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May 11, 2001
Friday Global Crop Condition Brief
The following series of graphics highlight notable weather and crop developments in key production areas. Featured countries/regions this week are Canada, and the United States.
PECAD continued its now 17 year support and participation in the Wheat Quality Council's Kansas Hard Winter Wheat Tour. This is a summary of Tour findings and U.S. 2001 Winter Wheat Crop highlights.
Kansas winter wheat was planted under "drought" conditions. Rains finally came in late October. However, cold weather crossed the region earlier than normal, on or near the Thanksgiving Holiday. This resulted in a too short of a pre-dormancy growing phase. Winter wheat was poorly established, non-winter hardened, and in some cases not emerged. The later fields emerged in late winter. This resulted in a crop that was non-uniform in crop stages, had more weeds, had less than average winter survival, and had higher than normal abandonment.
Slide 1 is a Tour Summary
with comparisons to last year's tour and USDA Official numbers.
Slide 2 is a map of Car 4, the
Black Route's path during the tour, with sample sites
identified.There were 15 cars covering 6 routes and stopping at a
total of 480 Kansas wheat fields.
Slide 3 is a table of U.S.
Winter Wheat Abandonment for key production states comparing 2001
to 2000. This data is from USDA-NASS. The 2001 data was released
on May 10, 2001.
Slide 4 includes field photos and a
Landsat image of "site 17", wheat field in McPherson
Co., Kansas. This wheat was in the "boot" stage on May
1, 2001. Note the bare spot in the foreground of the top-right
photo. These bare spots were evident in more fields than usually
seen in Kansas. A sign of poor establishment and/or winter kill.
Slide 5 is also from a sample site in
McPherson Co., Kansas, "site 18." This field was less
developed than site 17. While this field had finished tillering,
it was only in the very early "boot" stage on May 1.
Slide 6 is from southeast Kansas, at
"site 56" in Wilson Co. Wheat, on May 3, in eastern
Kansas was headed and in most cases flowering, as is the case for
this field.
For more information, contact the Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division at 202-720-0888, or by e-mail at pecad@fas.usda.gov.
