Crop
Progress

Washington, D.C.

Released April 19, 2010, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For
information on “Crop Progress” call Julie Schmidt at (202) 720-7621, office
hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.

Note: These data are preliminary and will be released after 4:00 p.m. ET each
Monday, except for holidays. See tomorrow’s Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin
for final progress and condition estimates.

Corn: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:———————–: 2005-
State:Apr 18,:Apr 11,:Apr 18,: 2009
: 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
CO : 3 1 7 6
IL : 34 1 1 12
IN : 17 1 0 4
IA : 19 1 5 5
KS : 21 7 8 16
KY : 35 10 4 23
MI : 6 1 2 3
MN : 13 1 0 1
MO : 40 9 7 28
NE : 5 0 3 4
NC : 63 34 34 47
ND : 0 0 0 1
OH : 6 1 2 5
PA : 7 3 1 5
SD : 4 0 0 1
TN : 59 15 10 37
TX : 70 48 60 65
WI : 3 0 0 1
:
18 Sts: 19 3 5 9
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1/ These 18 States planted 92% of
last year’s corn acreage.

Cotton: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:———————–: 2005-
State:Apr 18,:Apr 11,:Apr 18,: 2009
: 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
AL : 3 1 0 7
AZ : 32 30 34 32
AR : 9 0 1 4
CA : 40 20 41 50
GA : 3 1 0 2
KS : 0 0 0 0
LA : 22 5 7 10
MS : 12 0 0 5
MO : 3 1 1 3
NC : 4 0 0 1
OK : 0 0 0 1
SC : 2 0 4 2
TN : 0 0 0 1
TX : 13 9 16 17
VA : 4 0 0 3
:
15 Sts: 11 6 11 12
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1/ These 15 States planted 99% of
last year’s cotton acreage.

Sorghum: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
————————————–
: Week Ending :
:———————–: 2005-
State:Apr 18,:Apr 11,:Apr 18,: 2009
: 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
AR : 62 19 14 29
CO : 0 0 0 0
IL : 0 0 0 0
KS : 0 0 0 1
LA : 61 43 17 44
MO : 4 1 0 3
NE : 0 0 0 0
NM : 3 2 5 1
OK : 3 0 1 5
SD : 0 0 0 0
TX : 53 48 58 57
:
11 Sts: 23 20 24 25
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1/ These 11 States planted 98% of
last year’s sorghum acreage.

Sugarbeets: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
————————————–
: Week Ending :
:———————–: 2005-
State:Apr 18,:Apr 11,:Apr 18,: 2009
: 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : Avg.
————————————–
: Percent
:
ID : 57 32 50 63
MI : 98 78 61 46
MN : 15 1 0 2
ND : 13 1 0 2
:
4 Sts : 33 17 17 18
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1/ These 4 States planted 84% of last
year’s sugarbeet acreage.

Oats: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
————————————–
: Week Ending :
:———————–: 2005-
State:Apr 18,:Apr 11,:Apr 18,: 2009
: 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : Avg.
————————————–
: Percent
:
IA : 82 55 65 52
MN : 66 34 19 13
NE : 71 43 51 64
ND : 1 0 0 6
OH : 59 30 41 37
PA : 56 41 42 44
SD : 42 10 5 29
TX : 100 100 100 100
WI : 62 35 31 21
:
9 Sts : 63 47 46 47
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1/ These 9 States planted 64% of last
year’s oat acreage.

Oats: Percent Emerged,
Selected States 1/
————————————–
: Week Ending :
:———————–: 2005-
State:Apr 18,:Apr 11,:Apr 18,: 2009
: 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : Avg.
————————————–
: Percent
:
IA : 29 3 3 11
MN : 13 0 0 1
NE : 18 6 13 20
ND : 0 0 0 0
OH : 8 1 15 6
PA : 11 3 11 9
SD : 4 0 0 6
TX : 100 100 100 100
WI : 18 0 1 1
:
9 Sts: 36 28 29 31
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1/ These 9 States planted 64% of last
year’s oat acreage.

Rice: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
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: Week Ending :
:———————–: 2005-
State:Apr 18,:Apr 11,:Apr 18,: 2009
: 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : Avg.
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: Percent
:
AR : 53 19 23 30
CA : 4 0 3 3
LA : 73 66 64 69
MS : 45 13 17 28
MO : 40 7 10 18
TX : 69 53 90 76
:
6 Sts : 47 23 28 33
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1/ These 6 States planted 100% of
last year’s rice acreage.

Rice: Percent Emerged,
Selected States 1/
————————————–
: Week Ending :
:———————–: 2005-
State:Apr 18,:Apr 11,:Apr 18,: 2009
: 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : Avg.
————————————–
: Percent
:
AR : 16 1 3 7
CA : 0 0 0 0
LA : 46 15 34 47
MS : 9 3 4 8
MO : 5 0 0 2
TX : 40 22 64 59
:
6 Sts : 18 4 10 14
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1/ These 6 States planted 100% of
last year’s rice acreage.

Spring Wheat: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
————————————–
: Week Ending :
:———————–: 2005-
State:Apr 18,:Apr 11,:Apr 18,: 2009
: 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : Avg.
————————————–
: Percent
:
ID : 30 NA 37 44
MN : 43 NA 4 4
MT : 18 NA 5 14
ND : 5 NA 0 6
SD : 35 NA 10 34
WA : 74 NA 42 59
:
6 Sts : 20 NA 6 14
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1/ These 6 States planted 99% of last
year’s spring wheat acreage.

