Nebraska Extension Crop & Damage Reports June 12-16
Nebraska's Winter Wheat Crop Down 34% from 2016
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.
Percent Corn (95%) and Soybean (76%) Planted near Long-Term Averages
For the week ending May 28, cool and mostly dry conditions prevailed, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Average temperatures ranged from three to nine degrees below normal. Some areas of the Panhandle and southeast Nebraska received up to an inch of rain; however, much of the state remained dry.
Stripe Rust Increasing in Nebraska Wheat
Recent rainfall and cool temperatures have favored development of stripe rust to severe levels on flag leaves in fields that have not been sprayed as shown in Figure 1, a photo taken Wednesday, May 24, in a grower’s field in Webster County in south-central Nebraska.
Extension Crop Reports May 22-26
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.