We 1 (8-00) Crop Progress National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released August 7, 2000, 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. Corn: Percent Dough, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1995- State:Aug 6, :Jul 30,:Aug 6, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : CO : 15 10 6 12 IL : 65 47 58 32 IN : 60 35 49 27 IA : 30 14 17 10 KS : 67 51 45 47 KY : 57 45 65 43 MI : 8 0 16 5 MN : 11 1 7 5 MO : 79 65 65 53 NE : 39 19 28 19 NC : 85 79 71 78 ND : 46 20 37 39 OH : 35 18 59 22 PA : 35 23 33 23 SD : 28 13 24 15 TN : 81 63 85 78 TX : 84 78 81 83 WI : 12 4 28 18 : 18 Sts: 42 26 36 24 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 18 States planted 92% of last year's corn acreage. Corn: Percent Dented, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1995- State:Aug 6, :Jul 30,:Aug 6, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : CO : 0 NA 0 0 IL : 20 NA 16 6 IN : 16 NA 9 2 IA : 3 NA 0 0 KS : 17 NA 7 11 KY : 20 NA 21 11 MI : 0 NA 0 0 MN : 1 NA 1 1 MO : 43 NA 31 22 NE : 10 NA 0 1 NC : 47 NA 48 53 ND : 2 NA 0 1 OH : 4 NA 7 1 PA : 4 NA 3 1 SD : 8 NA 1 2 TN : 35 NA 48 42 TX : 64 NA 58 62 WI : 0 NA 0 0 : 18 Sts: 12 NA 8 6 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 18 States planted 92% of last year's corn acreage. Soybeans: Percent Blooming, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1995- State:Aug 6, :Jul 30,:Aug 6, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 74 59 76 69 IL : 97 91 95 84 IN : 96 92 97 81 IA : 99 96 97 93 KS : 91 81 70 78 KY : 74 69 75 54 LA : 95 92 97 95 MI : 77 62 94 81 MN : 99 92 96 95 MS : 98 95 98 90 MO : 92 84 74 66 NE : 95 87 93 89 NC : 46 37 51 47 ND : 98 93 91 95 OH : 91 86 99 87 SD : 88 84 88 82 TN : 70 55 73 61 WI : 84 78 87 70 : 18 Sts: 92 85 90 83 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 18 States planted 95% of last year's soybean acreage. Cotton: Percent Setting Bolls, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1995- State:Aug 6, :Jul 30,:Aug 6, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 88 85 82 86 AZ : 100 94 95 98 AR : 100 98 98 98 CA : 85 75 69 75 GA : 88 82 91 95 LA : 100 98 100 100 MS : 100 98 99 99 MO : 100 99 100 97 NC : 91 80 91 81 OK : 74 55 64 62 SC : 70 62 71 80 TN : 95 87 97 96 TX : 78 69 77 77 VA : 81 50 63 89 : 14 Sts: 86 79 84 85 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 14 States planted 99% of last year's cotton acreage. Soybeans: Percent Setting Pods, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1995- State:Aug 6, :Jul 30,:Aug 6, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 42 28 40 31 IL : 82 63 68 44 IN : 70 47 70 41 IA : 90 77 76 65 KS : 69 52 34 40 KY : 50 37 51 30 LA : 82 76 83 73 MI : 39 20 69 46 MN : 70 40 51 54 MS : 90 83 91 70 MO : 63 49 31 30 NE : 69 46 45 43 NC : 19 14 24 23 ND : 79 58 61 75 OH : 59 40 82 50 SD : 61 44 49 45 TN : 37 28 47 33 WI : 53 29 51 38 : 18 Sts: 69 51 59 47 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 18 States planted 95% of last year's soybean acreage. Cotton: Percent Bolls Opening, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1995- State:Aug 6, :Jul 