many locations from Montana to Kansas. Although rain generally aided the Plains' winter wheat and emerged summer crops, thunderstorms produced local damage due to large hail, high winds, and isolated tornadoes.
In fact, more than 100 tornadoes struck the central Plains on May 22-23, according to preliminary reports, followed by approximately 50 tornadoes from the southern High Plains into the upper Midwest on May 25. Meanwhile, warm weather promoted rapid crop development across the South, although showers- mainly from the Delta to the southern Atlantic Coast-caused some delays in cotton and peanut planting and other late-spring fieldwork. In southern Florida, however, rain aided wildfire containment efforts. Heat was especially notable in Texas, where temperatures mostly ranged from 4 to 8 degrees F above normal. In contrast, chilly weather returned to the West, accompanied by widespread rain and snow. Precipitation was particularly heavy in the northern Rockies, while showers across the interior Northwest aided winter grains and spring-sown crops. On May 22-23, snow was reported as far south as Arizona, where Flagstaff received 5 inches.
Early in the week, hot weather persisted in the West. In California, Death Valley's high of 120 degrees F on May 19 represented its hottest weather on record so early in the season. Previously, Death Valley's earliest reading of 120 degrees F or higher occurred on May 25, 1913. In fact, Death Valley opened the week with three consecutive daily-record highs (118, 120, and 117 degrees F) from May 18-20, along with Arizona locations such as Yuma (113, 115, and 112 degrees F) and Kingman (99, 103, and 100 degrees F). Heat also spread across the remainder of the nation's southern tier, resulting in occasional triple-digit readings. Southern daily-record highs included 100 degrees F (on May 19) in Lawton, OK, and 101 and 100 degrees F (on May 20 and 23, respectively) in Austin (Mabry), TX. Hot weather also continued for much of the week in Florida, where West Palm Beach (97 and 96 degrees F) notched consecutive daily-record highs on May 20-21. In contrast, sub-freezing temperatures were most widespread in the upper Midwest on May 21, when Grand Forks, ND (27 degrees F), collected a daily-record low. Meanwhile, suddenly cold weather in the West resulted in scattered daily records, including lows of 24 degrees F (on May 22) in Redmond, OR, and 32 degrees F (on May 23) in Show Low, AZ. In Lancaster, CA, a daily-record low of 39 degrees F on May 24 followed consecutive daily-record highs (103 and 102 degrees F) on May 18-19.
After mid-week, snow engulfed portions of the West, including parts of Arizona. In Flagstaff, AZ, where 5.0 inches fell on May 22-23, it was the second-latest snowfall in excess of 4 inches on record. Flagstaff's latest major accumulation occurred on May 24, 1965, when 6.6 inches fell. Elsewhere in Arizona, 17 inches of snow fell on May 22-23 in Hannagan Meadow. Heavy snow also blanketed Riverton, WY, where 10.7 inches fell on May 22. Until then, Riverton had never received a daily snowfall in excess of 10 inches after April 22, and had never netted more than 7 inches on a single day in May. From May 20-25, precipitation totals in excess of 4 inches were common in the northern Rockies, with isolated amounts of more than 10 inches. In western Montana, unofficial, 6-day storm totals reached 10.11 inches in Glacier County at Deep Creek, 10.20 inches in Pondera County at Badger Pass, and 10.40 inches in Teton County at Dupuyer Creek. Badger Pass also reported
31 inches of snow during the event. Meanwhile in south-central Montana, storm-total snowfall reached 19.0 inches in Stillwater County at Mystic Lake and 21.1 inches in Sweet Grass County at Placer Basin.
Elsewhere in Montana, Billings received rainfall totaling at least 0.70 inch on 4 consecutive days (3.83 inches fell from May 21-24) for the first time on record (previously, 2 days on many occasions, most recently on March 29-30, 2006). Similarly in Wyoming, Sheridan received at least 0.35 inch of rain on
4 consecutive days (3.23 inches fell from May 21-24) for the first time (previously, 3 days on several occasions, most recently in June 1995). Heavy rain even fell in parts of southern California, where Opids Camp (Los Angeles
County) netted 3.48 inches. Elsewhere in California, rain in Bakersfield
(0.08 inch on May 23) and Fresno (0.05 inch on May 24) ended long dry spells.
