HDR1012000170110923961600CROP PROGRESS Released September 23, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Crop Progress" call Greg Preston at (202) 720-7621, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@NASS.USDA.GOV. The "Crop Progress" report is available on AutoFax, (202) 720-2000, report 1550. See back page. Note: These data are preliminary and will be released at 4 p.m. each Monday, except for holidays. See tomorrow's Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin for any revisions. Corn: Percent Dented, Corn: Percent Mature, Selected States Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1991- :-----------------------: 1991- State:Sep 22,:Sep 15,:Sep 22,: 1995 State:Sep 22,:Sep 15,:Sep 22,: 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : CO : 97 88 77 81 CO : 32 9 10 27 GA : 100 100 100 100 GA : 100 98 100 100 IL : 92 75 95 94 IL : 46 22 62 62 IN : 83 62 99 98 IN : 38 20 74 61 IA : 88 77 97 89 IA : 40 16 70 62 KS : 98 97 94 96 KS : 65 60 48 74 KY : 98 94 100 99 KY : 72 50 82 80 MI : 59 40 99 77 MI : 16 2 75 38 MN : 96 76 98 84 MN : 25 9 66 42 MO : 100 98 86 95 MO : 76 63 46 68 NE : 92 80 96 95 NE : 21 6 30 50 NC : 100 100 100 99 NC : 100 98 99 97 OH : 65 43 99 96 OH : 7 2 41 39 PA : 73 63 87 74 PA : 25 20 60 28 SD : 83 72 91 82 SD : 26 14 40 48 TX : 100 100 97 99 TX : 93 85 90 87 WI : 62 46 99 75 WI : 18 5 75 40 : : 17 Sts: 87 73 96 90 17 Sts: 37 20 60 56 -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- These 17 States produced 91% of the These 17 States produced 91% of the 1995 corn crop. 1995 corn crop. Corn: Percent Harvested, Soybeans: Percent Dropping Leaves, Selected States Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1991- :-----------------------: 1991- State:Sep 22,:Sep 15,:Sep 22,: 1995 State:Sep 22,:Sep 15,:Sep 22,: 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : CO : 0 0 0 2 AL : 29 13 45 25 GA : 80 71 94 87 AR : 22 18 16 13 IL : 4 1 6 13 GA : 32 18 28 32 IN : 3 1 11 9 IL : 24 9 44 59 IA : 2 1 4 5 IN : 30 15 74 69 KS : 13 10 7 24 IA : 34 7 49 51 KY : 26 14 39 26 KS : 53 32 31 56 MI : 1 0 7 5 KY : 25 12 32 31 MN : 1 0 4 2 LA : 58 48 48 37 MO : 23 17 20 23 MI : 20 7 79 53 NE : 1 0 0 6 MN : 49 24 73 58 NC : 50 47 68 53 MS : 56 50 54 35 OH : 2 0 3 5 MO : 24 12 15 36 PA : 6 4 9 3 NE : 25 8 30 55 SD : 2 1 1 4 NC : 15 11 14 16 TX : 69 63 75 72 OH : 20 14 81 78 WI : 1 0 5 3 SC : 5 4 2 4 : SD : 75 56 55 61 17 Sts: 7 4 9 11 TN : 30 15 37 27 -------------------------------------- : These 17 States produced 93% of the 19 Sts: 33 17 48 51 1995 corn crop. -------------------------------------- These 19 States produced 94% of the 1995 soybean crop. Soybeans: Percent Harvested, Winter Wheat: Percent Planted, Selected States Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1991- :-----------------------: 1991- State:Sep 22,:Sep 15,:Sep 22,: 1995 State:Sep 22,:Sep 15,:Sep 22,: 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : AL : 1 NA 1 1 AR : 2 1 1 2 AR : 7 NA 3 3 CA : 0 0 0 0 GA : 0 NA 1 1 CO : 56 38 44 56 IL : 1 NA 3 12 GA : 1 0 2 2 IN : 1 NA 8 9 ID : 24 12 29 27 IA : 0 NA 2 5 IL : 0 0 1 2 KS : 2 NA 1 6 IN : 4 1 4 5 KY : 0 NA 1 2 KS : 14 6 10 26 LA : 23 NA 19 10 MI : 9 3 12 18 MI : 1 NA 3 2 MO : 4 1 4 6 MN : 1 NA 3 3 MT : 12 4 22 24 MS : 26 NA 33 12 NE : 44 25 54 62 MO : 0 NA 0 2 NC : 5 2 5 7 NE : 0 NA 1 10 OH : 1 1 4 3 NC : 0 NA 0 0 OK : 17 10 17 33 OH : 0 NA 6 8 OR : 8 2 17 18 SC : 0 NA 0 0 SD : 53 27 68 70 SD : 2 NA 1 5 TX : 51 29 32 35 TN : 0 NA 1 1 WA : 65 61 57 54 : : 19 Sts: 2 NA 4 6 19 Sts: 25 15 22 31 -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- These 19 States produced 94% of the