ks-crop-weather United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service, Kansas Field Office CROP WEATHER Kansas Agricultural Statistics Cooperating with the Kansas Department of Agriculture PO Box 3534 Topeka KS 66601-3534 (785)233-2230 www.nass.usda.gov/ks nass-ks@nass.usda.gov Released: June 29, 2009 Volume 09 No. 26 Agricultural Summary: Precipitation this past week was light across the Northern and Eastern counties with a handful of counties receiving greater than 1 inch of moisture. Temperatures were hot across Kansas reaching over 100 degrees in most areas. Producers averaged 5.9 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture is rated as 1 percent very short, 14 percent short, 78 percent adequate, and 7 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture is rated as 1 percent very short, 12 percent short, 82 percent adequate, and 5 percent surplus. Fieldwork activities included wheat harvest, cutting alfalfa, pesticide application, and planting remaining row crops. Field Crop Report: Eighty-seven percent of the wheat is ripe, compared to 81 percent last year and 93 percent for the 5- year average. Forty-seven percent has been harvested, compared to 32 percent the previous year and 61 percent for the 5-year average. The wheat condition is rated as 4 percent very poor, 13 percent poor, 31 percent fair, 39 percent good, and 13 percent excellent. Six percent of the corn is silked, compared to 11 percent in 2008 and 19 percent for the 5-year average. Corn condition is rated as 1 percent very poor, 4 percent poor, 28 percent fair, 53 percent good, and 14 percent excellent. Ninety-three percent of the sorghum has been planted, ahead of the previous year at 88 percent but the same as the 5-year average. Seventy-nine percent has emerged, compared to 69 percent for last year and 81 percent for the 5- year average. Sorghum condition is rated as 1 percent very poor, 2 percent poor, 19 percent fair, 74 percent good, and 4 percent excellent. Ninety-five percent of the soybeans have been planted, compared to 83 percent in 2008 and 92 percent for the 5-year average. Eighty-nine percent have emerged, compared to 76 percent the previous year and 86 percent for the 5-year average. Soybean condition is rated as 3 percent poor, 28 percent fair, 58 percent good, and 11 percent excellent. Ninety-five percent of the cotton is planted, compared to 100 percent the previous year and 97 percent for the 5-year average. Fourteen percent is squaring, the same as last year and ahead of the 5-year average of 12 percent. Cotton condition is rated as 4 percent poor, 25 percent fair, 55 percent good, and 16 percent excellent. Seventy- five percent of the sunflowers have been planted, compared to 73 percent the previous year and 85 percent for the 5- year average. Fifty-five percent have emerged, compared to 57 percent for 2008 and 68 percent for the 5-year average. Sunflower condition is rated 2 percent very poor, 1 