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USDA reports 6 fieldwork days last week as Kansas topsoil moisture stays mostly short

For the week ending Aug. 23, Kansas producers had six days suitable for fieldwork, as the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported across the state. Moisture supplies remain limited, with topsoil rated 25% very short and 36% short.

Workers prepare field equipment in dry, sunlit Kansas farmland with mixed crop rows and a barn in the distance.

Corn condition was reported at 14% very poor and 17% poor, with 34% rated good and 8% excellent. Corn silking reached 97%, equal to last year, and dough was 87%.

Soybeans were rated 4% very poor and 13% poor, with 44% good. Soybean blooming was 94% and setting pods was 78%. Sorghum condition stood at 12% very poor and 21% poor, while sorghum headed was 72%. Cotton condition was 5% very poor and 21% poor, with cotton setting bolls at 93%.

Pasture and range conditions were also reported, with 11% very poor and 19% poor, and 28% rated good. The data were provided at the county level by USDA Farm Service Agency, KSU Extension Service and other reporters across Kansas.