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U.S. harvests lag behind average years

Tue, 10/20/2009 - 04:10 by surajdogra

Washington -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the nation's corn crop, 17 percent harvested, lags behind the five-year average of 46 percent for this time of year.

By historic averages, 97 percent of the corn crop has reached maturity at this time of year, but only 83 percent of the 2009 crop has reached maturity. The crop has lagged the entire season, starting with a late planting due to a rainy spring.

Other crops are late as well. The nation's sunflower crop is 9 percent
harvested compared with a historic average of 25 percent for this time of year.

The soybean crop is 30 percent harvested, far behind the 5-year average of 72 percent.

Corn harvest late but under way

Tue, 09/29/2009 - 03:08 by Salinder Kumar

Washington -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture said 6 percent of the nation's corn crop was harvested, against a 5-year average of 18 percent for this time of year.

Fair weather for the second half of the growing season kept crops in good shape through the dog days of summer, but there was no magical catch-up period in which crops -- already late from a wet spring -- were afforded an opportunity to sprint ahead to match historic averages.

Slow spring still haunts crops

Tue, 08/18/2009 - 03:15 by Salinder Kumar

Washington -- Nearly three-quarters of the U.S. soybean crop has set pods, behind the recent five-year average for the crop, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.

The historic average for setting pods is 85 percent for this week of the year. The USDA said 72 percent of this year's crop has begun to set pods.

The nation's crop report for the week ending Aug. 16 said 71 percent of the rice crop in the 6 largest rice producing states had headed out. Over the past five years, on average, 83 percent of the crop has headed out by this week of the year.

U.S. crops lag behind five-year averages

Tue, 07/28/2009 - 02:31 by surajdogra

Washington -- The U.S. corn crop remains sharply behind its five-year average with 55 percent reaching the silking stage, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday.

Historically, 76 percent of the crop in the 18 largest corn-producing states has reached the silking stage by this time of year.

Rice is also behind its five-year average, with 29 percent of the crop headed out, compared to an historic average of 37 percent for this week of the year.

Ninety-three percent of the spring wheat crop has headed out, close to is historic average of 98 percent for the end of July.

Sixty-three percent of the soybean crop is in bloom. Historically, 76 percent of the U.S. soybean crop is in bloom at this point.

U.S. corn growing slowly

Tue, 06/30/2009 - 02:42 by surajdogra

Washinton -- Progress in the U.S. corn crop remains far behind its historic average, as the corn cobs enter the silking stage, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said.

In the previous five seasons, the 18 largest corn-producing states have averaged 8 percent of the crop at the silking stage by this time of year. Only 4 percent of this year's crop has reached that stage so far this year.

A 4 percentage point difference may sound negligible, but historically eight states at this time of year report silking at 10 percent or better. This year, following a slow, rainy planting season, three states -- North Carolina, Texas and Tennessee -- are the only ones reporting 8 percent or more of the acreage planted has reached the silking stage.

Corn lagging, especially in two states

Tue, 05/12/2009 - 12:32 by Salinder Kumar

Washington -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday the nation's corn crop still lagged behind its historic planting average.

The 18 largest corn producing states reported 48 percent of the acreage had seeds in the ground, compared to a five-year average of 71 percent done for this week of the year, the department said.

Farmers in Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska were ahead of their historic averages and North Carolina was one percentage point behind its average at 95 percent done. But Illinois and Indiana, with 10 percent and 11 percent done,
respectively, were far behind their normal pace.

Historically, Illinois is 84 percent done by this week of the year, while Indiana, historically, is 70 percent done.