K-STATE Research and Extention

CROP PROGRESS AND CONDITION

MANHATTAN, Kan. September 27, 2021 - For the week ending September 26, 2021, there were 6.8 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 17% very short, 41% short, 41% adequate, and 1% surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 16% very short, 38% short, 45% adequate, and 1% surplus.

Field Crops Report: Winter wheat planted was 27%, behind 32% last year, but near 25% for the five-year average. Emerged was 6%, near 9% last year and 7% average. Corn condition rated 8% very poor, 13% poor, 25%

Corn condition rated 8% very poor, 13% poor, 25% fair, 44% good, and 10% excellent. Corn dented was 97%, near 98% last year, and equal to average. Mature was 81%, near 82% last year and 79% average. Harvested was 36%, ahead of 27% last year and 30% average.

Soybean condition rated 5% very poor, 9% poor, 28% fair, 50% good, and 8% excellent. Soybeans dropping leaves was 57%, behind 65% last year, but ahead of 52% average. Harvested was 4%, behind 9% last year, and near 5% average.

Sorghum condition rated 5% very poor, 9% poor, 29% fair, 48% good, and 9% excellent. Sorghum coloring was 95%, equal to last year, and near 93% average. Mature was 53%, ahead of 43% last year and 40% average. Harvested was 11%, ahead of 5% last year, and near 7% average.

Cotton condition rated 0% very poor, 3% poor, 41% fair, 54% good, and 2% excellent. Cotton bolls opening was 54%, near 52% last year, and ahead of 46% average. Harvested was 1%, equal to both last year and average.

Sunflowers harvested was 3%, near 1% average.

Pasture and Range Report: Pasture and range conditions rated 9% very poor, 17% poor, 40% fair, 32% good, and 2% excellent.

KANSAS CATTLE ON FEED UNCHANGED

Kansas feedlots, with capacities of 1,000 or more head, contained 2.47 million cattle on feed on September 1, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This inventory was unchanged from last year.

Placements during August totaled 530,000 head, down 2% from 2020.

Fed cattle marketings for the month of August totaled 460,000 head, down 2% from last year.

Other disappearance during August totaled 10,000 head, unchanged from last year.

KANSAS HOG INVENTORY DOWN 1%

Kansas inventory of all hogs and pigs on September 1, was 2.07 million head, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. This was down 1% from September 1, 2020, but up 6% from June 1, 2021.

Breeding hog inventory, at 165,000 head, was down 6% from last September, and down 6% from last quarter. Market hog inventory, at 1.91 million head, was down 1% from last year, but up 7% from last quarter.

The June - August 2021 Kansas pig crop, at 950,000 head, was up 1% from 2020. Sows farrowed during the period totaled 88,000 head, unchanged from last year. The average pigs saved per litter was 10.80 for the June - August period, compared to 10.70 last year. Kansas hog producers intend to farrow 89,000 sows

Kansas hog producers intend to farrow 89,000 sows during the September - November 2021 quarter, up 5% from the actual farrowings during the same period a year ago. Intended farrowings for December 2021 - February 2022 are 88,000 sows, up 5% from the actual farrowings during the same period a year ago.