Crop Progress ISSN: 1948-3007 Released December 9, 2019, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Corn Harvested - Selected States [These 18 States harvested 94% of the 2018 corn acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : December 8, : December 1, : December 8, : 2014-2018 : 2018 : 2019 : 2019 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Colorado .......: 100 98 99 100 Illinois .......: 100 93 96 100 Indiana ........: 100 93 96 99 Iowa ...........: 100 92 95 100 Kansas .........: 98 99 100 99 Kentucky .......: 100 100 100 100 Michigan .......: 99 66 74 96 Minnesota ......: 100 91 93 100 Missouri .......: 100 95 98 100 Nebraska .......: (NA) 96 98 (NA) North Carolina .: 100 100 100 100 North Dakota ...: (NA) 36 43 (NA) Ohio ...........: 94 90 93 99 Pennsylvania ...: 82 86 91 88 South Dakota ...: (NA) 80 83 (NA) Tennessee ......: 100 100 100 100 Texas ..........: 98 100 100 99 Wisconsin ......: 96 66 74 95 : 18 States ......: 100 89 92 100 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (NA) Not available. Sunflowers Harvested - Selected States [These 4 States harvested 86% of the 2018 sunflower acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : December 8, : December 1, : December 8, : 2014-2018 : 2018 : 2019 : 2019 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Colorado .......: 94 98 99 99 Kansas .........: 93 97 99 96 North Dakota ...: (NA) 51 60 (NA) South Dakota ...: (NA) 71 79 (NA) : 4 States .......: (NA) 65 73 (NA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (NA) Not available. Cotton Harvested - Selected States [These 15 States harvested 99% of the 2018 cotton acreage] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Week ending : :-----------------------------------------: State : December 8, : December 1, : December 8, : 2014-2018 : 2018 : 2019 : 2019 : Average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : percent : Alabama ........: (NA) 94 96 (NA) Arizona ........: 84 86 91 84 Arkansas .......: 100 99 100 100 California .....: 89 93 95 94 Georgia ........: (NA) 89 93 (NA) Kansas .........: (NA) 71 82 (NA) Louisiana ......: 100 100 100 100 Mississippi ....: 98 97 98 100 Missouri .......: 100 95 98 97 North Carolina .: 89 93 96 93 Oklahoma .......: (NA) 83 91 (NA) South Carolina .: (NA) 95 96 (NA) Tennessee ......: 97 95 97 99 Texas ..........: (NA) 74 82 (NA) Virginia .......: 97 95 98 99 : 15 States ......: (NA) 83 89 (NA) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ (NA) Not available. Crop Progress and Condition Tables Expected Next Week Today's publication is the last weekly Crop Progress report issued for the 2019 season. The first weekly report for 2020 will be released on Monday, April 6, 2020. Statistical Methodology 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 3,600 respondents 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 respondents subjectively estimate the progress of crops through various stages of development, as well as the progress of producer activities. They also provide subjective evaluations of crop conditions. Most respondents 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, respondents are asked to report for the entire 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 2018 season, over 95 percent of the data were being submitted through the internet website. As a result, the majority of all data are submitted on Monday morning, significantly reducing projection uncertainty. Respondents 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. 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. Field Offices summarize 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 respondent 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. National crop planting progress, progress of development stages, and condition estimates are weighted using the program State's average planted acres over the previous three crop years. National crop harvest progress estimates are weighted using the program State's average harvested acres over the previous three crop years. Pasture and range condition is weighted using pasture acreage and/or livestock inventories from the most recent Census of Agriculture. Days suitable for fieldwork, topsoil moisture and subsoil moisture are weighted using cropland acreage from the Census of Agriculture. 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 subject to revision the following week. Information Contacts Listed below are the commodity statisticians in the Crops Branch of the National Agricultural Statistics Service to contact for additional information. E-mail inquiries may be sent to nass@usda.gov Lance Honig, Chief, Crops Branch................................................ (202) 720-2127 Travis Thorson, Head, Field Crops Section (202) 720-7369 David Colwell - Current Agricultural Industrial Reports (202) 720-8800 Chris Hawthorn- Corn, Flaxseed, Proso Millet (202) 720-9526 James Johanson - County Estimates, Hay (202) 690-8533 Jeff Lemmons - Oats, Soybeans (202) 690-3234 Irwin Anolik - Crop Weather, Barley (202) 720-7621 Sammy Neal - Peanuts, Rice................................................. (202) 720-7688 Jean Porter - Rye, Wheat (202) 720-8068 Chris Singh - Cotton, Cotton Ginnings, Sorghum (202) 720-5944 Travis Thorson - Sunflower, Other Oilseeds................................. 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