HDR1012000170110825971600CROP PROGRESS Crop Progress National Agricultural Statistics Service USDA Washington, D.C. Released August 25, 1997, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Crop Progress" call Rhonda Brandt at (202) 720-7621, office hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET. 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 Dough, Corn: Percent Dented, Selected States Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1992- :-----------------------: 1992- State:Aug 24,:Aug 17,:Aug 24,: 1996 State:Aug 24,:Aug 17,:Aug 24,: 1996 : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 : Avg. : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 : Avg. -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : CO : 47 33 75 47 CO : 4 NA 22 7 GA : 100 98 100 100 GA : 98 NA 98 99 IL : 76 63 58 76 IL : 24 NA 17 30 IN : 81 55 53 77 IN : 14 NA 13 24 IA : 59 32 35 47 IA : 12 NA 6 16 KS : 91 75 95 80 KS : 55 NA 64 44 KY : 82 50 84 90 KY : 44 NA 53 63 MI : 24 5 12 22 MI : 0 NA 0 5 MN : 46 17 30 40 MN : 7 NA 3 9 MO : 96 91 91 80 MO : 65 NA 66 53 NE : 84 66 69 67 NE : 19 NA 15 23 NC : 95 90 98 94 NC : 76 NA 91 84 OH : 71 27 41 74 OH : 10 NA 0 18 PA : 56 40 55 53 PA : 20 NA 15 13 SD : 62 26 42 44 SD : 17 NA 10 13 TX : 96 93 100 94 TX : 75 NA 94 82 WI : 43 34 28 44 WI : 4 NA 3 11 : : 17 Sts: 68 47 52 61 17 Sts: 21 NA 19 25 -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- These 17 States produced 90% of the These 17 States produced 90% of the 1996 corn crop. 1996 corn crop. Soybeans: Percent Setting Pods, Soybeans: Percent Dropping Leaves, Selected States Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1992- :-----------------------: 1992- State:Aug 24,:Aug 17,:Aug 24,: 1996 State:Aug 24,:Aug 17,:Aug 24,: 1996 : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 : Avg. : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 : Avg. -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : AL : 60 46 64 63 AL : 0 NA 0 1 AR : 62 41 71 68 AR : 0 NA 5 3 GA : 73 60 71 75 GA : 0 NA 0 2 IL : 95 93 73 85 IL : 0 NA 0 0 IN : 93 75 57 86 IN : 0 NA 0 1 IA : 100 95 93 92 IA : 0 NA 0 0 KS : 90 87 83 78 KS : 6 NA 4 3 KY : 47 40 55 58 KY : 0 NA 0 0 LA : 92 86 98 91 LA : 8 NA 13 5 MI : 99 89 61 74 MI : 0 NA 0 0 MN : 98 84 91 88 MN : 0 NA 0 0 MS : 86 84 95 82 MS : 13 NA 22 7 MO : 85 68 69 70 MO : 0 NA 0 0 NE : 98 89 93 88 NE : 0 NA 0 0 NC : 52 37 50 53 NC : 0 NA 0 0 OH : 96 77 65 86 OH : 0 NA 0 0 SC : 46 39 62 56 SC : 0 NA 0 0 SD : 97 80 91 82 SD : 7 NA 6 5 TN : 55 45 67 64 TN : 0 NA 1 1 : : 19 Sts: 90 79 77 82 19 Sts: 1 NA 2 1 -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- These 19 States produced 94% of the These 19 States produced 94% of the 1996 soybean crop. 1996 soybean crop. Cotton: Percent Bolls Opening, Sorghum: Percent Coloring, Selected States Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1992- :-----------------------: 1992- State:Aug 