January Normal Crop Calendar

Summer crops
Europe
Sugarbeets: Harvesting (Spain)
Citrus: Harvesting (Mediterranean)

United States
Sugarcane(FL): Harvesting
China
Sugarcane: Harvesting

Mexico
Sugarcane: Harvesting
Citrus & Coffee: Harvesting East Africa
Grains(minor): Harvesting
Brazil
Soybeans: Flowering*
Cotton: Blooming*
Argentina Southern Africa Australia
Corn: Silking* to Filling Corn: Silking* Cotton: Vegetative
Cotton: Blooming* Sorghum: Planting
Soybeans: Vegetative Sugarcane: Harvesting

Winter crops

Europe Former Soviet Union

Grains: Dormant (North) Grains: Dormant
Semi-Dormant (Spain)
United States/Canada
Grains: Dormant

China
NW Africa Grains: Dormant
Mexico Grains: Vegetative
Wheat: Vegetative South Asia
Vegetables: Harvesting Wheat: Heading*

Australia
Argentina
Wheat: Harvesting
Wheat: Harvesting

* Moisture / Temperature Sensitive Stage of Development

Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Div., FAS, USDA
 February Normal Crop Calendar
Summer crops

Europe
Cotton: Planting (Spain)
Citrus: Harvesting (Mediterranean)
United States
Sugarcane(FL): Harvesting
China
Sugarcane: Harvesting

Mexico
Sugarcane: Harvesting
Citrus & Coffee: Harvesting East Africa
Grains(minor): Harvesting
Brazil Belg (minor) Grain:
Cotton: Maturing Planting (Ethiopia)
Soybeans: Podding*
Argentina Australia
Southern Africa
Corn: Filling Cotton & Sorghum:
Corn: Silking* to Filling
Cotton: Filling to Maturing Reproductive
Soybeans: Flowering*

Winter crops

Europe Former Soviet Union

Grains: Dormant (North) Grains: Dormant
Greening (Spain)
United States/Canada
Grains: Dormant

China
NW Africa Grains: Dormant
Mexico Grains: Vegetative
Wheat: Heading* South Asia
Vegetables: Harvesting Wheat: Heading* to Filling

* Moisture / Temperature Sensitive Stage of Development

Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Div., FAS, USDA
 March Normal Crop Calendar
Summer crops

Europe
Amall Grains: Planting
Sugarbeets: Planting
Corn: Planting (Italy)
United States
Citrus: Harvesting (Mediterranean)
Cotton: Planting
Sugarcane(FL): Harvesting China
Early Rice: Planting
Middle East & Egypt Sugarcane: Harvesting
West Africa Cotton: Planting
Mexico
Coarse Grain, Rice:
Sugarcane: Harvesting
Planting (Coast)
Citrus & Coffee: Harvesting East Africa
Brazil Grains(minor): Harvesting
Cotton: Harvesting Belg (minor) Grain:
Soybeans: Filling to Maturing Planting (Ethiopia)
Maize, Sorghum: Planting
Argentina (Kenya, Ethiopia) Australia
Corn: Maturing Sorghum: Filling
Cotton: Harvesting Southern Africa Cotton: Filling
Soybeans: Podding* Corn: Filling to Maturing

Winter crops

Europe Former Soviet Union

Grains: Dormant (North) Grains: Dormant (North)
Greening (France) Greening (South)
United States Heading* (Spain)
Grains: Vegetative

Middle East & Egypt China

NW Africa Wheat: Heading* Grains: Vegetative
Grains: Heading* (South)
Mexico
Wheat: Heading* South Asia
Vegetables: Harvesting Wheat: Maturing

