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Corn Emergence Is Well Ahead of Normal at 56%

May 14, 2012
By: Meghan Pedersen, Pro Farmer Associate Editor

The following are USDA's Crop Progress and Condition Report highlights for the week ended May 13, 2012.

Released May 14, 2012, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service 
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of 
Agriculture (USDA).

Cotton Planted - Selected States
[These 15 States planted 99% of the 2011 cotton acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Alabama .........:    44          50          68          53     
Arizona .........:    85          75          90          80     
Arkansas ........:    37          77          93          53     
California ......:    86          85          90          93     
Georgia .........:    33          27          44          32     
Kansas ..........:     9          10          26           3     
Louisiana .......:    87          84          92          80     
Mississippi .....:    43          68          90          51     
Missouri ........:    28          49          68          54     
North Carolina ..:    60          31          51          55     
Oklahoma ........:    13          12          29          13     
South Carolina ..:    44          27          46          41     
Tennessee .......:    13          29          52          24     
Texas ...........:    33          27          35          31     
Virginia ........:    67          27          58          56     
                 :                                               
15 States .......:    38          36          48          39     
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Corn Planted - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 92% of the 2011 corn acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Colorado ........:    68          58          84          63     
Illinois ........:    59          89          95          65     
Indiana .........:    22          84          93          53     
Iowa ............:    85          64          90          79     
Kansas ..........:    79          75          90          73     
Kentucky ........:    38          92          96          67     
Michigan ........:    32          45          60          54     
Minnesota .......:    42          73          88          70     
Missouri ........:    73          84          93          62     
Nebraska ........:    76          74          91          76     
North Carolina ..:    97          94          97          98     
North Dakota ....:    11          57          83          41     
Ohio ............:     6          79          84          51     
Pennsylvania ....:    27          33          56          48     
South Dakota ....:    36          57          79          43     
Tennessee .......:    60          98          99          82     
Texas ...........:    91          75          93          90     
Wisconsin .......:    30          34          57          53     
                 :                                               
18 States .......:    56          71          87          66     
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Corn Emerged - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 92% of the 2011 corn acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Colorado ........:     4          11          33          11     
Illinois ........:    19          64          76          35     
Indiana .........:     3          50          75          25     
Iowa ............:    24          23          55          32     
Kansas ..........:    38          42          63          34     
Kentucky ........:    17          76          82          50     
Michigan ........:     2           8          23          15     
Minnesota .......:     1          12          45          23     
Missouri ........:    44          60          74          39     
Nebraska ........:    16          25          57          23     
North Carolina ..:    88          83          88          85     
North Dakota ....:     -           4          28           7     
Ohio ............:     1          21          58          23     
Pennsylvania ....:     1           4          23          16     
South Dakota ....:     1          11          39           6     
Tennessee .......:    39          92          99          66     
Texas ...........:    67          60          80          71     
Wisconsin .......:     -           -          13          10     
                 :                                               
18 States .......:    16          32          56          28     
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-  Represents zero.                                              

Soybeans Planted - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 95% of the 2011 soybean acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Arkansas ........:    29          57          71          34     
Illinois ........:    12          21          44          21     
Indiana .........:     4          48          68          22     
Iowa ............:    36           7          39          30     
Kansas ..........:    25          19          40          14     
Kentucky ........:     2          33          47          11     
Louisiana .......:    76          62          74          66     
Michigan ........:    12          16          32          23     
Minnesota .......:     7          19          44          29     
Mississippi .....:    56          74          90          72     
Missouri ........:    17          16          37          12     
Nebraska ........:    33          29          60          28     
North Carolina ..:    20          11          18          17     
North Dakota ....:     1          11          51          10     
Ohio ............:     2          35          46          29     
South Dakota ....:     4           9          28           7     
Tennessee .......:     7          23          35          14     
Wisconsin .......:     8           5          16          18     
                 :                                               
18 States .......:    17          24          46          24     
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Soybeans Emerged - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 95% of the 2011 soybean acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Arkansas ........:    18          41          56          21     
Illinois ........:     1           7          14           3     
Indiana .........:     -          16          37           5     
Iowa ............:     2           1           5           2     
Kansas ..........:     3           3          11           2     
Kentucky ........:     -           9          22           2     
Louisiana .......:    59          36          56          52     
Michigan ........:     -           1           8           3     
Minnesota .......:     -           -           3           2     
Mississippi .....:    38          58          80          58     
Missouri ........:     1           5          13           2     
Nebraska ........:     1           3          18           2     
North Carolina ..:     6           1           7           4     
North Dakota ....:     -           -           3           -     
Ohio ............:     -           5          17           5     
South Dakota ....:     -           -           4           -     
Tennessee .......:     1           5          19           4     
Wisconsin .......:     -           -           -           1     
                 :                                               
18 States .......:     3           7          16           5     
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-  Represents zero.                                              