24,:Aug 17,:Aug 24,: 1996 State:Aug 24,:Aug 17,:Aug 24,: 1996 : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 : Avg. : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 : Avg. -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : AL : 9 4 14 10 AR : 55 34 78 75 AZ : 57 40 66 61 CO : 1 0 10 8 AR : 4 3 15 10 IL : 14 13 10 23 CA : 35 20 24 18 KS : 32 15 22 17 GA : 4 2 35 23 LA : 87 70 95 89 LA : 16 1 36 34 MS : 85 82 93 87 MS : 12 10 50 29 MO : 50 28 42 42 MO : 11 9 19 7 NE : 13 1 13 16 NM : 18 15 26 11 NM : 1 0 5 9 NC : 9 5 13 13 OK : 12 10 28 28 OK : 1 0 8 5 SD : 16 12 24 16 SC : 5 3 7 8 TX : 68 61 68 75 TN : 0 0 14 8 : TX : 20 14 22 21 12 Sts: 42 30 39 40 : -------------------------------------- 14 Sts: 16 10 25 20 These 12 States produced 99% of the -------------------------------------- 1996 sorghum crop. These 14 States produced 99% of the 1996 cotton crop. Spring Wheat: Percent Harvested, Selected States Sorghum: Percent Headed, -------------------------------------- Selected States : Week Ending : -------------------------------------- :-----------------------: 1992- : Week Ending : State:Aug 24,:Aug 17,:Aug 24,: 1996 :-----------------------: 1992- : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 : Avg. State:Aug 24,:Aug 17,:Aug 24,: 1996 -------------------------------------- : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 : Avg. : Percent -------------------------------------- : : Percent ID : 42 19 50 47 : MN : 35 22 45 40 AR : 98 90 99 98 MT : 34 18 54 34 CO : 87 65 77 65 ND : 36 16 38 30 IL : 90 83 78 85 SD : 78 54 89 79 KS : 96 88 95 79 : LA : 100 94 100 99 5 Sts : 41 22 49 39 MS : 100 100 100 99 -------------------------------------- MO : 100 92 90 87 These 5 States produced 96% of the NE : 94 89 92 86 1996 spring wheat crop. NM : 69 53 45 60 OK : 79 52 93 79 SD : 82 77 89 73 TX : 89 84 98 93 : 12 Sts: 92 84 94 85 -------------------------------------- These 12 States produced 99% of the 1996 sorghum crop. Rice: Percent Headed, Barley: Percent Harvested, Selected States Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1992- :-----------------------: 1992- State:Aug 24,:Aug 17,:Aug 24,: 1996 State:Aug 24,:Aug 17,:Aug 24,: 1996 : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 : Avg. : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 : Avg. -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : AR : 89 72 96 92 ID : 50 23 47 49 CA : 100 90 93 85 MN : 46 26 51 54 LA : 93 92 97 95 MT : 34 17 49 36 MS : 82 80 99 93 ND : 52 24 49 51 TX : 95 93 100 97 SD : 79 60 93 90 : WA : 77 65 56 68 5 Sts : 92 82 96 92 : -------------------------------------- 6 Sts : 50 27 51 50 These 5 States produced 97% of the -------------------------------------- 1996 rice crop. These 6 States produced 83% of the 1996 barley crop. Rice: Percent Harvested, Selected States Oats: Percent Harvested, -------------------------------------- Selected States : Week