Released October 11, 2011, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Cotton Bolls Opening - Selected States [These 15 States planted 99% of the 2010 cotton acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : October 9, : October 2, : October 9, : 2006-2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Alabama ........: 92 78 84 87 Arizona ........: 97 95 98 96 Arkansas .......: 100 95 97 95 California .....: 79 75 85 81 Georgia ........: 96 88 91 88 Kansas .........: 94 52 67 67 Louisiana ......: 100 100 100 99 Mississippi ....: 100 97 99 97 Missouri .......: 100 87 99 92 North Carolina .: 99 96 98 95 Oklahoma .......: 99 55 66 89 South Carolina .: 91 86 90 88 Tennessee ......: 100 86 93 96 Texas ..........: 87 80 88 75 Virginia .......: 92 87 94 93 : 15 States ......: 92 84 90 83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cotton Harvested - Selected States [These 15 States harvested 99% of the 2010 cotton acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : October 9, : October 2, : October 9, : 2006-2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Alabama ........: 43 9 18 27 Arizona ........: 20 20 22 24 Arkansas .......: 70 11 26 41 California .....: 4 - 2 5 Georgia ........: 25 10 21 16 Kansas .........: 2 - 1 4 Louisiana ......: 82 80 90 58 Mississippi ....: 84 27 56 50 Missouri .......: 70 14 31 39 North Carolina .: 24 9 22 15 Oklahoma .......: 15 - 1 9 South Carolina .: 25 15 25 18 Tennessee ......: 62 12 32 36 Texas ..........: 20 18 25 21 Virginia .......: 29 1 23 23 : 15 States ......: 31 16 26 24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Represents zero. Cotton Condition - Selected States: Week Ending October 9, 2011 [National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2010 planted acreage] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Very poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Alabama ........: 6 18 32 42 2 Arizona ........: - 5 22 54 19 Arkansas .......: 1 10 29 40 20 California .....: - - 10 65 25 Georgia ........: 8 19 37 28 8 Kansas .........: 19 19 38 21 3 Louisiana ......: 1 28 37 27 7 Mississippi ....: 1 6 21 45 27 Missouri .......: 4 9 30 54 3 North Carolina .: 4 16 41 36 3 Oklahoma .......: 80 16 3 1 - South Carolina .: 9 17 35 38 1 Tennessee ......: 1 5 24 61 9 Texas ..........: 39 23 25 13 - Virginia .......: - 11 58 30 1 : 15 States ......: 24 18 28 25 5 : Previous week ..: 23 19 29 25 4 Previous year ..: 4 11 30 42 13 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. Corn Mature - Selected States [These 18 States planted 92% of the 2010 corn acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : October 9, : October 2, : October 9, : 2006-2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Colorado .......: 93 66 80 88 Illinois .......: 100 91 98 87 Indiana ........: 100 65 79 85 Iowa ...........: 99 91 97 91 Kansas .........: 100 94 98 96 Kentucky .......: 100 92 96 97 Michigan .......: 96 47 68 83 Minnesota ......: 98 80 94 87 Missouri .......: 99 98 100 94 Nebraska .......: 93 75 88 85 North Carolina .: 100 98 99 100 North Dakota ...: 95 58 77 78 Ohio ...........: 94 26 39 83 Pennsylvania ...: 90 47 68 80 South Dakota ...: 93 79 96 88 Tennessee ......: 100 97 99 99 Texas ..........: 96 95 99 97 Wisconsin ......: 92 57 78 78 : 18 States ......: 97 79 89 88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corn Harvested - Selected States [These 18 States harvested 94% of the 2010 corn acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : October 9, : October 2, : October 9, : 2006-2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Colorado .......: 30 5 12 27 Illinois .......: 85 32 49 46 Indiana ........: 78 10 21 35 Iowa ...........: 37 12 27 19 Kansas .........: 79 53 65 60 Kentucky .......: 95 57 69 74 Michigan .......: 43 3 8 18 Minnesota ......: 15 6 20 13 Missouri .......: 72 66 78 62 Nebraska .......: 27 11 19 20 North Carolina .: 94 87 92 88 North Dakota ...: 5 1 10 8 Ohio ...........: 45 2 5 20 Pennsylvania ...: 40 7 15 30 South Dakota ...: 16 8 18 14 Tennessee ......: 98 83 88 86 Texas ..........: 78 75 82 82 Wisconsin ......: 28 5 11 14 : 18 States ......: 50 21 33 32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Corn