30,:Aug 6, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 1 NA 2 2 AZ : 15 NA 3 18 AR : 4 NA 0 0 CA : 1 NA 1 2 GA : 4 NA 3 5 LA : 6 NA 9 8 MS : 4 NA 3 4 MO : 1 NA 1 0 NC : 0 NA 4 1 OK : 0 NA 0 0 SC : 2 NA 3 2 TN : 0 NA 1 1 TX : 14 NA 10 14 VA : 0 NA 0 0 : 14 Sts: 8 NA 6 8 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 14 States planted 99% of last year's cotton acreage. Winter Wheat: Percent Harvested, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1995- State:Aug 6, :Jul 30,:Aug 6, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 100 100 100 100 CA : 100 99 99 99 CO : 100 99 98 97 ID : 37 20 12 18 IL : 100 100 100 100 IN : 100 100 100 100 KS : 100 100 100 100 MI : 100 96 100 94 MO : 100 100 100 100 MT : 88 39 49 38 NE : 100 99 98 97 NC : 100 100 100 100 OH : 100 100 100 100 OK : 100 100 100 100 OR : 56 36 57 55 SD : 97 85 94 82 TX : 100 100 100 100 WA : 49 29 29 36 : 18 Sts: 95 91 92 91 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 18 States harvested 91% of last year's winter wheat acreage. Corn: Percent Silking, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1995- State:Aug 6, :Jul 30,:Aug 6, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : CO : 85 71 78 72 IL : 99 98 98 91 IN : 99 98 99 84 IA : 99 95 96 91 KS : 99 98 97 94 KY : 95 92 98 88 MI : 75 53 98 75 MN : 99 93 98 95 MO : 100 100 94 88 NE : 95 89 97 89 NC : 99 98 95 97 ND : 97 86 88 86 OH : 95 90 99 80 PA : 79 69 83 77 SD : 86 68 78 69 TN : 100 100 97 97 TX : 98 97 95 97 WI : 88 66 93 80 : 18 Sts: 96 90 95 87 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 18 States planted 92% of last year's corn acreage. Spring Wheat: Percent Harvested, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1995- State:Aug 6, :Jul 30,:Aug 6, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : ID : 9 4 8 6 MN : 23 9 18 17 MT : 17 3 8 5 ND : 13 3 10 8 SD : 72 22 51 28 WA : 23 8 6 13 : 6 Sts : 23 6 15 11 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 6 States harvested 98% of last year's spring wheat acreage. Barley: Percent Harvested, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1995- State:Aug 6, :Jul 30,:Aug 6, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : ID : 18 9 4 8 MN : 44 15 17 17 MT : 34 5 11 6 ND : 20 5 11 12 WA : 24 10 7 17 : 5 Sts : 26 7 9 10 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 5 States harvested 79% of last year's barley acreage. Oats: Percent Harvested, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1995- State:Aug 6, :Jul 30,:Aug 6, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : IA : 98 95 96 89 MN : 56 26 42 37 NE : 90 85 90 89 ND : 23 5 14 10 OH : 64 52 93 69 PA : 41 33 58 51 SD : 87 48 63 46 WI : 58 32 63 42 : 8 Sts : 59 38 55 45 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 8 States harvested 66% of last year's oat acreage. Sorghum: Percent Headed, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1995- State:Aug 6, :Jul 30,:Aug 6, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 94 89 93 87 CO : 33 16 19 20 IL : 85 79 73 36 KS : 69 56 50 47 LA : 98 95 99 96 MO : 81 74 63 61 NE : 72 50 45 40 NM : 26 16 43 19 OK : 51 40 47 37 SD : 55 45 30 