United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

Arkansas Crop Progress and Condition		
Delta Region - Arkansas Field Office
10800 Financial Centre Parkway, Suite 110 Little Rock, Arkansas  72211
(501) 228-9926 · FAX (855) 270-2705 · www.nass.usda.gov
Cooperating with the Arkansas Department of Agriculture	
This report contains the results from the Crop Progress and Condition weekly survey. The survey is completed by county extension agents’ visual observations and contact with producers in their county. These data are also posted on our web site at https://www.nass.usda.gov/ar and in a more detailed report at https://www.nass.usda.gov. Thanks to all of the county extension agents who responded to this survey.	
Week Ending: May 12, 2024	Released: May 13, 2024	

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service in Arkansas, there were 3.6 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sunday, May 12, 2024. Topsoil moisture supplies were 0 percent very short, 7 percent short, 62 percent adequate, and 31 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were 0 percent very short, 10 percent short, 60 percent adequate, and 30 percent surplus. 

Crop Progress for Week Ending May 12, 2024	
Crop	This
week	Last
week	Last
year	5-year
average	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Corn planted
Corn emerged
Cotton planted
Cotton emerged
Hay first cutting
Peanuts planted
Peanuts emerged
Rice planted
Rice emerged
Soybeans planted
Soybeans emerged
Winter wheat headed
Winter wheat coloring	95
86
46
24
15
59
22
94
81
76
59
84
28	91
76
30
8
10
32
8
90
71
65
46
81
4	94
84
49
21
11
52
24
86
67
67
51
88
20	89
75
36
16
(NA)
42
16
72
52
46
31
85
15	
	(NA)	Not available.	

Crop Condition for Week Ending May 12, 2024	
Item	Very
poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Corn
Hay, all
Livestock
Pasture
Rice
Soybeans
Vegetables
Winter wheat	0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0	5
9
7
10
0
3
1
5	27
32
20
27
25
16
68
27	52
54
58
52
59
74
30
61	16
4
13
9
16
7
1
7	

The USDA NASS National Crop Progress release is a more detailed report including crop progress and condition at the National level. You can locate that release at: https://release.nass.usda.gov/reports/prog1924.pdf  

Arkansas Subsoil Moisture Map for the week of April 29 – May 5, 2024

The Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) provides measurements of soil moisture in the root zone as a weekly average, represented by pixels. Each pixel represents 9 by 9 kilometer plot or about 20,000 acres. The SMAP data measures soil moisture in cubic centimeters of water/cubic centimeters of soil. The scale represents the percent of water in a given volume of soil. More information and additional mapping is available at https://nassgeo.csiss.gmu.edu/CropCASMA/.