Barley: Percent Planted,
Selected States 1/
————————————–
: Week Ending :
:———————–: 2005-
State:Apr 18,:Apr 11,:Apr 18,: 2009
: 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : Avg.
————————————–
: Percent
:
ID : 25 NA 28 35
MN : 45 NA 3 4
MT : 26 NA 7 19
ND : 2 NA 0 4
WA : 64 NA 22 43
:
5 Sts : 18 NA 8 16
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1/ These 5 States planted 79% of last
year’s barley acreage.

Winter Wheat: Percent Headed,
Selected States 1/
————————————–
: Week Ending :
:———————–: 2005-
State:Apr 18,:Apr 11,:Apr 18,: 2009
: 2010 : 2010 : 2009 : Avg.
————————————–
: Percent
:
AR : 5 NA 35 39
CA : 83 NA 87 79
CO : 0 NA 1 0
ID : 0 NA 0 0
IL : 0 NA 0 0
IN : 0 NA 0 0
KS : 0 NA 1 3
MI : 0 NA 0 2
MO : 0 NA 0 3
MT : 0 NA 0 0
NE : 0 NA 0 0
NC : 5 NA 0 21
OH : 2 NA 0 0
OK : 6 NA 29 25
OR : 0 NA 0 0
SD : 0 NA 0 0
TX : 20 NA 42 29
WA : 0 NA 0 0
:
18 Sts: 6 NA 13 11
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1/ These 18 States planted 89% of
last year’s winter wheat acreage.

Winter Wheat: Crop Condition
by Percent, Selected States
Week Ending Apr 18, 2010
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State : VP : P : F : G : EX
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: Percent
:
AR : 2 5 48 37 8
CA : 0 0 5 20 75
CO : 0 3 20 52 25
ID : 0 0 13 70 17
IL : 12 19 33 34 2
IN : 0 3 29 55 13
KS : 1 4 24 58 13
MI : 1 6 17 60 16
MO : 10 16 38 33 3
MT : 1 6 30 53 10
NE : 0 5 29 60 6
NC : 4 13 39 40 4
OH : 1 2 25 53 19
OK : 1 3 22 60 14
OR : 0 5 42 42 11
SD : 0 2 19 67 12
TX : 2 7 30 48 13
WA : 1 5 18 61 15
:
18 Sts : 1 5 25 55 14
:
Prev Wk : 1 5 29 53 12
Prev Yr : 13 14 30 36 7
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VP-Very Poor, P-Poor, F-Fair, G-Good, EX-Excellent.
National crop conditions for selected States are weighted based on 2009
planted acreage.

Crop Progress and Condition Survey and Estimating Procedures

Survey Procedures: Crop progress and condition estimates are based on survey
data collected each week from early April through the end of November. The
non-probability crop progress and condition surveys include input from
approximately 5,000 reporters whose occupations provide them opportunities to
make visual observations and frequently bring them in contact with farmers in
their counties. Based on standard definitions, these reporters subjectively
estimate progress of farmers’ activities and progress of crops through
various stages of development. They also provide subjective evaluations of
crop conditions.

Most reporters complete their questionnaires on Friday or early Monday
morning and submit them to the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(NASS) Field Offices in their States by mail, telephone, fax, e-mail, or
through a secured internet website. A small number of reports are completed
on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. Regardless of when questionnaires are
completed, reporters are asked to report for the week ending on Sunday. For
reports submitted prior to the Sunday reference date, a degree of uncertainty
is introduced by projections for weekend changes in progress and condition.
By the end of the 2001 season, nearly two-thirds of the data were being
submitted through the internet website. As a result, about one-half of all
data are submitted on Monday morning, significantly reducing projection
uncertainty.

Reporters are sent written reporting instructions at the beginning of each
season and are contacted periodically to ensure proper reporting. Terms and
definitions of crop stages and condition categories used as reporting
guidelines are available on the NASS website at:

www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/National_Crop_Progress/terms_definitions/index
.asp.

Estimating Procedures: Reported data are reviewed for reasonableness and
consistency by comparing with data reported the previous week and data
reported in surrounding counties for the current week. Each State Field
Office summarizes the reported data to district and State levels, weighting
each county’s reported data by NASS county acreage estimates. Summarized
indications are compared with previous week estimates, and progress items are
compared with earlier stages of development and historical averages to ensure
reasonableness. Weather events and reporter comments are also taken into
consideration. State estimates are submitted to the Agricultural Statistics
Board (ASB) along with supporting comments, where they are compared with
surrounding States and compiled into a National level summary by weighting
each State by its acreage estimates.

Revision Policy: Progress and condition estimates in the Crop Progress
report are released after 4:00 pm ET on the first business day of the week.
These estimates are preliminary and subject to corrections or updates in the
Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin that is released after 12:00 pm ET on the
second business day of the week. These estimates are subject to revision the
following week.

Crop Progress and Condition Tables Expected Next Week

Barley – Planted, Emerged
Corn – Planted, Emerged
Cotton – Planted
Oats – Planted, Emerged
Rice – Planted, Emerged
Sorghum – Planted
Spring Wheat – Planted, Emerged
Sugarbeets – Planted
Winter Wheat – Headed, Condition

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