Ending : -------------------------------------- :-----------------------: 1992- : Week Ending : State:Aug 24,:Aug 17,:Aug 24,: 1996 :-----------------------: 1992- : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 : Avg. State:Aug 24,:Aug 17,:Aug 24,: 1996 -------------------------------------- : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 : Avg. : Percent -------------------------------------- : : Percent AR : 0 0 4 4 : CA : 5 0 0 0 IA : 100 100 100 100 LA : 51 42 58 53 MI : 93 71 74 66 MS : 0 0 6 5 MN : 68 50 91 77 TX : 15 6 71 49 NE : 100 100 100 100 : ND : 48 21 44 42 5 Sts : 13 9 21 18 OH : 96 90 98 97 -------------------------------------- PA : 86 73 72 83 These 5 States produced 97% of the SD : 90 73 95 91 1996 rice crop. WI : 76 68 72 70 : 9 Sts : 78 63 79 76 -------------------------------------- These 9 States produced 70% of the 1996 oats crop. Peanuts: Percent Harvested, Selected States -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1992- State:Aug 24,:Aug 17,:Aug 24,: 1996 : 1997 : 1997 : 1996 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 0 NA NA NA FL : 4 NA NA NA GA : 0 NA NA NA NC : 0 NA NA NA OK : 0 NA NA NA SC : 6 NA NA NA TX : 0 NA NA NA VA : 0 NA NA NA : 8 Sts : 0 NA NA NA -------------------------------------- These 8 States produced 99% of the 1996 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 : 4 7 15 53 21 AL : 1 10 42 45 2 GA : 0 2 24 67 7 AR : 1 11 33 44 11 IL : 4 12 36 43 5 GA : 1 7 23 54 15 IN : 3 8 35 44 10 IL : 2 10 36 45 7 IA : 1 8 25 51 15 IN : 1 6 33 46 14 KS : 1 4 23 58 14 IA : 2 6 25 52 15 KY : 4 15 42 33 6 KS : 1 2 21 63 13 MI : 3 10 37 39 11 KY : 1 8 39 45 7 MN : 1 3 19 53 24 LA : 2 9 22 60 7 MO : 7 21 37 30 5 MI : 2 7 35 43 13 NE : 3 6 28 48 15 MN : 2 5 33 49 11 NC : 3 19 32 44 2 MS : 2 6 14 57 21 OH : 1 6 26 48 19 MO : 3 16 38 38 5 PA : 12 20 37 28 3 NE : 2 8 33 49 8 SD : 0 3 12 56 29 NC : 1 4 24 65 6 TX : 0 3 17 53 27 OH : 1 6 25 47 21 WI : 0 4 12 51 33 SC : 0 4 20 62 14 : SD : 1 5 15 51 28 17 Sts : 2 8 27 48 15 TN : 1 5 30 49 15 : : Prev Wk : 3 9 28 45 15 19 Sts : 2 8 30 48 12 Prev Yr : 3 9 26 47 15 : -------------------------------------- Prev Wk : 2 9 32 46 11 Prev Yr : 3 10 30 46 11 -------------------------------------- Cotton: Crop Condition Spring Wheat: 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 : 10 7 47 33 3 ID : 0 1 11 68 20 AZ : 0 3 10 53 34 MN : 3 33 40 22 2 AR : 0 17 34 44 5 MT : 1 8 41 46 4 CA : 0 0 0 60 40 ND : 6 24 41 29 0 GA : 0 8 20 57 15 SD : 4 7 33 41 15 LA : 3 8 38 46 5 : MS : 2 4 28 59 7 5 Sts : 4 19 38 35 4 MO : 0 16 31 47 6 : NM : 0 4 29 41 26 Prev Wk : 3 15 38 39 5 NC : 3 15 32 48 2 Prev Yr : 3 10 33 44 10 OK : 0 2 22 68 8 -------------------------------------- SC : 1 4 18 67 10 TN : 2 6 29 54 9 TX : 2 13 33 44 8 Rice: Crop Condition by Percent, : Selected States 14 Sts : 2 10 28 49 11 -------------------------------------- : State : VP : P : F : G : EX Prev Wk : 2 