Measurable rain last fell on February 24 in Bakersfield and March 15 in Fresno. During the event, barometric pressure records for May were broken in locations such as Las Vegas, NV (29.27 inches on May 22; previously, 29.28 inches in May 1975), and Sacramento, CA (29.36 inches on May 23; previously, 29.50 inches in May 1949). On May 23, an all-time barometric pressure record was established in Phoenix, AZ, where the unadjusted value of 28.13 inches edged the December 1984 standard of 28.16 inches. Farther east, widespread severe thunderstorms gradually shifted from the central High Plains on May
22-23 to the southern High Plains and the upper Midwest by May 25. Tornado- related fatalities were reported in Weld County, CO (1 death on May 22), Pratt County, KS (2 deaths on May 23), Butler County, IA (6 deaths on May 25), and Washington County, MN (1 death on May 25). The Butler County storm, rated an EF-5 with estimated winds near 205 m.p.h., represented Iowa's deadliest tornado since September 16, 1978. The EF-5 tornado, which was Iowa's first such storm since a category 5 twister struck Boone and Story Counties on June 13, 1976, cut a 43-mile path up to 1.2 miles wide across Butler and Black Hawk Counties.
A slight increase in showers across Hawaii's western islands failed to significantly dent year-to-date rainfall deficits. On Oahu, Honolulu received rainfall totaling 0.50 inch on May 21-22, boosting its year-to-date sum to 1.52 inches (17 percent of normal). However, Honolulu also posted a daily-record high (90 degrees F on May 18). Farther north, near-normal temperatures prevailed in Alaska, accompanied by scattered showers across roughly the southern half of the state. Although only 0.77 inch fell in Kodiak during the week, the month-to-date total climbed to 12.82 inches (261 percent of normal). Similarly, Juneau's weekly sum of 0.14 inch boosted its May 1-24 total to 3.87 inches (143 percent of normal). On May 24, temperatures soared to daily-record levels in southeastern Alaska, with highs reaching 80 degrees F in Klawock and 78 degrees F on Annette Island.
National Weather Summary provided by USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board.
For more information, call (202) 720-2397.
National Agricultural Summary
May 19 - 25, 2008
Corn: Producers planted 88 percent of their corn acreage by the week's end,
8 points behind last year and 6 points behind normal. Planting was complete in North Carolina and nearly complete in Nebraska, Texas, and Tennessee, while substantial planting efforts were evident in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin where 24 percent or more of the crop was planted during the week. When compared with normal, planting was delayed in all States except Colorado, Michigan, Nebraska, North Carolina, and North Dakota. Significant delays continued in Ohio where growers are 35 points behind last year and 29 points behind average. Corn acreage was 52 percent emerged, 28 points behind last year and 24 percent behind normal at this time. Due to major planting delays, emergence in nearly all States was behind normal except in Michigan, North Carolina, and Texas. Significant delays in emergence were evident across the Corn Belt with progress 21 points or more behind normal. In Minnesota and Missouri, where emergence lagged the farthest behind normal,
progress was 40 and 46 points behind the 5-year average respectively.
Soybeans: Fifty-two percent of the soybean crop was planted, 22 points behind last year and 15 points behind normal. With the exception of Indiana, Missouri, and Ohio, planting rapidly advanced during the week throughout the Corn Belt and adjacent areas of the Great Plains as producers planted over one-fourth of their intended acreage. Even with this good progress, planting was still delayed in all soybean-producing States except Louisiana, Michigan, and North Dakota. Major delays were reported in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, and Ohio, where progress was 29 to 42 points behind average. Emergence was
12 percent complete, 28 points behind last year and 22 points behind the average. The crop was emerging behind last year and the average in all States except Louisiana, where progress was the same as last year but 15 points ahead of normal. Emergence lagged over 30 points behind the 5-year average in the central and eastern Corn Belt while progress was only lagging by single digits in most of the Great Plains.
