HDR1012000170111125961600CROP PROGRESS Released November 25, 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 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the Agricultural Statistics 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. 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 Harvested, Soybeans: Percent Harvested, Selected States Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1991- :-----------------------: 1991- State:Nov 24,:Nov 17,:Nov 24,: 1995 State:Nov 24,:Nov 17,:Nov 24,: 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : CO : 98 96 94 93 AL : 84 77 75 82 GA : 100 100 100 100 AR : 75 73 97 94 IL : 96 92 100 94 GA : 76 69 62 71 IN : 90 78 100 90 IL : 99 98 100 99 IA : 95 91 100 95 IN : 98 96 100 100 KS : 99 98 100 98 IA : 100 99 100 100 KY : 97 96 98 98 KS : 92 91 100 98 MI : 85 72 100 77 KY : 92 78 96 94 MN : 97 95 99 93 LA : 100 99 100 97 MO : 92 89 96 93 MI : 98 95 100 97 NE : 95 93 98 92 MN : 99 99 99 99 NC : 100 100 100 100 MS : 97 94 99 92 OH : 76 61 98 87 MO : 90 86 100 95 PA : 79 71 95 79 NE : 100 100 100 100 SD : 93 91 98 88 NC : 58 42 40 54 TX : 100 100 100 100 OH : 93 90 100 100 WI : 85 78 99 85 SC : 63 55 44 50 : SD : 100 100 100 100 17 Sts: 93 88 99 92 TN : 68 59 86 88 -------------------------------------- : These 17 States produced 93% of the 19 Sts: 94 92 97 97 1995 corn crop. -------------------------------------- These 19 States produced 94% of the 1995 soybean crop. Cotton: Percent Harvested, Selected States -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1991- State:Nov 24,:Nov 17,:Nov 24,: 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 91 86 95 91 AZ : 78 74 82 92 AR : 95 93 100 98 CA : 90 85 89 96 GA : 86 82 84 82 LA : 100 100 100 99 MS : 99 98 100 98 MO : 88 80 97 96 NM : 81 75 72 69 NC : 85 79 78 81 OK : 41 35 54 60 SC : 92 90 74 84 TN : 96 92 93 94 TX : 69 60 68 67 : 14 Sts: 82 77 82 82 -------------------------------------- These 14 States produced 99% of the 1995 cotton crop. Winter Wheat: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AR : 2 12 45 35 6 CA : 0 0 30 50 20 CO : 1 3 21 55 20 GA : 1 3 20 74 2 ID : 0 2 11 81 6 IL : 2 1 19 61 17 IN : 0 3 28 56 13 KS : 0 0 10 73 17 MI : 1 4 25 58 12 MO : 0 3 45 47 5 MT : 0 7 60 31 2 NE : 0 2 27 64 7 NC : 0 1 22 69 8 OH : 1 4 26 54 15 OK : 0 2 15 75 8 OR : 0 0 43 50 7 SD : 3 6 21 60 10 TX : 1 9 38 45 7 WA : 0 0 14 79 7 : 19 Sts : 0 3 23 63 11 : Prev Wk : 0 3 23 62 12 Prev Yr : 2 11 35 47 5 -------------------------------------- Note: US level crop conditions are weighted averages based on 1995 planted acres for the selected states. The next "Crop Progress" report will be released at 4 P.M. ET on December 2, 1996. 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