These 19 States produced 92% of the 1995 soybean crop. 1995 winter wheat crop. Cotton: Percent Bolls Opening, Cotton: Percent Harvested, Selected States Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1991- :-----------------------: 1991- State:Sep 22,:Sep 15,:Sep 22,: 1995 State:Sep 22,:Sep 15,:Sep 22,: 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : AL : 68 54 75 62 AL : 8 NA 11 6 AZ : 100 99 98 95 AZ : 8 NA 9 11 AR : 83 71 86 65 AR : 9 NA 6 5 CA : 100 95 67 87 CA : 2 NA 1 1 GA : 74 67 79 69 GA : 12 NA 13 6 LA : 96 94 93 90 LA : 13 NA 18 13 MS : 95 93 96 87 MS : 14 NA 22 10 MO : 80 60 65 63 MO : 10 NA 4 6 NM : 83 75 63 59 NM : 0 NA 0 0 NC : 80 63 83 76 NC : 3 NA 2 3 OK : 28 25 9 33 OK : 0 NA 0 1 SC : 71 62 66 75 SC : 11 NA 4 5 TN : 93 78 87 80 TN : 11 NA 5 6 TX : 47 35 48 46 TX : 17 NA 23 23 : : 14 Sts: 70 61 68 64 14 Sts: 12 NA 15 12 -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- These 14 States produced 99% of the These 14 States produced 99% of the 1995 cotton crop. 1995 cotton crop. Sorghum: Percent Coloring, Selected States -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1991- State:Sep 22,:Sep 15,:Sep 22,: 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 99 99 99 97 CO : 89 81 79 69 IL : 89 80 58 85 KS : 91 85 77 81 LA : 100 100 100 100 MS : 100 100 99 99 MO : 91 84 78 88 NE : 89 76 83 86 NM : 60 54 55 66 OK : 89 85 75 84 SD : 96 86 86 74 TX : 96 91 96 91 : 12 Sts: 92 85 83 85 -------------------------------------- These 12 States produced 98% of the 1995 sorghum crop. Sorghum: Percent Mature, Spring Wheat: Percent Harvested, Selected States Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1991- :-----------------------: 1991- State:Sep 22,:Sep 15,:Sep 22,: 1995 State:Sep 22,:Sep 15,:Sep 22,: 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : AR : 92 87 94 87 ID : 96 93 89 89 CO : 17 12 1 18 MN : 96 85 99 90 IL : 30 13 14 44 MT : 98 95 86 79 KS : 35 25 11 28 ND : 95 90 92 87 LA : 100 99 96 94 SD : 100 100 100 99 MS : 100 97 95 91 : MO : 48 33 46 56 5 Sts : 96 91 92 86 NE : 13 2 16 40 -------------------------------------- NM : 4 0 2 9 These 5 States produced 96% of the OK : 32 26 14 21 1995 spring wheat crop. SD : 42 28 24 36 TX : 77 66 84 79 : Rice: Percent Harvested, 12 Sts: 46 36 38 48 Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- These 12 States produced 98% of the : Week Ending : 1995 sorghum crop. :-----------------------: 1991- State:Sep 22,:Sep 15,:Sep 22,: 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. Sorghum: Percent Harvested, -------------------------------------- Selected States : Percent -------------------------------------- : : Week Ending : AR : 59 41 52 48 :-----------------------: 1991- CA : 10 5 2 9 State:Sep 22,:Sep 15,:Sep 22,: 1995 LA : 90 88 93 83 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. MS : 77 62 82 50 -------------------------------------- TX : 98 92 88 87 : Percent : : 5 Sts : 63 52 59 53 AR : 61 55 72 63 -------------------------------------- CO : 0 0 0 1 These 5 States produced 96% of the IL : 1 0 0 7 1995 rice crop. KS : 8 6 1 8 LA : 90 82 82 80 MS : 85 81 80 65 MO : 10 8 26 22 NE : 0 0 0 6 NM : 0 0 0 1 OK : 10 6 4 7 SD : 2 0 0 3 TX : 61 60 73 71 : 12 Sts: 25 23 26 29 -------------------------------------- These 12 States produced 99% of the 1995 sorghum crop. Peanuts: Percent Harvested, Selected States -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1991- State:Sep 22,:Sep 15,:Sep 22,: 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 27 13 33 35 FL : 39 24 NA NA GA : 17 8 45 34 NC : 2 1 5 3 OK : 2 1 1 3 SC : 19 13 23 18 TX : 2 1 8 10 VA : 10 1 27 12 : 