Sorghum Planted - Selected States
[These 11 States planted 98% of the 2011 sorghum acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Arkansas ........:     72         97          99          81     
Colorado ........:      4         11          18          11     
Illinois ........:      1         41          42           8     
Kansas ..........:      7          4          10           5     
Louisiana .......:    100         95          98          92     
Missouri ........:      9         26          41          13     
Nebraska ........:     14          7          25          11     
New Mexico ......:     14          8          13           9     
Oklahoma ........:     23         20          27          23     
South Dakota ....:      2          2           5           5     
Texas ...........:     72         70          88          70     
                 :                                               
11 States .......:     30         29          38          29     
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Peanuts Planted - Selected States
[These 8 States planted 98% of the 2011 peanut acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Alabama .........:    24          38          60          28     
Florida .........:    31          40          55          37     
Georgia .........:    28          31          52          23     
North Carolina ..:    36          19          31          36     
Oklahoma ........:    44          34          51          36     
South Carolina ..:    27          25          40          28     
Texas ...........:    58          16          58          55     
Virginia ........:    36           5          33          30     
                 :                                               
8 States ........:    32          30          52          31     
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Sunflowers Planted - Selected States
[These 4 States planted 86% of the 2011 sunflower acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Colorado ........:     1         (NA)          7           5     
Kansas ..........:     1         (NA)          5           1     
North Dakota ....:     -         (NA)         14           4     
South Dakota ....:     1         (NA)          1           1     
                 :                                               
4 States ........:     1         (NA)          8           3     
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-     Represents zero.                                           
(NA)  Not available.                                             

Rice Planted - Selected States
[These 6 States planted 100% of the 2011 rice acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Arkansas ........:    60          97           99         76     
California ......:    47          10           15         59     
Louisiana .......:    98          93           95         95     
Mississippi .....:    83          98          100         85     
Missouri ........:    25          99          100         68     
Texas ...........:    94          93           94         96     
                 :                                               
6 States ........:    65          77           80         77     
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Rice Emerged - Selected States
[These 6 States planted 100% of the 2011 rice acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Arkansas ........:    48          86          96          61     
California ......:     7           -           -          18     
Louisiana .......:    96          85          90          89     
Mississippi .....:    74          89          96          75     
Missouri ........:    18          81          94          49     
Texas ...........:    80          84          87          85     
                 :                                               
6 States ........:    49          67          73          58     
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-  Represents zero.                                              

Rice Condition - Selected States: Week Ending May 13, 2012
[National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2011
planted acres]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      State     : Very poor :   Poor    :   Fair    :   Good    : Excellent 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                :                          percent                          
                :                                                           
Arkansas .......:      2           8          25          51          14    
California .....:   (NA)        (NA)        (NA)        (NA)        (NA)    
Louisiana ......:      -           1          21          61          17    
Mississippi ....:      -           1          26          50          23    
Missouri .......:      -           8          25          64           3    
Texas ..........:      -           -           7          76          17    
                :                                                           
6 States .......:      1           5          23          56          15    
                :                                                           
Previous week ..:      1           7          26          55          11    
Previous year ..:      3          14          29          48           6    
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-     Represents zero.                                                      
(NA)  Not available.                                                        

Winter Wheat Headed - Selected States
[These 18 States planted 88% of the 2011 winter wheat acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Arkansas ........:    100         100         100         99     
California ......:     98          97          99         98     
Colorado ........:     12          25          64         14     
Idaho ...........:      -           -           -          -     
Illinois ........:     50          87          92         48     
Indiana .........:     21          58          81         26     
Kansas ..........:     55          92          98         46     
Michigan ........:      -           -           -          -     
Missouri ........:     70          94          97         57     
Montana .........:      -           -           -          -     
Nebraska ........:      1          25          52          4     
North Carolina ..:     98         100         100         96     
Ohio ............:      1           6          53          5     
Oklahoma ........:     97          98         100         94     
Oregon ..........:      3           1           8          5     
South Dakota ....:      -           4          14          -     
Texas ...........:     89          90          98         82     
Washington ......:      1           -           -          4     
                 :                                               
18 States .......:     50          63          72         46     
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-  Represents zero.                                              