* Moisture / Temperature Sensitive Stage of Development

Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Div., FAS, USDA
 April Normal Crop Calendar
Summer crops
Former Soviet Union
Canada Small Grains: Planting (West)
Europe Pre-Planting: (East)
Small Grains & Rapeseed:
Small Grains: Planting
Pre-Planting Corn, Sunflowers &
Sugarbeets: Planting
Sugarbeets: Planting (South)
Corn: Planting (Italy)
Cotton: Planting (Central Asia)
United States Citrus: Harvesting (Mediterranean)
Corn, Small Grains & Cotton: China
Planting Corn, Soybeans &
Middle East & Egypt Cotton: Planting
Mexico Cotton: Planting Early and Single Rice:
Planting
Citrus & Sugarcane: Harvesting West Africa
Coarse Grain, Rice: East Africa
Southeast Asia
Planting (Coast) Belg (minor) Grain:
Brazil Rice & Corn:
Cocoa: Flowering* Planting (Ethiopia)
Cotton & Soybeans: Pre-Planting
Maize, Sorghum: Planting
Harvesting
(Kenya, Ethiopia)
Argentina Australia
Corn & Cotton: Harvesting Cotton & Sorghum:
Soybeans: Maturing Southern Africa
Maturing to Harvesting
Corn: Harvesting

Winter crops

Europe Former Soviet Union

Grains: Greening (North) Grains: Dormant (North)
Heading* (Italy) Greening (South)
United States
Grains: Vegetative
Middle East & Egypt
Wheat: Heading* China
NW Africa (South), Greening Grains: Heading*
Grains: Heading* to (North)
Mexico
Filling
Wheat & Vegetables:
Harvesting South Asia
Wheat: Maturing
Brazil
Wheat: Planting
South Africa
Wheat: Planting

* Moisture / Temperature Sensitive Stage of Development

Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Div., FAS, USDA
 May Normal Crop Calendar
Summer crops
Former Soviet Union
Canada Corn, Sunflowers &
Europe
Small Grains & Rapeseed: Sugarbeets: Planting
Corn: Planting Small Grains: Vegetative (West)
Planting
Sunflowers: Planting Planting: (East)
Sugarbeets: Planting (Germany)
Cotton: Planting (Central Asia)

United States China

Corn & Sorghum: Planting
Soybeans: Planting
Small Grains: Planting
Mexico
Sorghum & Corn: Planting
Citrus & Sugarcane: Planting
Brazil
Citrus & Sugarcane: Harvesting
Cotton & Soybeans: Harvesting
Argentina
Corn, Soybeans &
Cotton: Harvesting
Middle East & Egypt Corn, Soybeans &
Cotton: Planting Cotton: Planting
West Africa Early Rice: Heading*
Coarse Grain, Rice: Single Rice: Planting
Planting (Coast & Sahel) East Africa
Cocoa: Flowering* Maize, Sorghum: Planting
(Kenya, Ethiopia)
Southeast Asia
Grains: Planting (Sudan)
Rice & Corn: Planting
Small Grains: Planting
(Ethiopia)
Belg (minor) Grain: Australia
Planting (Ethiopia) Cotton & Sorghum: Harvesting
Southern Africa
Corn: Harvesting

Winter crops
Europe
Grains: Heading* (France, Romania) Former Soviet Union
Maturing (Spain) Grains: Vegetative (North)
Rapeseed: Flowering* (England, Poland) Heading* (South)
United States
Grains: Heading*
Middle East & Egypt
Wheat: Heading* China
NW Africa (North), Harvesting Grains: Filling
Grains: Harvesting (South)
Mexico
Wheat & Vegetables:
Harvesting

Brazil
Wheat: Planting
Southern Africa Australia
Wheat: Planting Wheat: Planting

* Moisture / Temperature Sensitive Stage of Development

Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Div., FAS, USDA
 June Normal Crop Calendar
Summer crops
Former Soviet Union
Canada Corn, Sunflowers &
Europe
Small Grains & Rapeseed: Sugarbeets: Vegetative
Corn: Silking* (South) Small Grains: Heading* (West)
Vegetative
Small Grains: Heading* Vegetative (East)
Corn: Planting
Cotton: Vegetative (Central Asia)

