Crop Progress Updates
Corn Planting Well Ahead of Last Year
Corn Planting Well Ahead of Last Year May 9, 2012 Farmers made significant planting progress thanks to favorable weather conditions, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office. Above normal temperatures and limited precipitation allowed active field work and aided crop development. Corn planted jumped to near three-fourths complete with 25 percent emerged. Corn [...]
Corn Planting is Well Underway
Corn Planting is Well Underway April 23, 2012 Field activities have picked up momentum in recent weeks but were slowed due to damp soils, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office. Thanks to a drier winter and spring, corn planting has been able to get an earlier start compared to previous [...]
November 9, 2011 Crop Progress Update
Harvest Nearly Complete November 9, 2011 According to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office, harvest is nearly complete. Corn harvest was at 87 percent complete, which is one week behind last year’s 93 percent complete but fifteen days ahead of the 66 average. Harvest is mostly completed in the eastern half of [...]
October 26, 2011 Crop Progress Update
Corn Harvest Reaches Halfway Point October 26, 2011 According to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office, corn harvest has reached the half way point. Freezing temperatures in many areas across the state ended the growing season and promoted the dry down of crops that still need to be harvested. In certain locations, field [...]
October 12, 2011 Crop Progress Update
Corn harvest advances due to dry conditions October 12, 2011 According to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office, corn harvest has been advancing due to the dry conditions. Unfortunately, these dry conditions have led to field fires being sparked by combines, which then spread rapidly due to high winds and dry conditions. [...]
September 26, 2011 Crop Progress Update
High Moisture Slows the Start of Corn Harvest September 28, 2011 According to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office, corn harvest has been slow due to high moisture corn. However, drier conditions have helped harvest pick up momentum. Corn crop conditions rated 76 percent good to excellent, below 81 percent good to [...]
September 12, 2011 Crop Progress Update
Harvest is around the corner September 12, 2011 According to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office, crops are beginning to turn to fall colors due to dry conditions and below normal temperatures. Irrigation has come to an end as farmers begin to pick up irrigation pipe. Corn silage, high moisture corn, and [...]
August 31, 2011 Crop Progress Update
Corn Continues Advancing towards Maturity August 31, 2011 According to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office, warmer temperatures have continued to help the corn progress towards maturity. A majority of the state received little precipitation; however, storms across the East Central location brought damaging hail. Irrigation is beginning to slow down on [...]
August 15, 2011 Crop Progress Update
Cooler Temps Brings Relief to Corn Crop August 15, 2011 According to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office, below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation brought some relief to the high heat and humidity that made for challenging growing conditions. Certain areas across the state experienced storms that brought high winds, large [...]
August 1, 2011 Crop Progress Update
Above Normal Temperatures Impacts Crops August 1, 2011 According to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Nebraska Field Office, Nebraska’s corn crop was 77 percent good to excellent. Irrigated corn conditions rated 80 percent good to excellent while dryland corn rated 74 percent. Corn silked was 89 percent, behind 94 percent last year and the [...]
