Crop Progress National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released November 30, 1998, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Crop Progress" call Mark E. Miller at (202) 720-7621, office hours 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. Note: These data are preliminary and will be released after 4 p.m. each Monday, except for holidays. See tomorrow's Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin for final crop progress and condition estimates. Winter Wheat: Percent Emerged, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Nov 29,:Nov 22,:Nov 29,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 89 83 77 83 CA : 30 20 33 30 CO : 99 99 100 100 GA : 37 18 25 36 ID : 97 96 95 95 IL : 100 98 100 98 IN : 99 96 99 99 KS : 98 97 98 98 MI : 100 100 100 99 MO : 95 86 99 90 MT : 95 95 94 93 NE : 100 100 100 100 NC : 70 65 75 68 OH : 100 100 99 99 OK : 91 89 93 95 OR : 100 95 89 93 SD : 100 100 100 99 TX : 89 85 92 90 WA : 100 100 100 97 : 19 Sts: 94 92 94 94 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 19 States planted 91% of last year's winter wheat acreage. We 1 (11-98) Cotton: Percent Harvested, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Nov 29,:Nov 22,:Nov 29,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 99 97 89 93 AZ : 83 81 91 90 AR : 100 100 97 98 CA : 70 60 98 96 GA : 85 82 73 84 LA : 100 100 100 100 MS : 100 100 99 99 MO : 99 96 97 97 NM : 74 61 89 84 NC : 98 95 79 87 OK : 87 84 86 75 SC : 97 91 84 87 TN : 99 99 95 97 TX : 87 83 83 79 : 14 Sts: 90 86 87 87 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 14 States harvested 98% of last year's cotton acreage. Sorghum: Percent Harvested, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1993- State:Nov 29,:Nov 22,:Nov 29,: 1997 : 1998 : 1998 : 1997 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 100 100 100 100 CO : 93 80 63 88 IL : 100 98 100 99 KS : 99 96 97 98 LA : 100 100 100 100 MS : 100 100 100 100 MO : 99 95 99 97 NE : 99 98 99 99 NM : 97 72 100 91 OK : 96 91 85 88 SD : 90 89 98 99 TX : 94 92 98 99 : 12 Sts: 97 94 97 98 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 12 States harvested 99% of last year's sorghum acreage. Winter Wheat: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 0 1 30 50 19 CA : 0 0 10 50 40 CO : 0 1 11 54 34 GA : 1 15 43 40 1 ID : 0 0 4 84 12 IL : 0 5 18 58 19 IN : 0 3 19 62 16 KS : 1 4 22 56 17 MI : 1 4 33 52 10 MO : 0 4 34 59 3 MT : 0 1 33 65 1 NE : 0 1 19 60 20 NC : 1 3 23 58 15 OH : 0 3 21 56 20 OK : 0 1 14 76 9 OR : 0 3 23 74 0 SD : 0 0 14 60 26 TX : 1 10 43 38 8 WA : 0 13 47 40 0 : 19 Sts : 0 4 24 58 14 : Prev Wk : 0 5 25 59 11 Prev Yr : 0 3 24 65 8 -------------------------------------- VP-Very Poor, P-Poor, F-Fair, G-Good, EX-Excellent. National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 1997 planted acres. The next "Crop Progress" report will be released after 4 p.m. ET on April 5, 1999. 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