Corn beginning to silk across the United States

The USDA reported 4 percent of American corn is silking

By Diego Flammini
Assistant Editor, North American Content
Farms.com

4 percent of the American crop is silking, according to the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) latest Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin.

That number is down 1 percent from the five year average.

On a state level, USDA reported North Carolina has 60 percent of its corn silked. That’s the highest of the 18 states documented.

When it comes to the corn’s condition, USDA rated 55 percent of the crop as ‘good.’

USDA also rated 37 percent of corn in Tennessee as ‘excellent,’ the most of any documented state.

Soybeans
On a national level, 94 percent of the total U.S. soybean crop has emerged, according to the USDA. That number is up from the 91 percent average recorded over five years.

Minnesota and South Dakota are the only states with 100 percent crop emergence, the USDA reported.

The lowest reported soybean emergence in the U.S. is North Carolina at 79 percent.

And 9 percent of the soybean crop is beginning to bloom, according to the USDA’s report.  That number is up from the 7 percent five year average.

On a state level, USDA reports 79 percent of Louisiana’s soybean crop is blooming, the highest percentage of the 18 recorded states. That number is well above the 52 percent five year average.

USDA officials rated 56 percent of the U.S. soybean crop as ‘good,’ according to the report. And they rated 27 percent of Tennessee’s soybean crop as ‘excellent,’ the highest percentage of any state.

Wheat
36 percent of the American spring wheat crop has headed, according to the USDA’s latest data. That number is up 1 percent from the five year average.

USDA officials report South Dakota’s 85 percent is the highest percentage of spring wheat headed of the six documented states. That number is well above the 58 percent five year average.

And USDA rated 33 percent of the total spring wheat crop as ‘good.’

24 percent of Minnesota’s spring wheat crop is ‘excellent,’ the highest of the six recorded states.

American farmers continue to harvest their winter wheat crop as well.

41 percent of the total winter wheat crop has been harvested, according to the USDA’s report. That number is up from the 39 percent five year average.

USDA reports Arkansas and Oklahoma have the most winter wheat harvested, with 98 and 90 percent, respectively.

Farmers in Idaho, Michigan, Montana, Oregon, South Dakota and Washington have none of their winter wheat harvested, according to the report.

And USDA ranked 40 percent of the winter wheat crop as ‘good.’ On a state level, USDA ranked 40 percent of California’s winter wheat crop as ‘excellent.’

Fieldwork Days

The states with the most suitable fieldwork days for the week ending June 25 were:

1. Washington, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Massachusetts – 7
2. Montana – 6.9
3. Idaho – 6.8
4. Wyoming and Nebraska – 6.6

The states with the fewest number of fieldwork days were:

1. Mississppi – 1.3
2. Louisiana – 2.1
3. Alabama – 2.4
4. Wisconsin - 3.2

The next Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin is scheduled for release on Tuesday, July 4.