United States
China
Corn, Cotton & Sorghum: Vegetative
Corn, Soybeans &
Soybeans: Planting South Asia Cotton: Flowering*
Small Grains: Heading* Grains, Cotton &
West Africa Early Rice: Maturing
Mexico Oilseeds: Planting Single Rice: Vegetative
Coarse Grain, Rice:
Sorghum & Corn: Planting Planting
East Africa Southeast Asia
Citrus & Sugarcane: Harvesting
Maize, Sorghum: Reproductive* Rice & Corn:
Brazil
(Kenya, Ethiopia) Vegetative
Citrus, Coffee &
Sugarcane: Harvesting Grains: Planting (Sudan)
Small Grains: Planting
Argentina (Ethiopia) Australia
Cotton & Belg (minor) Grain: Cotton &
Soybeans: Harvesting Reproductive* (Ethiopia) Sorghum: Harvesting

Winter crops
Europe
Grains: Heading* (Poland) Former Soviet Union
Maturing (France, Hungary) Grains: Heading* (North)
Harvesting: (Mediterranean) Filling (South)
United States
Grains: Maturing to
Harvesting
Middle East & Egypt
China
NW Africa Wheat: Harvesting
Grains: Harvesting
Grains: Harvesting
Mexico
Wheat: Harvesting
Brazil
Wheat: Planting to
Vegetative

Argentina Southern Africa

Australia
Wheat: Planting Grains: Planting
Wheat: Planting

* Moisture / Temperature Sensitive Stage of Development

Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Div., FAS, USDA
 July Normal Crop Calendar
Summer crops
Canada Former Soviet Union
Small Grains: Heading* Corn: Silking*
Europe
Rapeseed: Flowering* Sunflowers: Blooming*
Corn: Silking* (France, Hungary) Small Grains: Filling (West)
Corn: Vegetative Sunflowers; Blooming* Heading* (East)
Small Grains: Maturing Cotton: Flowering* (Central Asia)
United States
China
Small Grains: Filling to Maturing
Corn: Silking*
Corn: Silking*
Soybeans: Podding*
Sorghum: Heading*
South Asia Cotton: Flowering*
Cotton: Blooming*
West Africa Grains, Cotton & Oilseeds: Early Rice: Harvesting
Mexico Coarse Grain, Rice: Single Rice: Heading*
Planting/Vegetative
Corn & Sorghum: Planting (Sahel) Late Rice: Planting
Vegetative to Reproductive* Harvesting (Coast) East Africa Southeast Asia
Maize, Sorghum: Reproductive*
Rice: Heading*
to Filling (Kenya, Ethiopia)
Corn: Silking*
Brazil Grains: Planting (Sudan)
Citrus, Coffee & Small Grains: Planting
Sugarcane: Harvesting (Ethiopia) Australia
Belg (minor) Grain: Sugarcane: Harvesting
Harvesting (Ethiopia)

Winter crops

Former Soviet Union

Europe Grains: Maturing (North)
Grains: Maturing (England, Poland) Harvesting (South)
United States Harvesting (France, Hungary)
Grains: Harvesting Rapeseed: Harvesting