Condition - Selected States: Week Ending October 9, 2011 [National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2010 planted acreage] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Very poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Colorado .......: 3 8 35 42 12 Illinois .......: 5 14 36 36 9 Indiana ........: 10 16 39 30 5 Iowa ...........: 5 9 27 47 12 Kansas .........: 25 23 26 21 5 Kentucky .......: 2 7 36 47 8 Michigan .......: 4 9 22 50 15 Minnesota ......: 4 10 29 46 11 Missouri .......: 21 23 26 26 4 Nebraska .......: 2 5 19 55 19 North Carolina .: 27 26 26 19 2 North Dakota ...: 3 12 26 51 8 Ohio ...........: 5 11 31 43 10 Pennsylvania ...: 5 12 34 39 10 South Dakota ...: 2 4 25 52 17 Tennessee ......: 4 9 28 49 10 Texas ..........: 33 35 22 10 - Wisconsin ......: 2 6 17 46 29 : 18 States ......: 7 12 28 42 11 : Previous week ..: 7 13 28 41 11 Previous year ..: 3 8 21 48 20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. Soybeans Dropping Leaves - Selected States [These 18 States planted 95% of the 2010 soybean acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : October 9, : October 2, : October 9, : 2006-2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Arkansas .......: 80 49 69 74 Illinois .......: 96 77 95 91 Indiana ........: 99 77 89 93 Iowa ...........: 97 82 97 96 Kansas .........: 84 66 82 86 Kentucky .......: 97 72 84 89 Louisiana ......: 98 94 96 95 Michigan .......: 96 66 88 93 Minnesota ......: 100 94 99 99 Mississippi ....: 98 89 97 93 Missouri .......: 81 63 79 77 Nebraska .......: 97 78 96 95 North Carolina .: 59 34 46 55 North Dakota ...: 98 98 100 99 Ohio ...........: 97 55 80 97 South Dakota ...: 100 96 100 99 Tennessee ......: 95 68 82 89 Wisconsin ......: 96 74 94 94 : 18 States ......: 94 76 90 92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Soybeans Harvested - Selected States [These 18 States harvested 95% of the 2010 soybean acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : October 9, : October 2, : October 9, : 2006-2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Arkansas .......: 51 23 36 41 Illinois .......: 75 12 50 49 Indiana ........: 77 5 28 44 Iowa ...........: 74 21 70 58 Kansas .........: 40 16 43 35 Kentucky .......: 58 10 21 32 Louisiana ......: 85 80 90 78 Michigan .......: 62 2 23 30 Minnesota ......: 74 35 83 60 Mississippi ....: 88 48 77 75 Missouri .......: 33 11 35 28 Nebraska .......: 65 20 63 49 North Carolina .: 8 3 6 6 North Dakota ...: 62 43 79 54 Ohio ...........: 58 - 3 38 South Dakota ...: 60 30 73 47 Tennessee ......: 60 14 29 38 Wisconsin ......: 57 2 28 30 : 18 States ......: 63 19 51 46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Represents zero. Soybean Condition - Selected States: Week Ending October 9, 2011 [National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2010 planted acreage] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Very poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Arkansas .......: 3 17 35 35 10 Illinois .......: 4 10 35 42 9 Indiana ........: 8 15 34 36 7 Iowa ...........: 4 8 23 47 18 Kansas .........: 25 27 22 20 6 Kentucky .......: 2 8 37 46 7 Louisiana ......: 5 20 28 43 4 Michigan .......: 2 5 25 54 14 Minnesota ......: 3 10 32 45 10 Mississippi ....: 2 6 22 52 18 Missouri .......: 13 22 30 27 8 Nebraska .......: 1 3 18 56 22 North Carolina .: 2 9 43 41 5 North Dakota ...: 4 11 29 49 7 Ohio ...........: 3 9 24 51 13 South Dakota ...: 2 6 28 50 14 Tennessee ......: 4 9 33 48 6 Wisconsin ......: 2 5 18 46 29 : 18 States ......: 5 11 28 44 12 : Previous week ..: 5 12 29 43 11 Previous year ..: 3 9 24 46 18 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sugarbeets Harvested - Selected States [These 4 States harvested 84% of the 2010 sugarbeet acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : October 9, : October 2, : October 9, : 2006-2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Idaho ..........: 21 13 17 18 Michigan .......: 32 11 15 18 Minnesota ......: 55 13 16 50 North Dakota ...: 58 15 18 53 : 4 States .......: 46 13 16 40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sunflowers Harvested - Selected States [These 4 States harvested 