AG OUTLOOK: 2007 Crop Condition Overview August 15, 2007 FACT FINDERS FOR AGRICULTURE N A S S UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE _______________
Corn Planting Date and Yield Field Tests at DeKalb and Monmouth, Illinois, 2005 and 2006 Source: February 2007 Newsletter Volume 26:2, Department of Crop Sciences, College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, Percent planted 4/30 Crop Progress Report: avg. = 44 % 2007 = 23 % At 10-yr. avg. pace 19 mil. additional acres planted by the end of April
May 7 Planting Progress and U.S. Corn Yield Source: USDA-NASS, Crop Progress,
U. S. Progress and Condition Soybeans /224/29 5/6 5/135/205/27 6/3 6/106/176/24 7/17/8 7/157/227/29 8/5 8/128/198/26 9/29/9 9/ % PlantedAvg % Planted2007 % EmergedAvg % Emerged 2007 % BloomAvg % Bloom2007 Good to Excellent2006 Good to Excellent 2007 % Setting PodsAvg % Setting Pods
U. S. Progress and Condition Winter Wheat /14/8 4/154/224/29 5/6 5/13 5/205/27 6/3 6/106/176/24 7/17/8 7/157/22 7/29 8/5 8/128/ % HeadedAvg % Headed2007 % HarvestedAvg % Harvested2007 Good to Excellent2006 Good to Excellent KS 77% G/E KS 44% moderate/severe freeze damage KS 36% G/E