United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

Louisiana Crop Progress and Condition		
Delta Region - Louisiana Field Office
5825 Florida Blvd  Baton Rouge, LA 70806
(225) 922-1362 · FAX (855) 270-2705· www.nass.usda.gov
Cooperating with Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry	
This report contains the results from the Crop Progress and Condition weekly survey. The survey is completed by parish extension agents’ visual observations and contact with producers in their parish. These data are also posted on our web site at https://www.nass.usda.gov/la and in a more detailed report at https://www.nass.usda.gov. Thanks to all of the parish extension agents who responded to this survey.	
Week Ending: September 4, 2022	Released: September 6, 2022	

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service in Louisiana, there were 3.7 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sunday, September 4, 2022. Topsoil moisture supplies were 1 percent very short, 3 percent short, 
43 percent adequate, and 53 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were 1 percent very short, 10 percent short, 
50 percent adequate, and 39 percent surplus. 

Crop Progress for Week Ending September 4, 2022	
Crop	This
week	Last
week	Last
year	5-year
average	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Corn harvested
Cotton bolls opening
Hay second cutting
Rice mature
Rice harvested
Soybeans coloring
Soybeans dropping leaves
Soybeans mature
Soybeans harvested
Sugarcane planted
Sweet potatoes harvested	81
77
81
94
75
81
68
52
31
28
11	64
53
78
90
67
74
55
36
19
25
9	88
57
86
95
79
64
41
28
16
52
6	91
68
90
95
83
76
56
44
27
54
11	

Crop Condition for Week Ending September 4, 2022	
Item	Very
poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Cotton
Hay, all
Livestock
Pasture
Soybeans
Sugarcane
Sweet potatoes
Vegetables	6
3
0
3
11
0
3
4	18
11
8
6
20
4
6
6	34
59
39
36
31
25
28
16	42
25
48
45
38
52
63
73	0
2
5
10
0
19
0
1	

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/prog3722.pdf 

Louisiana Subsoil Moisture Map for the Week of August 22 – August 28, 2022

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/.