31 TX : 83 76 72 79 : 11 Sts: 73 62 58 58 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 11 States planted 98% of last year's sorghum acreage. Rice: Percent Headed, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1995- State:Aug 6, :Jul 30,:Aug 6, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 61 38 61 57 CA : 20 5 11 19 LA : 93 87 95 87 MS : 66 50 67 76 TX : 97 96 92 89 : 5 Sts : 64 47 62 61 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 5 States planted 95% of last year's rice acreage. Peanuts: Percent Pegging, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1995- State:Aug 6, :Jul 30,:Aug 6, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 60 57 93 95 FL : 84 81 93 NA GA : 96 92 98 99 NC : 98 93 99 82 OK : 96 95 92 95 TX : 92 87 86 NA VA : 94 64 99 99 : 7 Sts : 89 84 94 NA -------------------------------------- 1/ These 7 States planted 98% of last year's peanut acreage. Sorghum: Percent Coloring, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1995- State:Aug 6, :Jul 30,:Aug 6, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 66 50 36 31 CO : 0 0 0 0 IL : 21 7 25 7 KS : 13 7 4 4 LA : 80 67 74 59 MO : 22 9 13 11 NE : 10 2 0 0 NM : 3 0 1 1 OK : 21 12 8 10 SD : 15 10 21 8 TX : 60 55 54 61 : 11 Sts: 32 26 24 26 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 11 States planted 98% of last year's sorghum acreage. Rice: Percent Harvested, Selected States 1/ -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1995- State:Aug 6, :Jul 30,:Aug 6, : 1999 : 2000 : 2000 : 1999 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 0 0 0 0 CA : 0 0 0 0 LA : 50 38 44 28 MS : 0 0 0 0 TX : 30 8 23 14 : 5 Sts : 11 8 10 6 -------------------------------------- 1/ These 5 States harvested 95% of last year's rice acreage. Corn: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : CO : 3 7 27 49 14 IL : 1 2 9 43 45 IN : 1 3 16 51 29 IA : 3 7 19 47 24 KS : 2 8 33 41 16 KY : 1 4 19 46 30 MI : 1 7 23 55 14 MN : 0 4 18 53 25 MO : 0 2 19 58 21 NE : 12 13 24 38 13 NC : 1 5 17 55 22 ND : 3 4 13 63 17 OH : 2 6 17 47 28 PA : 1 3 17 48 31 SD : 1 6 22 48 23 TN : 4 9 23 41 23 TX : 2 8 27 47 16 WI : 1 7 25 47 20 : 18 Sts : 3 6 19 47 25 : Prev Wk : 2 5 19 50 24 Prev Yr : 5 10 27 45 13 -------------------------------------- Cotton: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 19 22 25 29 5 AZ : 0 2 18 55 25 AR : 1 9 36 46 8 CA : 0 0 25 50 25 GA : 10 20 33 29 8 LA : 5 15 46 32 2 MS : 1 12 32 46 9 MO : 0 5 37 55 3 NC : 1 2 20 61 16 OK : 0 2 23 51 24 SC : 2 11 39 46 2 TN : 0 2 28 55 15 TX : 8 16 27 34 15 VA : 0 0 8 77 15 : 14 Sts : 6 12 29 40 13 : Prev Wk : 5 11 28 42 14 Prev Yr : 8 19 35 31 7 -------------------------------------- Soybeans: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 7 16 37 32 8 IL : 1 4 15 43 37 IN : 1 5 26 51 17 IA : 1 8 23 47 21 KS : 1 8 22 55 14 KY : 1 3 20 47 29 LA : 3 18 43 35 1 MI : 0 3 27 62 8 MN : 1 7 23 50 19 MS : 8 21 30 33 8 MO : 1 3 25 55 16 NE : 14 17 30 31 8 NC : 0 3 18 69 10 ND : 9 13 17 49 12 OH : 4 9 25 46 16 SD : 2 6 19 48 25 TN : 3 9 27 46 15 WI : 2 5 21 48 24 : 18 Sts : 3 8 24 46 19 : Prev Wk : 3 7 24 49 17 Prev Yr : 9 15 32 36 8 -------------------------------------- Sorghum: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 1 6 31 55 7 CO : 1 14 41 37 7 IL : 0 10 29 46 15 KS : 2 10 33 47 8 LA : 2 6 39 49 4 MO : 0 2 17 65 16 NE : 9 22 43 24 2 NM : 5 26 31 37 1 OK : 0 11 32 53 4 SD : 0 4 49 33 14 TX : 3 15 37 38 7 : 11 Sts : 3 12 35 43 7 : Prev Wk : 2 10 35 45 8 Prev Yr : 2 11 31 46 10 -------------------------------------- Spring Wheat: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : ID : 1 3 27 59 10 MN : 1 2 18 55 24 MT : 10 21 31 30 8 ND : 3 6 28 52 11 SD : 1 5 16 52 26 WA : 0 4 29 58 9 : 6 Sts : 4 9 26 47 14 : Prev Wk : 5 11 24 46 14 Prev Yr : 2 9 27 49 13 -------------------------------------- Barley: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : ID : 1 6 24 61 8 MN : 1 3 17 60 19 MT : 10 36 32 18 4 ND : 2 6 28 56 8 WA : 0 2 38 51 9 : 5 Sts : 4 15 29 45 7 : Prev Wk : 4 13 30 44 9 Prev Yr : 4 13 31 41 11 -------------------------------------- Rice: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 1 5 23 54 17 CA : 0 0 50 30 20 LA : 3 3 50 29 15 MS : 0 3 17 61 19 TX : 0 0 9 61 30 : 5 Sts : 1 3 31 47 18 : Prev Wk : 1 3 29 50 17 Prev Yr : 0 2 19 61 18 -------------------------------------- Oats: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : IA : 0 7 23 55 15 MN : 0 4 23 53 20 NE : 26 23 17 22 12 ND : 0 3 30 59 8 OH : 0 3 20 65 12 PA : 0 3 27 55 15 SD : 0 5 19 60 16 WI : 0 2 16 55 27 : 8 Sts : 1 5 23 55 16 : Prev Wk : 1 4 22 57 16 Prev Yr : NA NA NA NA NA -------------------------------------- Peanuts: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 48 29 19 4 0 FL : 0 0 58 42 0 GA : 7 12 36 37 8 NC : 0 0 11 76 13 OK : 1 7 35 44 13 TX : 2 7 29 46 16 VA : 0 0 12 75 13 : 7 Sts : 10 10 30 41 9 : Prev Wk : 9 12 28 40 11 Prev Yr : 8 15 37 32 8 -------------------------------------- Pasture and Range: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX :: State : VP : P : F : G : EX ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent :: : Percent : :: : AL : 27 32 23 16 2 :: NJ : 0 0 0 100 0 AZ : 24 33 32 11 0 :: NM : 9 42 39 10 0 AR : 3 10 32 44 11 :: NY : 0 0 17 67 16 CA : 50 25 20 5 0 :: NC : 3 10 29 52 6 CO : 20 31 33 15 1 :: ND : 3 7 29 54 7 CT : 0 9 36 55 0 :: OH : 1 5 27 55 12 DE : 0 1 9 68 22 :: OK : 1 5 28 52 14 FL : 0 5 55 40 0 :: OR : 7 16 45 25 7 GA : 15 24 37 21 3 :: PA : 1 8 25 58 8 ID : 21 31 38 9 1 :: RI : 0 0 43 54 3 IL : 1 3 18 54 24 :: SC : 4 21 51 23 1 IN : 0 3 31 55 11 :: SD : 3 15 27 44 11 IA : 4 12 31 43 10 :: TN : 7 17 35 36 5 KS : 7 20 32 36 5 :: TX : 19 32 37 11 1 KY : 2 6 20 56 16 :: UT : 13 39 33 15 0 LA : 10 27 48 15 0 :: VT : 3 6 26 46 19 ME : 0 1 9 46 44 :: VA : 0 1 10 63 26 MD : 2 2 6 67 23 :: WA : 4 35 41 20 0 MA : 0 0 11 76 13 :: WV : 0 0 14 57 29 MI : 5 15 29 46 5 :: WI : 4 14 35 36 11 MN : 2 9 29 50 10 :: WY : 24 35 35 6 0 MS : 23 30 27 17 3 :: : MO : 4 12 39 39 6 :: 48 Sts : 12 20 32 30 6 MT : 20 34 39 6 1 :: : NE : 32 37 24 7 0 :: Prev Wk: 11 19 33 31 6 NV : 2 16 40 42 0 :: Prev Yr: 14 21 31 29 5 NH : 0 0 26 54 20 :: : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VP-Very Poor, P-Poor, F-Fair, G-Good, EX-Excellent. 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