USDA Crop Progress: US Rice Condition/Progress-May 7

May 09,2007 00:00 by dailynews

For the week ended May 6, in percent. * denotes revised.

NOTE: Averages for are based on the number of planted acres,
not the number of states.
CONDITION:
          very poor    poor         fair        good      excellent
         5/6 4/29   5/6 4/29   5/6 4/29   5/6 4/29   5/6 4/29
Ark        0     1     3     4    27    27    53    53    17    15
Calif      0     0     0     1    20    80    60    14    20     5
La         0     0     5     5    46    47    48    44     1     4
Miss       0     0     0     4    13    18    78    64     9    14
Mo         0     0     2     2    40    10    53    57     5    31
Texas      0     0     1    11    44    44    52    40     3     5
6-state
avg        0     0     2     4    29    38    56    46    13    12
yr-ago     0     1     1     5    37    37    51    43    11    14

PROGRESS:
               --Planted--                          --Emerged--
          5/6 4/29 2006   Avg               5/6 4/29 2006   Avg
Ark        81    65    93    86                58    34    82    63
Calif      55    30     3    23                15     5     0     4
La         90    81    92    90                78    68    80    79
Miss       87    63    92    83                61    33    82    62
Mo         68    54    90    69                40    15    76    41
Texas      84    79    92    95                75    60    90    88
6-state
avg        77    60    76    74                52    33    67    54