USDA: Planting Surges with Warm, Dry Conditions
For the week ending June 4, with warmer temperatures and rain limited to the western Panhandle, planting progressed with 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the June 5 report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
USDA NASS: Corn Planting 87% Done; Soybean, 52%
For the week ending May 21, temperatures averaged three to five degrees below normal, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Significant rainfall of two inches or more was recorded across the majority of counties; however, rainfall totals of three inches or more were recorded across the southeast.
Corn Planting Starts; Winter Wheat Condition 53% Good to Excellent
Three percent of Nebraska's corn crop was planted as of Sunday, according to this week's USDA National Agriucltural Statistics Service report. This was near last year's 6% by this time and equal to the five-year average.
USDA: US and Nebraska Grain Stock Report as of March 1, 2017
US & Nebraska Prospective Plantings: Record Soybean Acreage
USDA Final 2016 Crop Yields and Projections for 2017 Winter Wheat in Nebraska
NE Farm Real Estate Values Down 3 Percent from 2015; Cash Rents Also Down
Farm Labor, Costs on the Northern Plains
In the Northern Plains Region (Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota) there were 34,000 workers hired directly by farm operators on farms and ranches during the week of April 10-16, 2016, down 3% from the April 2015 reference week, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.