Winter Wheat: Sixty-four percent of the winter wheat crop was at or beyond the heading stage, 12 points behind last year and the average. All of the winter wheat in Arkansas, California, and North Carolina was headed by week's end while Oklahoma's crop was 99 percent headed. In the northern States of Idaho, Michigan, Montana, and South Dakota less than 2 percent of the winter wheat was headed by the end of the week. Heading in Nebraska was 50 points behind last year and 41 points behind the 5-year average. Development was also well behind schedule in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and South Dakota where progress was greater than 20 points behind last year or the 5- year average.
Cotton: Seventy-one percent of the cotton crop was planted by week's end, 2 points ahead of last year but 2 points behind the average. Planting was nearly complete in California and Missouri while planting in Virginia was 95 percent complete. Cotton planting rapidly advanced during the week in Mississippi and Tennessee where 40 and 50 percent of the intended acreage was planted respectively. However, Mississippi growers were still planting 20 points behind last year's pace and 17 points behind the average pace, while progress in Tennessee was 22 points behind last year and 11 points behind normal. Elsewhere, planting progressed near the 5-year average pace.
Rice: Ninety-four percent of the rice was planted, 3 points behind last year but 1 point ahead of the 5-year average. Planting was nearly complete in all States, except Arkansas and Mississippi, where progress was 7 and 6 points
behind normal, respectively. In Arkansas and Missouri, planting advanced
15 and 14 points during the week, respectively. Seventy-nine percent of the rice had emerged by the end of the week 9 points behind last year and 3 points behind the average. Significant delays were evident in Arkansas as the crop emerged 24 points behind last year and 21 points behind normal, while in California development was 15 points ahead of last year and 39 points ahead of the average.
Sorghum: Producers had planted 46 percent of the intended sorghum acreage, slightly behind last year's pace and the 5-year average. Planting slowly advanced in all States but gained 11 points or more in Arkansas, Kansas,
Nebraska, and South Dakota, during the week. While producers in Illinois
were, just getting planting underway, nearly all intended acreage was planted in Louisiana. Although planting was behind normal in all States except Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas, the crop was only 3 points behind the normal U.S. planting pace, as significant delays were only evident in States that produce smaller amounts of the crop.
Small Grains: Seventy-six percent of the spring wheat had emerged with Washington and South Dakota leading the way at 89 and 90 percent emerged, respectively. Significant delays in emergence were evident in Minnesota where progress was 22 points behind last year and 11 points behind normal.
Elsewhere, however, spring wheat emerged only slightly behind last year and the 5-year average except in North Dakota, where emergence was 2 points ahead of the average.
Barley producers had seeded 97 percent of their intended acreage, the same as last year but 4 points behind the 5-year average. Planting was over 90 percent complete in all States by week's end. Seventy-three percent of the barley had emerged, 9 points behind last year and 3 points behind the 5-year average. Significant advancement occurred in Minnesota where 49 percent of the crop emerged during the week, but progress continued to be 21 points later than last year and 5 points behind normal.
Oat producers had planted nearly all their intended acreage with progress in all States at 92 percent complete or better. At 98 percent complete, the U.S. pace was the same as last year and the 5-year average as planting in most States was winding down. Eighty-four percent of the oat crop was emerged, 9 points behind last year and 7 points behind the 5-year average.
In the northern Corn Belt emergence was over 20 points behind last year and over 18 points behind normal. Emergence was only ahead of normal in Pennsylvania and North Dakota by 2 and 5 points, respectively.
Other Crops: Seventy-one percent of the intended peanut crop was planted, 12 points ahead of last year and 1 point ahead of the 5-year average. More than 50 percent of the intended crop was planted in Virginia during the week.
However, progress remained 11 points behind last year and 9 points behind the average. With 60 percent of the intended acreage planted in all States, progress was well ahead of normal in Florida and near normal in all other States except Alabama and Virginia, where progress lagged.
Sunflower planting progressed slightly ahead of the 5-year average but 1 point behind last year with 37 percent of the intended acreage planted across the growing region. North Dakota producers planted 34 percent of their crop during the week and had 55 percent of their intended crop in the ground.
Elsewhere, planting was very slow with progress in Kansas and South Dakota 12
and 6 points behind normal, respectively.