Winter Wheat Condition - Selected States: Week Ending May 13, 2012
[National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2011
planted acreage]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      State     : Very poor :   Poor    :   Fair    :   Good    : Excellent 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                :                          percent                          
                :                                                           
Arkansas .......:     1           8          38          41          12     
California .....:     -           -          15          40          45     
Colorado .......:     3          10          31          49           7     
Idaho ..........:     -           2          11          65          22     
Illinois .......:     1           3          14          58          24     
Indiana ........:     1           4          21          57          17     
Kansas .........:     5          11          32          41          11     
Michigan .......:     1           5          28          51          15     
Missouri .......:     3           9          23          50          15     
Montana ........:     1           8          32          43          16     
Nebraska .......:     -           3          29          57          11     
North Carolina .:     -           1          19          61          19     
Ohio ...........:     3          10          32          43          12     
Oklahoma .......:     1           4          19          55          21     
Oregon .........:     -           5          18          56          21     
South Dakota ...:     -           2          25          58          15     
Texas ..........:    19          20          27          26           8     
Washington .....:     1           1           9          72          17     
                :                                                           
18 States ......:     5           9          26          46          14     
                :                                                           
Previous week ..:     4           8          25          48          15     
Previous year ..:    23          21          24          26           6     
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  Represents zero.                                                         

Spring Wheat Planted - Selected States
[These 6 States planted 98% of the 2011 spring wheat acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Idaho ...........:    75           90          95         86     
Minnesota .......:    33           99         100         65     
Montana .........:    32           71          86         66     
North Dakota ....:    13           82          94         53     
South Dakota ....:    77          100         100         87     
Washington ......:    83           81          91         92     
                 :                                               
6 States ........:    33           84          94         64     
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Spring Wheat Emerged - Selected States
[These 6 States planted 98% of the 2011 spring wheat acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Idaho ...........:    39          51          60          56     
Minnesota .......:     4          64          95          36     
Montana .........:     4          27          34          23     
North Dakota ....:     1          41          69          23     
South Dakota ....:    30          89          96          53     
Washington ......:    59          48          69          73     
                 :                                               
6 States ........:    10          47          68          32     
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Oats Planted - Selected States
[These 9 States planted 62% of the 2011 oat acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Iowa ............:     98          99         100          96    
Minnesota .......:     49          97         100          79    
Nebraska ........:     96          96         100          97    
North Dakota ....:     12          74          87          52    
Ohio ............:     30         100         100          81    
Pennsylvania ....:     57          97          98          86    
South Dakota ....:     75          93          98          83    
Texas ...........:    100         100         100         100    
Wisconsin .......:     47          86          94          78    
                 :                                               
9 States ........:     70          94          97          86    
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Oats Emerged - Selected States
[These 9 States planted 62% of the 2011 oat acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Iowa ............:     86          90          95          76    
Minnesota .......:     12          74          85          49    
Nebraska ........:     73          80          93          83    
North Dakota ....:      1          37          58          19    
Ohio ............:     12          86          90          60    
Pennsylvania ....:     18          72          92          55    
South Dakota ....:     30          81          90          47    
Texas ...........:    100         100         100         100    
Wisconsin .......:     18          51          72          51    
                 :                                               
9 States ........:     53          78          88          68    
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Oats Headed - Selected States
[These 9 States planted 62% of the 2011 oat acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Iowa ............:     -         (NA)          7           -     
Minnesota .......:     -         (NA)          -           -     
Nebraska ........:     -         (NA)          -           -     
North Dakota ....:     -         (NA)          -           -     
Ohio ............:     -         (NA)          5           -     
Pennsylvania ....:     -         (NA)          -           -     
South Dakota ....:     -         (NA)          -           -     
Texas ...........:    94         (NA)         99          94     
Wisconsin .......:     -         (NA)          -           -     
                 :                                               
9 States ........:    33         (NA)         36          33     
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-     Represents zero.                                           
(NA)  Not available.                                             