9 27 49 13 -------------------------------------- Prev Yr : 4 9 24 46 17 : Percent -------------------------------------- : AR : 0 2 21 53 24 CA : 0 0 50 50 0 Sorghum: Crop Condition LA : 0 2 28 61 9 by Percent, Selected States MS : 0 2 10 72 16 -------------------------------------- TX : 0 6 61 31 2 State : VP : P : F : G : EX : -------------------------------------- 5 Sts : 0 2 31 53 14 : Percent : : Prev Wk : 0 2 31 52 15 AR : 2 10 42 43 3 Prev Yr : 0 2 17 59 22 CO : 0 1 14 64 21 -------------------------------------- IL : 5 15 37 39 4 KS : 0 3 15 69 13 LA : 0 2 37 58 3 Barley: Crop Condition MS : 3 5 23 61 8 by Percent, Selected States MO : 3 13 35 43 6 -------------------------------------- NE : 3 10 37 46 4 State : VP : P : F : G : EX NM : 0 11 33 55 1 -------------------------------------- OK : 0 1 8 87 4 : Percent SD : 0 1 11 68 20 : TX : 1 4 28 55 12 ID : 0 3 9 66 22 : MN : 4 32 40 22 2 12 Sts : 1 5 24 59 11 MT : 0 4 27 60 9 : ND : 4 20 40 33 3 Prev Wk : 1 6 25 57 11 SD : 0 16 33 45 6 Prev Yr : 4 5 20 54 17 WA : 0 0 0 71 29 -------------------------------------- : 6 Sts : 2 14 30 45 9 : Prev Wk : 2 11 32 46 9 Prev Yr : 2 12 26 48 12 -------------------------------------- Peanut: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 0 5 54 36 5 FL : 0 1 17 40 42 GA : 0 10 23 56 11 NC : 0 11 37 51 1 OK : 0 2 33 59 6 SC : 0 0 10 81 9 TX : 1 5 28 44 22 VA : 4 6 33 46 11 : 8 Sts : 0 7 30 50 13 : Prev Wk : 1 4 28 57 10 Prev Yr : 1 7 34 51 7 -------------------------------------- Pasture and Range: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX :: State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent :: : Percent : :: : AL : 0 2 27 64 7 :: NJ : 0 30 50 20 0 AZ : 13 31 39 15 2 :: NM : 1 3 22 67 7 AR : 2 20 38 37 3 :: NY : 2 37 38 23 0 CA : 10 20 30 40 0 :: NC : 8 14 33 42 3 CO : 0 2 24 55 19 :: ND : 11 30 37 21 1 CT : 0 0 77 23 0 :: OH : 3 9 36 43 9 DE : 6 10 61 23 0 :: OK : 1 8 27 54 10 FL : 0 0 30 60 10 :: OR : 1 3 36 43 17 GA : 1 4 27 62 6 :: PA : 10 35 35 20 0 ID : 0 1 17 56 26 :: RI : 0 15 57 28 0 IL : 5 20 39 33 3 :: SC : 0 8 35 51 6 IN : 4 18 40 33 5 :: SD : 0 3 18 57 22 IA : 11 27 37 22 3 :: TN : 0 14 35 44 7 KS : 3 6 24 54 13 :: TX : 1 16 42 35 6 KY : 6 20 39 32 3 :: UT : 2 4 15 62 17 LA : 0 4 33 57 6 :: VT : 0 18 29 33 20 ME : 10 32 30 23 5 :: VA : 13 33 38 16 0 MD : 32 17 28 23 0 :: WA : 12 9 39 40 0 MA : 0 7 22 34 37 :: WV : 1 9 26 57 7 MI : 10 16 43 28 3 :: WI : 0 3 17 60 20 MN : 2 9 32 52 5 :: WY : 0 2 15 68 15 MS : 2 6 21 59 12 :: : MO : 6 24 42 27 1 :: 48 Sts : 4 14 32 42 8 MT : 2 5 27 53 13 :: : NE : 11 26 29 31 3 :: Prev Wk: 5 15 33 39 8 NV : 0 0 16 68 16 :: Prev Yr: 5 15 32 41 7 NH : 0 9 21 70 0 :: : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VP - Very Poor P - Poor F - Fair G - Good Ex - Excellent The next "Crop Progress" report will be released at 4 p.m. ET on September 2, 1997. 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