Corn: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 2003-
State:May 25,:May 18,:May 25,: 2007
: 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
CO : 92 82 92 90
IL : 87 75 99 97
IN : 77 68 98 89
IA : 93 78 97 97
KS : 94 87 95 97
KY : 83 73 98 94
MI : 94 84 89 83
MN : 95 67 99 96
MO : 72 55 91 96
NE : 96 83 96 96
NC : 100 97 100 98
ND : 93 80 92 89
OH : 64 52 99 93
PA : 70 57 85 79
SD : 85 55 87 91
TN : 97 90 100 98
TX : 97 94 98 98
WI : 80 56 93 84
:
18 Sts: 88 73 96 94
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1/ These 18 States planted 91% of
last year's corn acreage.
Corn: Percent Emerged,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 2003-
State:May 25,:May 18,:May 25,: 2007
: 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
CO : 48 28 48 51
IL : 62 34 94 90
IN : 54 35 81 75
IA : 54 18 80 81
KS : 66 41 77 81
KY : 69 54 92 86
MI : 61 34 61 52
MN : 34 3 91 74
MO : 41 27 75 87
NE : 59 25 75 76
NC : 99 93 99 95
ND : 43 9 66 55
OH : 43 28 85 78
PA : 44 28 56 53
SD : 23 5 59 53
TN : 82 68 99 95
TX : 90 80 87 90
WI : 24 7 73 50
:
18 Sts: 52 26 80 76
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1/ These 18 States planted 91% of
last year's corn acreage.
Rice: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 2003-
State:May 25,:May 18,:May 25,: 2007
: 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
AR : 90 75 98 97
CA : 97 90 92 74
LA : 98 98 99 98
MS : 92 83 99 98
MO : 99 85 98 96
TX : 100 99 97 99
:
6 Sts : 94 84 97 93
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1/ These 6 States planted 100% of
last year's rice acreage.
Rice: Percent Emerged,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 2003-
State:May 25,:May 18,:May 25,: 2007
: 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
AR : 71 55 95 92
CA : 78 *49 63 39
LA : 96 94 95 96
MS : 82 75 96 94
MO : 81 58 92 89
TX : 97 95 89 96
:
6 Sts : 79 *63 88 82
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* Revised.
1/ These 6 States planted 100% of
last year's rice acreage.
Soybeans: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 2003-
State:May 25,:May 18,:May 25,: 2007
: 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
AR : 41 30 71 64
IL : 39 15 86 75
IN : 38 23 84 67
IA : 72 34 80 79
KS : 47 21 39 49
KY : 23 12 55 44
LA : 82 71 84 71
MI : 80 51 58 55
MN : 72 25 91 73
MS : 85 74 97 93
MO : 24 12 49 57
NE : 62 26 69 70
NC : 35 20 35 36
ND : 85 54 72 63
OH : 31 21 91 73
SD : 42 18 48 53
TN : 39 17 66 49
WI : 55 22 77 57
:
18 Sts: 52 27 74 67
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1/ These 18 States planted 95% of
last year's soybean acreage.
Soybeans: Percent Emerged,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 2003-
State:May 25,:May 18,:May 25,: 2007
: 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
AR : 26 NA 50 49
IL : 4 NA 57 43
IN : 10 NA 47 41
IA : 12 NA 37 36
KS : 18 NA 15 21
KY : 8 NA 30 26
LA : 75 NA 75 60
MI : 19 NA 21 22
MN : 3 NA 52 27
MS : 72 NA 91 89
MO : 8 NA 26 32
NE : 11 NA 32 31
NC : 9 NA 19 20
ND : 16 NA 25 17
OH : 13 NA 47 44
SD : 4 NA 14 12
TN : 14 NA 37 26
WI : 3 NA 37 19
:
18 Sts: 12 NA 40 34
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1/ These 18 States planted 95% of
last year's soybean acreage.
Barley: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 2003-
State:May 25,:May 18,:May 25,: 2007
: 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
ID : 91 84 94 92
MN : 95 84 100 96
MT : 96 94 97 95
ND : 99 93 97 91
WA : 99 97 100 100
:
5 Sts : 97 92 97 93
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1/ These 5 States planted 82% of last
year's barley acreage.
Barley: Percent Emerged,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 2003-
State:May 25,:May 18,:May 25,: 2007
: 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : Avg.