8 Sts : 14 7 28 23 -------------------------------------- These 8 States produced 99% of the 1995 peanut crop. Corn: Crop Condition Soybeans: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : CO : 2 4 9 65 20 AL : 1 3 19 63 14 GA : 2 14 35 43 6 AR : 4 13 30 38 15 IL : 4 11 32 47 6 GA : 0 7 27 49 17 IN : 4 13 39 41 3 IL : 6 15 42 33 4 IA : 1 3 22 56 18 IN : 4 17 40 37 2 KS : 1 2 12 58 27 IA : 1 6 26 55 12 KY : 1 4 20 50 25 KS : 0 2 14 62 22 MI : 10 20 35 30 5 KY : 0 3 21 54 22 MN : 2 10 40 42 6 LA : 0 2 26 62 10 MO : 1 7 26 48 18 MI : 10 15 35 37 3 NE : 1 2 12 53 32 MN : 3 10 40 44 3 NC : 13 24 34 25 4 MS : 1 2 19 70 8 OH : 4 14 39 38 5 MO : 2 9 36 43 10 PA : 1 4 15 49 31 NE : 0 3 18 48 31 SD : 0 4 16 58 22 NC : 2 9 29 54 6 TX : 0 0 9 39 52 OH : 3 16 40 36 5 WI : 3 9 35 44 9 SC : 0 6 28 58 8 : SD : 0 3 20 59 18 17 Sts : 3 8 27 47 15 TN : 0 3 17 58 22 : : Prev Wk : 3 8 28 46 15 19 Sts : 3 10 32 45 10 Prev Yr : 2 10 35 46 7 : -------------------------------------- Prev Wk : 3 11 33 42 11 Prev Yr : 3 13 37 40 7 -------------------------------------- Cotton: Crop Condition Peanut: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : AL : 2 2 15 74 7 AL : 0 8 44 45 3 AZ : 0 3 21 45 31 FL : 0 18 4 40 38 AR : 0 4 31 48 17 GA : 3 8 34 43 12 CA : 0 0 5 55 40 NC : 0 13 31 50 6 GA : 1 7 27 57 8 OK : 0 4 30 55 11 LA : 0 8 35 51 6 SC : 1 4 24 65 6 MS : 0 2 25 59 14 TX : 0 1 22 60 17 MO : 0 7 25 58 10 VA : 0 0 36 50 14 NM : 0 0 12 78 10 : NC : 1 9 58 29 3 8 Sts : 1 7 31 48 13 OK : 2 19 44 33 2 : SC : 1 8 28 54 9 Prev Wk : 1 9 36 43 11 TN : 0 3 18 63 16 Prev Yr : NA NA NA NA NA TX : 6 13 26 38 17 -------------------------------------- : 14 Sts : 3 8 26 47 16 : Prev Wk : 2 10 29 46 13 Prev Yr : 4 17 42 34 3 -------------------------------------- Sorghum: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 0 11 35 44 10 CO : 0 4 12 67 17 IL : 2 8 37 48 5 KS : 0 1 13 60 26 LA : 0 0 29 68 3 MS : 0 2 29 66 3 MO : 2 7 27 51 13 NE : 1 1 13 52 33 NM : 4 23 27 45 1 OK : 0 2 10 76 12 SD : 0 6 27 59 8 TX : 0 8 23 47 22 : 12 Sts : 0 4 18 56 22 : Prev Wk : 1 5 22 53 19 Prev Yr : 4 14 36 43 3 -------------------------------------- Note: US level crop conditions are weighted averages based on 1995 planted acres for the selected states. Pasture and Range: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX :: State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent :: : Percent : :: : AL : 1 3 28 59 9 :: NJ : 0 0 25 65 10 AZ : 19 17 42 20 2 :: NM : 4 13 29 50 4 AR : 7 21 33 33 6 :: NY : 0 0 22 78 0 CA : 0 20 60 20 0 :: NC : 0 4 19 67 10 CO : 5 9 25 52 9 :: ND : 6 18 37 36 3 CT : 0 0 17 83 0 :: OH : 6 20 41 30 3 DE : 0 3 24 70 3 :: OK : 0 4 19 52 25 FL : 0 5 25 70 0 :: OR : 1 35 36 27 1 GA : 1 7 32 57 3 :: PA : 0 5 27 57 11 ID : 0 23 41 33 3 :: RI : 0 0 6 18 76 IL : 14 29 38 18 1 :: SC : 2 4 30 58 6 IN : 8 22 45 25 0 :: SD : 0 8 30 54 8 IA : 4 22 32 34 8 :: TN : 0 2 23 61 14 KS : 0 4 19 69 8 :: TX : 2 21 36 30 11 KY : 4 15 35 36 10 :: UT : 11 29 40 20 0 LA : 0 3 26 64 7 :: VT : 23 9 44 24 0 ME : 0 6 15 51 28 :: VA : 0 0 9 71 20 MD : 1 2 15 70 12 :: WA : 0 5 45 45 5 MA : 0 0 8 90 2 :: WV : 0 1 13 72 14 MI : 16 24 32 22 6 :: WI : 23 31 32 13 1 MN : 16 26 38 19 1 :: WY : 0 11 55 33 1 MS : 1 7 33 52 7 :: : MO : 6 21 36 32 5 :: 48 Sts : 4 15 33 41 7 MT : 7 26 41 25 1 :: : NE : 0 4 17 66 13 :: Prev Wk: 5 15 35 39 6 NV : 7 18 50 25 0 :: Prev Yr: 5 16 34 40 5 NH : 0 3 62 35 0 :: : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VP - Very Poor P - Poor F - Fair G - Good Ex - Excellent The next "Crop Progress" report will be released at 4 P.M. 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