By Anthony Greder
DTN Managing Editor
OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. farmers logged another week of double-digit gains in the corn and soybean harvest last week, USDA's National Ag Statistics Service said in its weekly Crop Progress report on Monday.
As of Sunday, Nov. 4, 83% of the nation's soybeans were harvested, up 11 percentage points from the previous week. That was 6 percentage points behind the five-year average of 89%, an improvement from the previous week when harvest lagged the average pace by 9 points.
However, the soybean harvest is still behind the five-year average pace in more states than it is ahead, noted DTN Analyst Todd Hultman.
"Kansas remains the most distressed, at 63% harvested compared to a five-year average of 82%, with Arkansas a close second at 72% harvested," Hultman said.
Corn harvest ended the week at 76% complete, up 13 percentage points from the previous week. It was the first time this season that corn harvest fell behind the average pace, which is 77% for this time of year.
"Corn harvest appears to be going well overall with no insurmountable problems anticipated," Hultman said.
Meanwhile, winter wheat progress was behind average last week. Eighty-four percent of the crop was planted as of Sunday, behind last year's 90% and also behind the five-year average of 90%. Winter wheat emerged, at 70%, was behind both last year's pace of 74% and the average pace of 77%.
Kansas remained one of the hold-outs, with 83% of the state's winter wheat planted, 12 percentage points behind the five-year average of 95%, Hultman noted. "Keep in mind, without a planted acreage estimate from USDA, none of us know what these percentages are based on," Hultman said.
NASS estimated 51% of winter wheat was in good-to-excellent condition, down 2 percentage points from 53% the previous week.
Sixty-four percent of the sorghum crop was harvested as of Sunday, behind 70% last year and 12 percentage points behind the five-year average of 76%.
Ninety-four percent of cotton had bolls opening as of Sunday, behind the average of 97%. Forty-nine percent of cotton was harvested, behind last year's 53% and also behind the average pace of 52%.
Cotton condition slipped from 35% good to excellent the previous week to 33% last week.
To view weekly crop progress reports issued by National Ag Statistics Service offices in individual states, visit http://www.nass.usda.gov/…. Look for the U.S. map in the "Find Data and Reports by" section and choose the state you wish to view in the drop-down menu. Then look for that state's "Crop Progress & Condition" report.
| National Crop Progress Summary |
| This | Last | Last | 5-Year |
| Week | Week | Year | Avg. |
| Corn Harvested | 76 | 63 | 68 | 77 |
| Soybeans Harvested | 83 | 72 | 89 | 89 |
| Winter Wheat Planted | 84 | 78 | 90 | 90 |
| Winter Wheat Emerged | 70 | 63 | 74 | 77 |
| Cotton Bolls Opening | 94 | 91 | 96 | 97 |
| Cotton Harvested | 49 | 44 | 53 | 52 |
| Sorghum Mature | 97 | 94 | 98 | 98 |
| Sorghum Harvested | 64 | 53 | 70 | 76 |
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| National Crop Condition Summary |
| (VP=Very Poor; P=Poor; F=Fair; G=Good; E=Excellent) |
| This Week | | Last Week | | Last Year |
| VP | P | F | G | E | | VP | P | F | G | E | | VP | P | F | G | E |
| Cotton | 19 | 16 | 32 | 26 | 7 | | 18 | 16 | 31 | 27 | 8 | | 5 | 10 | 30 | 41 | 14 |
| Winter Wheat | 3 | 9 | 37 | 42 | 9 | | 3 | 11 | 33 | 45 | 8 | | 3 | 8 | 34 | 45 | 10 |
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