--------------------------------------
: Percent
:
ID : 68 58 74 77
MN : 73 24 94 78
MT : 73 51 80 77
ND : 72 45 84 71
WA : 89 74 95 93
:
5 Sts : 73 50 82 76
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1/ These 5 States planted 82% of last
year's barley acreage.
Oats: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 2003-
State:May 25,:May 18,:May 25,: 2007
: 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
IA : 97 93 100 100
MN : 92 84 99 99
NE : 99 97 100 100
ND : 98 93 95 91
OH : 100 100 100 99
PA : 100 97 95 97
SD : 98 93 99 100
TX : 100 100 100 100
WI : 96 83 99 99
:
9 Sts : 98 94 98 98
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1/ These 9 States planted 66% of last
year's oat acreage.
Oats: Percent Emerged,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 2003-
State:May 25,:May 18,:May 25,: 2007
: 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
IA : 77 58 98 99
MN : 69 40 94 87
NE : 95 90 99 99
ND : 76 48 80 74
OH : 91 87 100 97
PA : 89 88 73 84
SD : 86 68 94 95
TX : 100 100 100 100
WI : 67 42 93 88
:
9 Sts : 84 70 93 91
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1/ These 9 States planted 66% of last
year's oat acreage.
Cotton: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 2003-
State:May 25,:May 18,:May 25,: 2007
: 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
AL : 89 76 84 86
AZ : 85 80 96 93
AR : 90 67 97 89
CA : 99 99 100 99
GA : 68 50 53 71
KS : 25 5 17 30
LA : 93 89 92 94
MS : 77 37 97 94
MO : 99 78 99 90
NC : 92 70 95 91
OK : 65 37 46 61
SC : 79 56 80 80
TN : 74 24 96 85
TX : 56 36 50 59
VA : 95 50 94 95
:
15 Sts: 71 49 69 73
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1/ These 15 States planted 99% of
last year's cotton acreage.
Sorghum: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 2003-
State:May 25,:May 18,:May 25,: 2007
: 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
AR : 92 71 99 95
CO : 19 10 27 31
IL : 2 1 61 46
KS : 21 10 20 29
LA : 96 94 98 92
MO : 28 20 46 62
NE : 34 19 54 45
NM : 17 10 15 16
OK : 26 24 41 36
SD : 30 16 39 32
TX : 72 69 71 66
:
11 Sts: 46 38 48 49
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1/ These 11 States planted 95% of
last year's sorghum acreage.
Peanuts: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 2003-
State:May 25,:May 18,:May 25,: 2007
: 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
AL : 61 36 68 75
FL : 76 62 49 60
GA : 67 44 47 65
NC : 78 56 83 81
OK : 80 52 70 74
SC : 69 49 64 71
TX : 81 70 75 76
VA : 76 24 87 85
:
8 Sts : 71 50 59 70
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1/ These 8 States planted 98% of last
year's peanut acreage.
Sunflower: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
--------------------------------------
: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 2003-
State:May 25,:May 18,:May 25,: 2007
: 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
CO : 21 14 26 16
KS : 4 2 4 16
ND : 55 21 54 40
SD : 8 3 15 14
:
4 Sts : 37 15 38 30
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1/ These 4 States planted 86% of last
year's sunflower acreage.
Winter Wheat: Percent Headed,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 2003-
State:May 25,:May 18,:May 25,: 2007
: 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
AR : 100 100 100 100
CA : 100 99 100 100
CO : 41 26 58 65
ID : 2 0 11 6
IL : 71 45 94 94
IN : 61 36 78 82
KS : 80 46 94 97
MI : 1 0 20 16
MO : 80 57 96 96
MT : 0 0 0 0
NE : 11 1 61 52
NC : 100 98 99 98
OH : 33 5 71 64
OK : 99 97 100 100
OR : 27 4 45 41
SD : 1 0 25 14
TX : 93 85 98 97
WA : 18 6 34 33
:
18 Sts: 64 49 76 76
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1/ These 18 States planted 90% of
last year's winter wheat acreage.