Argentina/Brazil
Wheat: Vegetative

Australia
Wheat: Vegetative

* Moisture / Temperature Sensitive Stage of Development

Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Div., FAS, USDA
 August Normal Crop Calendar
Summer crops
Canada Former Soviet Union
Small Grains & Rapeseed: Small Grains: Harvest (West);
Filling to Maturing Filling (East)
Corn: Silking* Corn, Sunflowers, & Sugarbeets:
Europe Filling
Corn: Maturing Cotton: Filling (Central Asia)
United States Small Grains: Harvesting
Small Grains: Harvesting (South) China
Corn, Soybeans, Corn, Cotton, &
Sorghum, & Cotton: South Asia Soybeans: Filling
Filling Oilseeds: Early Rice: Filling
Vegetative to Flowering* Single Rice: Maturing
West Africa Grains (Rice): Heading* Late Rice: Vegetative
Mexico
Corn & Sorghum: Filling Coarse Grain, Rice: Cotton: Vegetative
Flowering* (Sahel): Southeast Asia
Harvesting (Coast) Rice: Filling
East Africa
Brazil Corn: filling to Mature
Maize, Sorghum: Harvesting
Coffee, Citrus, & (Kenya, Ethiopia)
Sugarcane: Harvesting Grains: Reproductive*
(Sudan) Australia
Small Grains: Reproductive* Sugarcane: Harvesting
(Ethiopia)

Winter crops

Former Soviet Union

Europe Grains: Planting(North);
Grains: Harvesting Pre-Planting (South)
Rapeseed: Planting

Middle East & Egypt

Wheat: Harvesting

Brazil
Wheat: Heading*

Australia
Wheat: Vegetative
Argentina
Wheat: Vegetative

* Moisture / Temperature Sensitive Stage of Development

Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Div., FAS, USDA
 September Normal Crop Calendar
Summer crops
Canada Former Soviet Union
Small Grains & Rapeseed: Europe Corn, Sunflowers, & Sugarbeets:
Harvesting Mostly Filling
Corn & Sunflower: Harvesting
Corn: Filling Small Grains: Harvesting
Cotton: Harvesting (Spain, Greece)
Sugarbeets: Harvesting Cotton: Early Harvesting (Central Asia)
(France, Germany)
United States
Corn, Soybeans, China
Sorghum, & Cotton: Corn, Cotton, &
Maturing Soybeans: Harvesting
Middle East & Egypt South Asia
Small Grains: Harvesting Single Rice: Harvesting
Cotton: Harvesting Oilseeds: Pod Forming
Late Rice: Heading*
to Filling*
West Africa Cotton: Flowering*
Mexico
Coarse Grain, Rice:
Corn & Sorghum: Maturing Southeast Asia
Flowering* (Sahel):
Harvesting (Coast) Rice: Maturing
East Africa
Brazil Corn: Harvesting
Secondary: Planting Maize, Sorghum: Harvesting
Coffee: Blooming (coast) (Kenya, Ethiopia)
Citrus & Sugarcane: Harvesting Grains: Reproductive*
(Sudan) Australia
Argentina Small Grains: Reproductive* Cotton: Planting
Corn & Cotton: Planting (Ethiopia) Sugarcane: Harvesting

Winter crops

Europe Former Soviet Union

Grains: Planting (England, Denmark) Grains: Vegetative(North);
Rapeseed: Planting Planting (South)
United States
Grains: Planting
Middle East & Egypt
Wheat: Planting China
Grains: Planting

Brazil
Wheat: Filling to
Mature
Australia
Argentina Wheat: Vegetative to
Wheat: Vegetative to Heading*
Heading*

* Moisture / Temperature Sensitive Stage of Development

Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Div., FAS, USDA
 October Normal Crop Calendar
Summer crops
Former Soviet Union
Europe Corn, Sunflowers, &
Canada Corn & Sugarbeets: Harvesting Sugarbeets: Harvesting
Corn: Maturing Cotton: Harvesting (Spain, Greece) Cotton: Harvesting (Central Asia)

China
United States
Corn, Cotton, &
Corn, Soybeans,
South Asia Soybeans: Harvesting
& Cotton: Harvesting Middle East & Egypt Single Rice: Harvesting
Cotton: Harvesting Oilseeds: Filling
Late Rice: Maturing
Cotton: Flowering*
West Africa
Mexico
Coarse Grain, Rice: Southeast Asia
Corn & Sorghum: Harvesting
Harvesting (Sahel) Rice: Maturing
Brazil Secondary: Vegetative East Africa Corn: Harvesting
Cotton & Soybeans: Planting (coast) Maize, Sorghum: Harvesting
Coffee: Blooming Cocoa: Harvesting (Kenya, Ethiopia)
Citrus & Sugarcane: Harvesting Grains: Filling (Sudan) Australia
Southern Africa Small Grains: Filling (Ethiopia) Cotton & Sorghum:
Corn: Planting Minor Grains: Planting Planting
Argentina
Corn & Cotton: Planting Sugarcane: Harvesting

