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: September 8, 2009 Volume 09 No. 36 Agricultural Summary: Precipitation was received across Kansas, predominately in the Eastern half of the state. Four counties received more than 3 inches with a maximum recorded rainfall of 4.48 in Neosho County. Temperatures ranged in the 80’s for a daytime high and the 40’s for a low. Producers across the State averaged 5.2 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture is rated as 1 percent very short, 13 percent short, 81 percent adequate, and 5 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture is rated as 3 percent very short, 18 percent short, 76 percent adequate, and 3 percent surplus. Fieldwork activities for the week included cutting alfalfa, harvesting silage and corn, and planting winter wheat. Field Crop Report: Two percent of the winter wheat has been planted, which is the same as both last year and the 5-year average. Ninety-six percent of the corn is in the dough stage, the same as 2008 but behind the 5-year average of 99 percent. Eighty percent is in the dent stage, behind last year’s 83 percent and 89 percent for the 5-year average. Twenty-two percent of the corn is mature, behind 26 percent the previous year and 44 percent for the 5-year average. Two percent has been harvested, which is behind both last year at 3 percent and the 5-year average of 10 percent. Corn condition is rated as 2 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 25 percent fair, 48 percent good, and 20 percent excellent. Ninety-seven percent of the sorghum is headed, ahead of both 91 percent last year and 95 percent for the 5-year average. Forty-nine percent is coloring, behind both 50 percent in 2008 and 59 percent for the 5-year average. One percent is mature, which is behind the previous year and the 5-year average which are 5 percent and 9 percent respectively. Sorghum condition is rated as 1 percent very poor, 4 percent poor, 21 percent fair, 56 percent good, and 18 percent excellent. Ninety-seven percent of the soybeans are setting pods, ahead of both 92 percent the previous year and 96 percent for the 5-year average. Eight percent are dropping leaves, the same as 2008 but behind the 5-year average of 16 percent. Soybean condition is rated as 2 percent very poor, 3 percent poor, 16 percent fair, 54 percent good, and 25 percent excellent. Ten percent of the cotton has bolls opening, behind 14 percent last year and the 5-year average of 11 percent. Cotton condition is rated as 3 percent very poor, 6 percent poor, 25 percent fair, 61 percent good, and 5 percent excellent. Ninety-three percent of the sunflowers are in bloom, ahead of the previous year at 91 percent but behind the 5-year average of 95 percent. Forty-four percent are in the ray flower dry stage, ahead of 40 percent last year but behind 50 percent for the 5-year average. Thirteen percent are having bracts yellow, behind both 2008 at 14 percent and the 5-year average of 20 percent. Sunflower condition is rated as 2 percent very poor, 6 percent poor, 21 percent fair, 61 percent good, and 10 percent excellent. Ninety-six percent of the third cutting of alfalfa has been completed, behind the previous year and the 5-year average at 100 and 98 percent respectively. Thirty percent of the fourth cutting has been completed, behind the 46 percent in 2008 and 51 percent for the 5-year average. Feed Supplies Report: Range and pasture condition is rated as 2 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 30 percent fair, 53 percent good, and 10 percent excellent. Feed grain supplies were rated as 5 percent short, 94 percent adequate, and 1 percent surplus. Hay and forage supplies were rated as 4 percent short, 85 percent adequate, and 11 percent surplus. Stock water supplies were rated as 2 percent very short, 8 percent short, 85 percent adequate, and 5 percent surplus. This is a cooperative effort with Kansas State Research & Extension Service, KSU Weather Data Library, and Kansas Agriculture Statistics Crop Conditions for Week Ending 09/06/09 Very Poor Poor Fair Good Excellent Corn 2 5 25 48 20 Sorghum 1 4 21 56 18 Soybeans 2 3 16 54 25 Cotton 3 6 25 61 5 Sunflowers 2 6 21 61 10 Range & Pasture 2 5 30 53 10 Crop Progress by Agricultural Statistics District as of 09/06/09 LAST LAST 5-YR NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE STATE WEEK YEAR AVG. Corn Dough 88 89 96 99 99 100 98 98 100 96 93 96 99 Corn Dent 67 61 68 87 84 97 89 82 93 80 65 83 89 Corn Mature 5 4 10 50 37 31 21 15 42 22 12 26 44 Sorghum Headed 95 99 96 98 98 97 100 100 97 97 91 91 95 Sorghum Coloring 52 36 45 51 45 51 71 66 61 49 26 50 59 Soybeans Setting Pods 99 99 74 100 98 99 100 100 91 97 93 92 96 Soybeans Dropping Leaves 8 12 1 26 14 4 4 4 1 8 NA 8 16 Days Suitable and Moisture Conditions for Week Ending 09/06/09 LAST LAST NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE STATE WEEK YEAR Days Suitable For Fieldwork 6.2 6.4 6.8 4.7 4.7 6.9 4.1 4.0 4.3 5.2 4.9 4.6 Topsoil Moisture (Percent) Very Short 0 0 11 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 Short 12 20 39 8 19 25 0 1 3 13 14 17 Adequate 87 80 50 85 78 74 79 92 93 81 78 71 Surplus 1 0 0 7 0 1 21 7 4 5 6 9 Subsoil Moisture (Percent) Very Short 0 0 16 0 6 1 0 0 0 3 3 8 Short 16 10 50 19 15 42 0 2 14 18 20 20 Adequate 84 90 34 79 75 56 82 96 85 76 74 66 Surplus 0 0 0 2 4 1 18 2 1 3 3 6 Temp. and Precip. Data, Selected Sites, for Week Ending 09/06/09 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 85 52 67 91 58 .00 SC Hesston 82 48 67 78 66 .93 WC Tribune 89 50 68 78 68 .00 NE Powhatt 79 45 65 78 58 .02 SW Garden Cty 88 54 69 81 69 .22 NE Manhat 80 45 66 77 63 .40 NC Scandia 82 46 66 80 59 .82 EC Ottawa 79 48 65 76 58 .73 C Hays 83 52 67 82 59 .13 EC Slvr Lk 81 46 65 74 65 .49 SC Hutch 84 46 68 77 68 1.13 EC Rossvl 80 46 64 73 66 1.80 SC St John 83 50 68 79 67 .00 SE Parsons 78 49 66 77 67 3.32 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 the Week Ending September 6, 2009 at 7:00 a.m. ID TOTAL COUNTY LOCATION 41 1.13 DICKINSON ABILENE 141 0.27 OSBORN ALTON 77 0.00 HARPER ANTHONY 25 0.00 CLARK ASHLAND 5 0.00 ATCHISON ATCHISON 153 0.03 RAWLINS ATWOOD 157 1.55 REPUBLIC BELLEVILLE 123 0.73 MITCHELL BELOIT 187 0.21 STANTON BIG BOW 2S 165 0.12 RUSH BISON 131 0.25 NEMAHA CENTRALIA 133 4.48 NEOSHO CHANUTE 69 0.00 GRAY CIMARRON 27 2.00 CLAY CLAY CENTER 193 0.10 THOMAS COLBY 33 0.00 COMANCHE COLDWATER 21 4.16 CHEROKEE COLUMBUS 29 0.80 CLOUD CONCORDIA 17 0.95 CHASE COTTONWOOD FALLS 127 1.54 MORRIS COUNCIL GROVE 57 0.05 FORD DODGE CITY 15 0.85 BUTLER EL DORADO 129 0.10 MORTON ELKHART 53 2.76 ELLSWORTH ELLSWORTH 111 1.20 LYON EMPORIA 3 NW 197 0.94 WABAUNSEE ESKRIDGE 73 1.11 GREENWOOD EUREKA 115 1.27 MARION FLORENCE 11 1.51 BOURBON FORT SCOTT 205 0.98 WILSON FREDONIA 55 0.47 FINNEY GARDEN CITY 3 -99.00 ANDERSON GARNETT 181 0.00 SHERMAN GOODLAND 9 0.02 BARTON GREAT BEND 97 0.00 KIOWA GREENSBURG 51 0.02 ELLIS HAYS 101 0.51 LANE HEALY 65 0.01 GRAHAM HILL CITY 85 0.31 JACKSON HOLTON 13 0.02 BROWN HORTON 49 0.85 ELK HOWARD 179 0.00 SHERIDAN HOXIE 185 1.12 STAFFORD HUDSON 189 0.12 STEVENS HUGOTON 155 0.51 RENO HUTCHINSON 125 1.59 MONTGOMERY INDEPENDENCE 1 2.69 ALLEN IOLA 83 0.12 HODGEMAN JETMORE 31 0.71 COFFEY JOHN REDMOND LAKE (LEBO) 209 0.33 WYANDOTTE KANSAS CITY 95 0.03 KINGMAN KINGMAN 47 0.00 EDWARDS KINSLEY 93 0.59 KEARNEY LAKIN 145 0.74 PAWNEE LARNED 45 0.32 DOUGLAS LAWRENCE 103 0.10 LEAVENWORTH LEAVENWORTH 203 0.03 WICHITA LEOTI 175 0.00 SEWARD LIBERAL 105 0.70 LINCOLN LINCOLN 161 0.42 RILEY MANHATTAN KSU 89 0.08 JEWELL MANKATO 117 -99.00 MARSHALL MARYSVILLE 113 1.89 MCPHERSON MCPHERSON 119 0.00 MEADE MEADE 7 0.00 BARBER MEDICINE LODGE 61 1.36 GEARY MILFORD LAKE 143 1.24 OTTAWA MINNEAPOLIS 107 -99.00 LINN MOUND CITY 135 0.02 NESS NESS CITY 79 1.31 HARVEY NEWTON 137 0.00 NORTON NORTON 109 0.00 LOGAN OAKLEY 39 0.00 DECATUR OBERLIN 91 0.38 JOHNSON OLATHE 87 0.00 JEFFERSON OSKALOOSA 59 0.85 FRANKLIN OTTAWA 121 0.28 MIAMI PAOLA 99 3.56 LABETTE PARSONS 147 0.00 PHILLIPS PHILLIPSBURG 37 1.21 CRAWFORD PITTSBURG 163 0.80 ROOKS PLAINVILLE 139 3.02 OSAGE POMONA 151 0.00 PRATT PRATT 63 0.00 GOVE QUINTER 167 0.63 RUSSELL RUSSELL 23 0.00 CHEYENNE SAINT FRANCIS 169 0.88 SALINE SALINA 171 0.00 SCOTT SCOTT CITY 19 1.33 CHAUTAUQUA SEDAN 199 0.00 WALLACE SHARON SPRINGS 183 0.00 SMITH SMITH CENTER 159 1.27 RICE STERLING 81 0.21 HASKELL SUBLETTE 75 0.11 HAMILTON SYRACUSE 177 0.45 SHAWNEE TOPEKA 71 0.00 GREELEY TRIBUNE 1 W 43 0.00 DONIPHAN TROY 67 0.00 GRANT ULYSSES 195 0.06 TREGO WAKEENEY 149 0.69 POTTAWATOMIE WAMEGO 201 0.66 WASHINGTON WASHINGTON 191 0.23 SUMNER WELLINGTON 173 0.32 SEDGWICK WICHITA 35 0.50 COWLEY WINFIELD 207 2.38 WOODSON YATES CENTER Omission of an entry indicates report not received.