Spring Wheat: Percent Emerged,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:-----------------------: 2003-
State:May 25,:May 18,:May 25,: 2007
: 2008 : 2008 : 2007 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
ID : 79 67 88 86
MN : 71 39 93 81
MT : 67 52 75 70
ND : 77 50 83 75
SD : 90 78 95 98
WA : 89 81 98 96
:
6 Sts : 76 54 85 78
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1/ These 6 States planted 99% of last
year's spring wheat acreage.
Winter Wheat: Crop Condition
by Percent, Selected States
Week Ending May 25, 2008
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State : VP : P : F : G : EX
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: Percent
:
AR : 5 14 36 41 4
CA : 0 1 9 30 60
CO : 18 30 35 16 1
ID : 0 1 12 75 12
IL : 1 8 33 51 7
IN : 1 4 22 53 20
KS : 6 12 33 38 11
MI : 1 3 27 60 9
MO : 5 10 38 42 5
MT : 6 18 44 29 3
NE : 0 6 33 51 10
NC : 0 1 17 67 15
OH : 1 3 17 53 26
OK : 8 9 28 45 10
OR : 10 38 29 18 5
SD : 3 5 27 55 10
TX : 21 25 32 18 4
WA : 4 10 36 43 7
:
18 Sts : 8 14 31 38 9
:
Prev Wk : 9 15 31 36 9
Prev Yr : 6 11 26 40 17
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Spring Wheat: Crop Condition
by Percent, Selected States,
Week Ending May 25, 2008
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State : VP : P : F : G : EX
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: Percent
:
ID : 1 2 16 75 6
MN : 1 2 22 62 13
MT : 3 5 62 27 3
ND : 0 7 44 44 5
SD : 0 6 21 59 14
WA : 1 10 52 32 5
:
6 Sts : 1 6 41 45 7
:
Prev Wk : NA NA NA NA NA
Prev Yr : 1 3 17 63 16
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Rice: Crop Condition by Percent,
Selected States,
Week Ending May 25, 2008
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State : VP : P : F : G : EX
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: Percent
:
AR : 2 4 31 55 8
CA : 0 4 12 68 16
LA : 0 3 17 69 11
MS : 1 3 19 69 8
MO : 0 1 15 78 6
TX : 0 0 41 49 10
:
6 Sts : 1 3 24 62 10
:
Prev Wk : 2 5 28 50 15
Prev Yr : 1 5 27 52 15
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Oats: Crop Condition by Percent,
Selected States,
Week Ending May 25, 2008
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State : VP : P : F : G : EX
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: Percent
:
IA : 2 3 29 56 10
MN : 0 6 25 58 11
NE : 0 1 16 78 5
ND : 0 9 63 27 1
OH : 1 9 21 54 15
PA : 2 4 14 72 8
SD : 0 2 16 71 11
TX : 10 11 26 46 7
WI : 0 3 12 58 27
:
9 Sts : 3 7 29 52 9
:
Prev Wk : 3 6 34 49 8
Prev Yr : 0 4 22 60 14
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Barley: Crop Condition by Percent,
Selected States,
Week Ending May 25, 2008
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State : VP : P : F : G : EX
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: Percent
:
ID : 0 1 23 69 7
MN : 0 1 20 62 17
MT : 2 3 34 57 4
ND : 0 7 50 39 4
WA : 1 7 60 31 1
:
5 Sts : 1 5 41 48 5
:
Prev Wk : NA NA NA NA NA
Prev Yr : 1 2 18 65 14
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Pasture and Range: Crop Condition by Percent,
Selected States,
Week Ending May 25, 2008
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State : VP : P : F : G : EX :: State : VP : P : F : G : EX
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: Percent :: : Percent
: :: :
AL : 3 6 24 57 10 :: NJ : 0 0 25 75 0
AZ : 11 28 35 21 5 :: NM : 19 43 34 4 0
AR : 0 2 28 65 5 :: NY : 1 3 23 53 20
CA : 48 43 9 0 0 :: NC : 6 8 23 52 11
CO : 20 29 37 13 1 :: ND : 16 35 34 15 0
CT : 0 0 4 83 13 :: OH : 2 5 26 49 18
DE : 1 7 35 50 7 :: OK : 3 7 26 54 10
FL : 5 30 50 15 0 :: OR : 3 13 28 44 12
GA : 2 11 43 40 4 :: PA : 4 5 20 51 20
ID : 3 12 32 42 11 :: RI : 0 0 20 40 40
IL : 0 2 20 60 18 :: SC : 0 10 36 53 1
IN : 2 6 29 47 16 :: SD : 2 5 33 50 10
IA : 1 5 26 56 12 :: TN : 1 8 28 48 15
KS : 4 11 32 46 7 :: TX : 9 19 29 37 6
KY : 1 5 35 48 11 :: UT : 5 20 38 26 11
LA : 1 5 31 56 7 :: VT : 0 7 40 53 0
ME : 0 7 13 67 13 :: VA : 1 4 24 56 15
MD : 0 1 22 52 25 :: WA : 3 12 46 39 0
MA : 0 0 11 77 12 :: WV : 4 8 30 49 9
