For the week ending Oct. 24, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported the following sorghum crop conditions.
Kansas: Sorghum condition rated 4% very poor, 9% poor, 29% fair, 49% good, and 9% excellent. Sorghum mature was 93%, near 97% last year, and equal to average. Harvested was 61%, near 62% last year, but ahead of 43% average.
Colorado: Sorghum condition rated 9% very poor, 12% poor, 17% fair, 48% good, and 14% excellent. Harvested was 61%, near 62% last year and ahead of 47% average.
Nebraska: Sorghum mature was 96%, near 98% both last year and average. Harvested was 72%, behind 79% last year, but ahead of 54% average.
South Dakota: Sorghum harvested was 79%, behind 86% last year, but well ahead of 49% average.
Oklahoma: Sorghum mature reached 98%, up 4 points from the previous year and up 6 points from normal. Sorghum harvested reached 54%, unchanged from the previous year but down 3 points from normal.
Texas: Sorghum harvested reached 95%, unchanged from the previous year but up 9 points from normal.