percent poor, 13 percent fair, 80 percent good, and 4 percent excellent. Forty-three percent of the second cutting of alfalfa has been completed, compared to 38 percent the previous year and 53 percent for the 5-year average. Feed Supplies Report: Range and pasture condition is rated as 1 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 22 percent fair, 61 percent good, and 11 percent excellent. Feed grain supplies were rated as 4 percent short, 94 percent adequate, and 2 percent surplus. Hay and forage supplies were rated as 4 percent short, 87 percent adequate, and 9 percent surplus. Stock water supplies were rated as 1 percent very short, 4 percent short, 87 percent adequate, and 8 percent surplus. This is a cooperative effort with Kansas State Research & Extension Service, the KSU Weather Data Library, and Kansas Agriculture Statistics Crop Conditions for Week Ending 06/28/09 Very Poor Poor Fair Good Excellent Wheat 4 13 31 39 13 Corn 1 4 28 53 14 Sorghum 1 2 19 74 4 Soybeans 0 3 28 58 11 Cotton 0 4 25 55 16 Sunflower 2 1 13 80 4 Range & Pasture 1 5 22 61 11 Crop Progress by Agricultural Statistics District as of 06/28/09 LAST LAST 5-YR NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE STATE WEEK YEAR AVG. Wheat Ripe 49 57 94 95 94 99 67 83 93 87 48 81 93 Wheat Harvested 3 17 42 51 53 76 12 28 66 47 5 32 61 Corn Silked 0 0 1 10 4 7 2 1 15 6 0 11 19 Sorghum Planted 93 92 90 98 91 89 100 94 99 93 83 88 93 Sorghum Emerged 75 75 78 86 79 75 83 80 78 79 63 69 81 Soybeans Planted 95 100 100 99 92 98 100 96 80 95 90 83 92 Soybeans Emerged 91 98 98 98 84 86 99 91 65 89 84 76 86 Days Suitable and Moisture Conditions for Week Ending 06/28/09 LAST LAST NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE STATE WEEK YEAR Days Suitable For Fieldwork 6.2 6.0 6.5 6.4 6.0 6.1 3.6 5.4 6.5 5.9 4.0 4.7 Topsoil Moisture (Percent) Very Short 0 0 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 Short 2 8 17 15 13 18 1 3 32 14 8 11 Adequate 97 92 73 82 85 82 60 93 63 78 80 64 Surplus 1 0 2 3 1 0 39 4 4 7 12 19 Subsoil Moisture (Percent) Very Short 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 Short 5 10 19 20 11 4 0 3 27 12 10 13 Adequate 93 90 72 79 82 96 77 95 72 82 84 66 Surplus 2 0 3 1 6 0 23 2 1 5 5 16 Temp. and Precip. Data, Selected Sites, for Week Ending 06/28/09 at 7:00 a.m. Temperature Temperature Station Air Soil 4” Precip Station Air Soil 4” Precip Dist City Max Min Avg Max Min Dist City Max Min Avg Max Min NW Colby 99 60 79 105 66 .19 SC Hesston 101 63 84 95 73 .00 WC Tribune 100 56 79 83 71 .02 NE Powhatt 98 62 81 94 71 .06 SW Garden Cty 100 56 80 88 74 .00 NE Manhat 98 61 82 94 74 1.37 NC Scandia 97 60 81 93 67 .64 EC Ottawa 101 65 84 92 74 .39 C Hays 102 62 82 103 67 .06 EC Slvr Lk 99 65 83 93 78 .63 SC Hutch 100 59 83 82 73 .00 EC Rossvl 98 65 82 89 79 1.29 SC St John 99 61 82 91 73 .00 SE Parsons 100 65 84 94 79 .07 Data collected by Automated Stations (above) may differ from official stations (below). Automated stations report through midnight on Sunday. Official reporting stations data are through 7:00 a.m. Sunday. The map data are collected by individuals (one or more per county). Precipitation for Week Ending June 28, 2009 ID TOTAL COUNTY LOCATION 41 0.90 DICKINSON ABILENE 141 0.00 OSBORN ALTON 77 0.03 HARPER ANTHONY 25 0.00 CLARK ASHLAND 5 1.23 ATCHISON ATCHISON 153 1.14 RAWLINS ATWOOD 157 0.94 REPUBLIC BELLEVILLE 123 0.08 MITCHELL BELOIT 187 0.00 STANTON BIG BOW 2S 165 0.00 RUSH BISON 131 0.00 NEMAHA CENTRALIA 133 0.19 NEOSHO CHANUTE 69 0.00 GRAY CIMARRON 27 0.00 CLAY CLAY CENTER 193 0.18 THOMAS COLBY 33 0.00 COMANCHE COLDWATER 21 0.11 CHEROKEE COLUMBUS 29 0.06 CLOUD CONCORDIA 17 0.38 CHASE COTTONWOOD FALLS 127 0.39 MORRIS COUNCIL GROVE 57 0.00 FORD DODGE CITY 15 0.02 BUTLER EL DORADO 129 0.00 MORTON ELKHART 53 0.00 ELLSWORTH ELLSWORTH 111 0.96 LYON EMPORIA 3 NW 197 0.09 WABAUNSEE ESKRIDGE 73 0.38 GREENWOOD EUREKA 115 0.55 MARION FLORENCE 11 0.00 BOURBON FORT SCOTT 205 0.03 WILSON FREDONIA 55 0.00 FINNEY GARDEN CITY 3 0.00 ANDERSON GARNETT 181 0.54 SHERMAN GOODLAND 9 0.00 BARTON GREAT BEND 97 0.00 KIOWA GREENSBURG 51 0.03 ELLIS HAYS 101 0.00 LANE HEALY 65 0.05 GRAHAM HILL CITY 85 0.72 JACKSON HOLTON 13 2.39 BROWN HORTON 49 0.18 ELK HOWARD 179 0.28 SHERIDAN HOXIE 185 0.00 STAFFORD HUDSON 189 0.00 STEVENS HUGOTON 155 0.00 RENO HUTCHINSON 125 0.02 MONTGOMERY INDEPENDENCE 1 0.12 ALLEN IOLA 83 0.00 HODGEMAN JETMORE 31 0.29 COFFEY JOHN REDMOND LAKE (LEBO) 209 1.13 WYANDOTTE KANSAS CITY 95 0.00 KINGMAN KINGMAN 47 0.00 EDWARDS KINSLEY 93 0.00 KEARNEY LAKIN 145 0.00 PAWNEE LARNED 45 0.36 DOUGLAS LAWRENCE 103 0.30 LEAVENWORTH LEAVENWORTH 203 0.00 WICHITA LEOTI 175 0.00 SEWARD LIBERAL 105 0.00 LINCOLN LINCOLN 161 1.03 RILEY MANHATTAN KSU 89 1.58 JEWELL MANKATO 117 -99.00 MARSHALL MARYSVILLE 113 0.03 MCPHERSON MCPHERSON 119 0.00 MEADE MEADE 7 0.00 BARBER MEDICINE LODGE 61 0.40 GEARY MILFORD LAKE 143 0.15 OTTAWA MINNEAPOLIS 107 0.00 LINN MOUND CITY 135 0.00 NESS NESS CITY 79 0.05 HARVEY NEWTON 137 0.22 NORTON NORTON 109 0.15 LOGAN OAKLEY 39 0.52 DECATUR OBERLIN 91 0.29 JOHNSON OLATHE 87 0.52 JEFFERSON OSKALOOSA 59 0.20 FRANKLIN OTTAWA 121 0.31 MIAMI PAOLA 99 0.00 LABETTE PARSONS 147 0.00 PHILLIPS PHILLIPSBURG 37 0.01 CRAWFORD PITTSBURG 163 0.06 ROOKS PLAINVILLE 139 0.34 OSAGE POMONA 151 0.00 PRATT PRATT 63 0.00 GOVE QUINTER 167 0.00 RUSSELL RUSSELL 23 0.49 CHEYENNE SAINT FRANCIS 169 1.71 SALINE SALINA 171 0.00 SCOTT SCOTT CITY 19 0.11 CHAUTAUQUA SEDAN 199 0.08 WALLACE SHARON SPRINGS 183 0.03 SMITH SMITH CENTER 159 0.00 RICE STERLING 81 0.00 HASKELL SUBLETTE 75 0.00 HAMILTON SYRACUSE 177 0.63 SHAWNEE TOPEKA 71 0.02 GREELEY TRIBUNE 1 W 43 1.36 DONIPHAN TROY 67 0.00 GRANT ULYSSES 195 0.00 TREGO WAKEENEY 149 0.48 POTTAWATOMIE WAMEGO 201 0.15 WASHINGTON WASHINGTON 191 0.00 SUMNER WELLINGTON 173 0.00 SEDGWICK WICHITA 35 1.60 COWLEY WINFIELD 207 0.11 WOODSON YATES CENTER Omission of an entry indicates report not received.