MI : 1 6 36 45 12 :: WI : 0 5 24 46 25
MN : 2 10 32 47 9 :: WY : 0 10 34 53 3
MS : 2 6 37 45 10 :: :
MO : 1 6 37 50 6 :: 48 Sts : 7 14 30 41 8
MT : 10 22 40 21 7 :: :
NE : 0 4 23 65 8 :: Prev Wk: 9 14 29 40 8
NV : 7 23 38 30 2 :: Prev Yr: 6 14 28 41 11
NH : 0 4 12 60 24 :: :
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VP-Very Poor, P-Poor, F-Fair, G-Good, EX-Excellent.
National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2007 planted acres.
Crop Progress and Condition Survey and Estimating Procedures
Survey Procedures: Crop progress and condition estimates are based on survey data collected each week from early April through the end of November. The non-probability crop progress and condition surveys include input from more than 5,000 reporters whose occupations provide them opportunities to make visual observations and frequently bring them in contact with farmers in their counties. Based on standard definitions, these reporters subjectively estimate progress of farmers' activities and progress of crops through various stages of development. They also provide subjective evaluations of crop conditions.
Most reporters complete their questionnaires on Friday or early Monday morning and submit them to the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) Field Offices in their States by mail, telephone, fax, e-mail, or through a secured internet website. A small number of reports are completed on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. Regardless of when questionnaires are completed, reporters are asked to report for the week ending on Sunday. For reports submitted prior to the Sunday reference date, a degree of uncertainty is introduced by projections for weekend changes in progress and condition.
By the end of the 2001 season, nearly two-thirds of the data were being submitted through the internet website. As a result, about one-half of all data are submitted on Monday morning, significantly reducing projection uncertainty.
Reporters are sent written reporting instructions at the beginning of each season and are contacted periodically to ensure proper reporting. Terms and definitions of crop stages and condition categories used as reporting guidelines are available on the NASS website at:
www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/National_Crop_Progress/terms_definitions.asp.
Estimating Procedures: Reported data are reviewed for reasonableness and consistency by comparing with data reported the previous week and data reported in surrounding counties for the current week. Each State Field Office summarizes the reported data to district and State levels, weighting each county's reported data by NASS county acreage estimates. Summarized indications are compared with previous week estimates, and progress items are compared with earlier stages of development and historical averages to ensure reasonableness. Weather events and reporter comments are also taken into consideration. State estimates are submitted to the Agricultural Statistics Board (ASB) along with supporting comments, where they are compared with surrounding States and compiled into a National level summary by weighting each State by its acreage estimates.
Revision Policy: Progress and condition estimates in the Crop Progress report are released after 4:00 pm ET on the first business day of the week.
These estimates are preliminary and subject to corrections or updates in the Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin that is released after 12:00 pm ET on the second business day of the week. These estimates are subject to revision the following week.
Crop Progress and Condition tables expected next week:
Barley- Emerged, Condition
Corn- Planted, Emerged, Condition
Cotton- Planted
Oats- Emerged, Headed, Condition
Pasture and Range- Condition
Peanuts- Planted
Rice- Emerged, Condition
Sorghum- Planted
Soybeans- Planted, Emerged
Spring Wheat- Emerged, Condition
Sunflowers- Planted
Winter Wheat- Headed, Condition