86% of the 2010 sunflower acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : October 9, : October 2, : October 9, : 2006-2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Colorado .......: 40 17 20 37 Kansas .........: 13 9 20 12 North Dakota ...: 5 1 5 9 South Dakota ...: 12 3 6 8 : 4 States .......: 11 4 8 11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sorghum Coloring - Selected States [These 11 States planted 98% of the 2010 sorghum acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : October 9, : October 2, : October 9, : 2006-2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Arkansas .......: 100 100 100 100 Colorado .......: 100 90 94 99 Illinois .......: 99 98 99 99 Kansas .........: 100 84 92 96 Louisiana ......: 100 100 100 100 Missouri .......: 99 99 100 97 Nebraska .......: 100 100 100 99 New Mexico .....: 96 60 75 85 Oklahoma .......: 99 73 79 91 South Dakota ...: 100 99 100 100 Texas ..........: 99 87 90 94 : 11 States ......: 100 86 91 95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sorghum Mature - Selected States [These 11 States planted 98% of the 2010 sorghum acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : October 9, : October 2, : October 9, : 2006-2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Arkansas .......: 100 100 100 100 Colorado .......: 86 40 50 75 Illinois .......: 91 82 94 83 Kansas .........: 86 38 54 66 Louisiana ......: 100 100 100 100 Missouri .......: 90 66 86 80 Nebraska .......: 87 75 84 74 New Mexico .....: 40 10 19 28 Oklahoma .......: 78 47 51 56 South Dakota ...: 95 56 85 87 Texas ..........: 91 73 74 82 : 11 States ......: 87 54 63 73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sorghum Harvested - Selected States [These 11 States harvested 99% of the 2010 sorghum acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : October 9, : October 2, : October 9, : 2006-2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Arkansas .......: 100 92 97 94 Colorado .......: 13 1 6 18 Illinois .......: 60 24 44 40 Kansas .........: 38 5 15 23 Louisiana ......: 100 100 100 99 Missouri .......: 55 27 43 44 Nebraska .......: 14 7 15 11 New Mexico .....: 13 - - 4 Oklahoma .......: 37 29 30 29 South Dakota ...: 47 9 40 31 Texas ..........: 72 65 68 74 : 11 States ......: 50 30 37 43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Represents zero. Sorghum Condition - Selected States: Week Ending October 9, 2011 [National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2010 planted acreage] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Very poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Arkansas .......: 3 11 40 37 9 Colorado .......: 8 26 38 26 2 Illinois .......: 3 14 47 35 1 Kansas .........: 26 24 26 17 7 Louisiana ......: 10 24 42 24 - Missouri .......: 5 25 37 31 2 Nebraska .......: - 6 17 61 16 New Mexico .....: 59 8 31 2 - Oklahoma .......: 58 35 6 1 - South Dakota ...: - 9 26 55 10 Texas ..........: 16 27 35 20 2 : 11 States ......: 22 24 29 20 5 : Previous week ..: 21 24 31 20 4 Previous year ..: 2 9 29 51 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. Peanuts Harvested - Selected States [These 8 States harvested 98% of the 2010 peanut acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : October 9, : October 2, : October 9, : 2006-2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Alabama ........: 32 14 22 22 Florida ........: 60 41 54 47 Georgia ........: 32 19 38 27 North Carolina .: 19 6 13 27 Oklahoma .......: 23 - - 16 South Carolina .: 59 19 33 43 Texas ..........: 33 17 30 24 Virginia .......: 11 4 13 27 : 8 States .......: 35 19 33 29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Represents zero. Peanut Condition - Selected States: Week Ending October 9, 2011 [National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2010 planted acreage] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Very poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Alabama ........: 4 17 35 40 4 Florida ........: 2 4 43 44 7 Georgia ........: 4 15 41 28 12 North Carolina .: - 5 33 51 11 Oklahoma .......: 8 17 44 30 1 South Carolina .: 3 12 36 48 1 Texas ..........: 25 23 30 22 - Virginia .......: - 2 40 44 14 : 8 States .......: 6 14 38 34 8 : Previous week ..: 7 16 38 31 8 Previous year ..: 6 17 32 36 9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero. Rice Harvested - Selected States [These 6 States harvested 100% of the 2010 rice acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : October 9, : October 2, : October 9, : 2006-2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Arkansas .......: 94 65 77 81 California .....: 19 20 22 52 Louisiana ......: 99 99 100 98 Mississippi ....: 98 76 90 84 Missouri .......: 99 57 69 78 Texas ..........: 100 100 100 100 : 6 States .......: 84 65 74 80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Winter Wheat Planted - Selected States [These 18 States planted 91% of the 2010 winter wheat acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : October 9, : October 2, : October 9, : 2006-2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Arkansas .......: 10 9 10 12 California .....: 9 5 20 11 Colorado .......: 95 81 96 91 Idaho ..........: 79 54 72 75 Illinois .......: 51 9 33 34 Indiana ........: 48 7 25 33 Kansas .........: 67 43 69 68 Michigan .......: 68 16 40 49 Missouri .......: 26 8 22 21 Montana ........: 79 59 73 85 Nebraska .......: 93 82 92 91 North Carolina .: 4 2 5 5 Ohio ...........: 52 1 5 41 Oklahoma .......: 64 30 47 63 Oregon .........: 67 29 42 61 South Dakota ...: 85 72 80 87 Texas ..........: 64 25 41 63 Washington .....: 87 75 81 85 : 18 States ......: 69 42 59 67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Winter Wheat Emerged - Selected States [These 18 States planted 91% of the 2010 winter wheat acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : October 9, : October 2, : October 9, : 2006-2010 : 2010 : 2011 : 2011 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Arkansas .......: 2 2 4 3 California .....: - - 5 1 Colorado .......: 64 40 60 64 Idaho ..........: 38 17 31 30 Illinois .......: 11 2 6 7 Indiana ........: 7 3 5 6 Kansas .........: 28 13 35 34 Michigan .......: 21 4 12 17 Missouri .......: 5 2 3 6 Montana ........: 41 11 30 42 Nebraska .......: 65 53 73 66 North Carolina .: - - 1 - Ohio ...........: 11 1 1 8 Oklahoma .......: 35 5 14 36 Oregon .........: 32 10 17 26 South Dakota ...: 59 26 46 57 Texas ..........: 33 4 7 35 Washington .....: 70 58 64 62 : 18 States ......: 37 16 28 38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Represents zero. Pasture and Range Condition - Selected States: Week Ending October 9, 2011 [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 ........: 11 23 34 30 2 Arizona ........: 25 22 29 20 4 Arkansas .......: 28 31 36 5 - California .....: 15 35 40 10 - Colorado .......: 15 16 29 31 9 Connecticut ....: - - 41 59 - Delaware .......: 10 15 14 60 1 Florida ........: 1 4 30 50 15 Georgia ........: 14 39 37 9 1 Idaho ..........: 2 13 32 42 11 Illinois .......: 16 28 39 16 1 Indiana ........: 10 25 43 21 1 Iowa ...........: 17 23 34 22 4 Kansas .........: 37 24 23 15 1 Kentucky .......: 3 11 43 38 5 Louisiana ......: 18 22 39 19 2 Maine ..........: - 6 20 63 11 Maryland .......: 2 7 21 53 17 Massachusetts ..: - 11 38 48 3 Michigan .......: 2 15 37 41 5 Minnesota ......: 11 16 36 34 3 Mississippi ....: 11 12 42 35 - Missouri .......: 29 32 29 10 - Montana ........: 9 13 36 32 10 Nebraska .......: 2 8 26 59 5 Nevada .........: 1 6 42 45 6 New Hampshire ..: 1 3 38 50 8 New Jersey .....: - 10 40 40 10 New Mexico .....: 55 35 10 - - New York .......: 4 13 32 41 10 North Carolina .: 5 18 38 38 1 North Dakota ...: 1 8 29 55 7 Ohio ...........: 3 16 26 46 9 Oklahoma .......: 64 26 8 2 - Oregon .........: 10 23 38 27 2 Pennsylvania ...: 8 10 20 51 11 Rhode Island ...: - - 41 59 - South Carolina .: 14 28 42 16 - South Dakota ...: 1 8 29 50 12 Tennessee ......: 4 18 43 34 1 Texas ..........: 77 18 4 1 - Utah ...........: - 1 15 68 16 Vermont ........: - 27 52 13 8 Virginia .......: 5 7 30 49 9 Washington .....: 6 13 35 38 8 West Virginia ..: - 10 38 51 1 Wisconsin ......: 5 21 39 32 3 Wyoming ........: 3 12 28 52 5 : 48 States ......: 23 19 28 26 4 : Previous week ..: 24 19 26 27 4 Previous year ..: 9 17 32 36 6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero.
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