Winter crops

Europe Former Soviet Union

Grains & Rapeseed: Grains: Hardening(North);
Planting Late Planting (South)
United States
Grains: Vegetative
Middle East & Egypt
Wheat: Planting China
Grains: Planting
South Asia
Wheat: Planting
Brazil
Wheat: Mature to
Harvesting

Argentina Southern Africa Australia

Wheat: Heading to Filling* Wheat: Filling Wheat: Heading to
Maturing*

* Moisture / Temperature Sensitive Stage of Development

Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Div., FAS, USDA
 November Normal Crop Calendar
Summer crops
Former Soviet Union
Europe Corn: Harvesting
Canada Corn & Sugarbeets: Harvesting Cotton: Harvesting (Central Asia)
Corn: Harvesting Cotton: Harvesting (Spain, Greece)

China
United States
Sugarcane: Harvesting
Corn, Soybeans,
Late Rice: Harvesting
& Cotton: Harvesting South Asia
Sugarcane(FL): Harvesting Rice: Harvesting
Cotton: Boll Stage*
West Africa
Mexico
Sorchum: Maturing
Corn & Sorghum: Harvesting
Rice & Corn: Harvesting East Africa
Corn: Harvesting
Brazil
Cotton & Soybeans:
Planting Australia
Southern Africa
Coffee: Blooming Cotton & Sorghum:
Corn: Planting
Argentina Citrus: Harvesting Planting
Corn & Cotton: Planting Sugarcane: Harvesting

Winter crops

Europe Former Soviet Union

Grains: Planting (Spain, Italy) Grains: Dormant (North);
Hardening (South)
United States
Grains: Hardening
NW Africa
Grains: Planting China
Grains: Vegetative
South Asia
Wheat: Vegetative
Brazil
Wheat: Harvesting

Argentina Australia
Wheat: Maturing Wheat: Harvesting

* Moisture / Temperature Sensitive Stage of Development

Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Div., FAS, USDA
 December Normal Crop Calendar
Summer crops
Europe Former Soviet Union
Corn & Sugarbeets: Harvest Cotton: Late-Harvesting
Cotton: Harvesting (Spain, Greece) (Central Asia)

United States
Cotton: Harvesting
China
Sugarcane(FL): Harvesting
Sugarcane: Harvesting
South Asia
Late Rice: Harvesting
Rice: Harvesting
Mexico West Africa Cotton: Harvesting
Corn & Sorghum: Harvesting Secondary:
Sugarcane: Harvesting Harvesting (Coast) East Africa
Citrus & Coffee: Harvesting Grains: Harvesting (Sudan)
Brazil Small Grains: Harvesting
Soybeans: Planting to (Ethiopia)
Vegetative Grain (minor): Flowering*
Argentina Cotton: Vegetative Australia
Corn: Vegetative to Silking* Cotton: Vegetative
Southern Africa
Cotton: Vegetative Sorghum: Planting
Corn: Vegetative
Soybeans: Planting Sugarcane: Harvesting

Winter crops

Europe Former Soviet Union

Grains: Dormant (North) Grains: Dormant
Emerging (South)
United States
Grains: Dormant

NW Africa
Grains: Planting China
Mexico Grains: Dormant
Wheat: Planting South Asia
Vegetables: Harvesting Wheat: Vegetative
Brazil
Wheat: Harvesting

Argentina Australia
Wheat: Harvesting Wheat: Harvesting

* Moisture / Temperature Sensitive Stage of Development

Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Div., FAS, USDA