Crop Progress: Corn Planting Nears End, Soybeans at 87% Planted

Jun 15, 2022

For the week ending May 29, 2022, there were 4.5 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 12% very short, 26% short, 59% adequate and 3% surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 17% very short, 37% short, 46% adequate and 0% surplus.

Field Crops Report:

Corn planted was 95%, near 97% last year and 94% for the five-year average. Emerged was 73%, behind 81% last year and near 77% average.

Soybeans planted was 87%, behind 93% last year, but near 83% average. Emerged was 55%, behind 65% last year but near 52% average.

Winter wheat condition rated 16% very poor, 17% poor, 38% fair, 25% good and 4% excellent. Winter wheat headed was 50%, near 46% last year and 49% average.

Sorghum planted was 55%, ahead of 43% last year, and near 52% average.

Oats condition rated 12% very poor, 14% poor, 28% fair, 39% good and 7% excellent. Oats emerged was 93%, near 96% last year and 92% average.

Dry edible beans planted was 21%, near 18% last year and ahead of 12% average.

Pasture and Range Report:

Pasture and range conditions rated 15% very poor, 23% poor, 42% fair, 18% good and 2% excellent.

Source : unl.edu

Video: Evolution of Beef Cattle Farming

The Clear Conversations podcast took to the road for a special episode recorded in Nashville during CattleCon, bringing listeners straight into the heart of the cattle industry. Host Tracy Sellers welcomed rancher Steve Wooten of Beatty Canyon Ranch in Colorado for a wide-ranging discussion that blended family history and sustainability, particularly as it relates to the future of beef production.

Sustainability emerged as a central theme of the conversation, a word that Wooten acknowledges can mean very different things depending on who you ask. For him, sustainability starts with the soil. Healthy soil produces healthy grass, which supports efficient cattle capable of producing year after year with minimal external inputs. It’s an approach that equally considers vegetation, animal efficiency, and long-term profitability.

That philosophy aligned naturally with Wooten’s involvement in the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, where he served as a representative for the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association. The roundtable brings together the entire beef supply chain—from producers to retailers—along with universities, NGOs, and allied industries. Its goal is not regulation, Wooten emphasized, but collaboration, shared learning, and continuous improvement.