Oat Condition - Selected States: Week Ending May 13, 2012
[National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2011
planted acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      State      : Very poor :   Poor    :   Fair    :   Good    : Excellent 
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                          percent                          
                 :                                                           
Iowa ............:     -           2          18          64          16     
Minnesota .......:     -           -          22          68          10     
Nebraska ........:     -           2          21          73           4     
North Dakota ....:     -           -          11          78          11     
Ohio ............:     1           4          22          56          17     
Pennsylvania ....:     -           2          35          45          18     
South Dakota ....:     -           -           9          75          16     
Texas ...........:     5           6          24          44          21     
Wisconsin .......:     1           1          15          69          14     
                 :                                                           
9 States ........:     2           3          20          59          16     
                 :                                                           
Previous week ...:     2           3          20          58          17     
Previous year ...:    15           8          25          46           6     
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-  Represents zero.                                                          

Barley Planted - Selected States
[These 5 States planted 71% of the 2011 barley acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Idaho ...........:    74          89           95         80     
Minnesota .......:    18          97          100         62     
Montana .........:    47          84           93         68     
North Dakota ....:     5          73           93         49     
Washington ......:    74          70           86         87     
                 :                                               
5 States ........:    46          83           93         68     
-----------------------------------------------------------------

Barley Emerged - Selected States
[These 5 States planted 71% of the 2011 barley acreage]
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :            Week ending            :           
                 :-----------------------------------:           
      State      :  May 13,  :  May 6,   :  May 13,  : 2007-2011 
                 :   2011    :   2012    :   2012    :  Average  
-----------------------------------------------------------------
                 :                    percent                    
                 :                                               
Idaho ...........:    42          42          55          48     
Minnesota .......:     5          60          89          33     
Montana .........:    11          36          51          30     
North Dakota ....:     -          26          61          18     
Washington ......:    47          30          58          62     
                 :                                               
5 States ........:    20          36          56          35     
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-  Represents zero.                                              

Pasture and Range Condition - Selected States: Week Ending May 13, 2012
[National pasture and range conditions for selected States are weighted
based on pasture acreage and/or livestock inventories]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
      State     : Very poor :   Poor    :   Fair    :   Good    : Excellent 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                :                          percent                          
                :                                                           
Alabama ........:     2           7          34          45          12     
Arizona ........:    53          13          21          12           1     
Arkansas .......:     1          10          31          52           6     
California .....:     5          25          15          50           5     
Colorado .......:     9          23          38          29           1     
Connecticut ....:     -           -           -          88          12     
Delaware .......:     2           9          27          59           3     
Florida ........:    20          24          40          15           1     
Georgia ........:     4          19          44          30           3     
Idaho ..........:     -           -          27          65           8     
Illinois .......:     -           2          15          64          19     
Indiana ........:     1           4          21          59          15     
Iowa ...........:     1           4          22          48          25     
Kansas .........:     9          12          33          41           5     
Kentucky .......:     1           7          31          49          12     
Louisiana ......:     1           2          22          63          12     
Maine ..........:     -           3          24          59          14     
Maryland .......:     1           6          22          67           4     
Massachusetts ..:     -           3          48          45           4     
Michigan .......:     1           4          29          49          17     
Minnesota ......:     -           3          25          61          11     
Mississippi ....:     -           1          29          54          16     
Missouri .......:     1           9          29          50          11     
Montana ........:     2          11          39          43           5     
Nebraska .......:     -           2          32          60           6     
Nevada .........:    12          42          38           6           2     
New Hampshire ..:     -           4          18          66          12     
New Jersey .....:     -           -          20          55          25     
New Mexico .....:    48          28          16           7           1     
New York .......:     1           4          25          54          16     
North Carolina .:     -           2          32          55          11     
North Dakota ...:     1           7          23          58          11     
Ohio ...........:     1           5          26          51          17     
Oklahoma .......:     3           8          32          48           9     
Oregon .........:     1           7          34          53           5     
Pennsylvania ...:     4           4          29          47          16     
Rhode Island ...:     -           -          25          75           -     
South Carolina .:     1          10          49          40           -     
South Dakota ...:     1           1          23          61          14     
Tennessee ......:     2          13          33          46           6     
Texas ..........:    14          21          31          29           5     
Utah ...........:     -           8          45          46           1     
Vermont ........:     -           -           3          60          37     
Virginia .......:     1           3          24          65           7     
Washington .....:     -           1          35          58           6     
West Virginia ..:     -           9          47          39           5     
Wisconsin ......:     1           3          22          59          15     
Wyoming ........:     5          13          47          35           -     
                :                                                           
48 States ......:     6          11          29          46           8     
                :                                                           
Previous week ..:     6          11          29          45           9     
Previous year ..:     9          13          26          43           9     
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-  Represents zero.                                                         

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