Crop Progress: Cotton Planting Now Ahead of Schedule
May 31, 2022 Based on the USDA Crop Progress report for the week ending May 29, cotton planting across the U.S. is now 4 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average for this date.
The report shows that 68% of the U.S. crop has now been planted – up 14 percentage points in the past week – allowing progress to surpass the 5-year average of 64%. Cooler, wetter weather in part of the Cotton Belt may have slowed planting in the past week, but all cotton-producing states showed increases ranging from 4 percentage points up to 15 percentage points.
In all, 11 states are now running ahead of their respective 5-year averages.
Cotton squaring is now reported in 7% of the U.S. crop, primarily in Arizona and southern Texas.
The first crop condition rating the year shows 44% of the U.S. crop is ranked good/excellent, 38% fair, and 18% poor/very poor.
For planting comparisons, the report shows that corn is now 86% planted, soybeans 66%, rice 95%, sorghum 40%, and peanuts 79%.
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