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 21, 2009 Volume 09 No. 38 Agricultural Summary: Temperatures were below normal last week across a majority of the State, with only the counties in the Eastern Central and Southeast Districts having normal temperatures. There was very little precipitation across Kansas with Neosho County reporting the most, only 0.61 inch. Producers averaged 5.3 days suitable for fieldwork across the State. Topsoil moisture is rated as 2 percent very short, 14 percent short, 77 percent adequate, and 7 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture is rated as 3 percent very short, 13 percent short, 78 percent adequate, and 6 percent surplus. Fieldwork activities for the week included cutting alfalfa, harvesting of silage, corn, and sorghum, along with planting winter wheat. Field Crop Report: Dry weather helped to advance the corn harvest, though farmers were behind the average pace by 20 percent. Cool temperatures in the south have slowed the cotton progress as bolls opening is 9 points behind average. Ninety-six percent of the corn is in the dent stage, behind 99 percent for both 2008 and the 5-year average. Fifty-three percent is mature, behind 57 percent the previous year and 78 percent for the 5-year average. Eight percent has been harvested, behind both last year at 10 percent and the 5-year average of 28 percent. Corn condition is rated as 3 percent very poor, 7 percent poor, 20 percent fair, 50 percent good, and 20 percent excellent. Seventy-nine percent of the sorghum crop is coloring, ahead of 75 percent last year but behind the 5-year average of 83 percent. Twelve percent has reached maturity, behind both the previous year and the 5-year average which are 17 and 28 percent, respectively. One percent has been harvested, behind 2008 at 3 percent and 7 percent for the 5-year average. Sorghum condition is rated as 1 very poor, 5 percent poor, 19 percent fair, 57 percent good, and 18 percent excellent. Forty-one percent of the soybeans are dropping leaves, ahead of 38 percent last year but behind 51 percent for the 5-year average. Soybean condition is rated as 2 percent very poor, 3 percent poor, 16 percent fair, 53 percent good, and 26 percent excellent. Nine percent of the winter wheat has been planted, behind 11 percent last year and the 5-year average of 17 percent. Two percent has emerged, the same as the previous year but behind 3 percent for the 5-year average. Fifteen percent of the cotton have bolls opening, behind 24 percent for both last year and the 5-year average. Cotton condition is rated as 3 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 29 percent fair, 55 percent good, and 8 percent excellent. Seventy-one percent of the sunflowers are in the ray flower dry stage, behind both the previous year and the 5-year average of 78 and 77 percent, respectively. Forty-one percent are having bracts yellow, behind both 2008, at 52 percent, and the 5-year average of 57 percent. Two percent are mature, behind 5 percent last year and 18 percent for the 5-year average. Sunflower condition is rated as 2 percent very poor, 7 percent poor, 20 percent fair, 60 percent good, and 11 percent excellent. Fifty-three percent of the fourth cutting of alfalfa has been completed, behind the previous year and the 5-year average at 63 and 70 percent, respectively. Feed Supplies Report: Range and pasture condition was rated as 2 percent very poor, 6 percent poor, 29 percent fair, 55 percent good, and 8 percent excellent. Feed grain supplies were rated as 1 percent very short, 5 percent short, 90 percent adequate, and 4 percent surplus. Hay and forage supplies were rated as 1 percent very short, 4 percent short, 82 percent adequate, and 13 percent surplus. Stock water supplies were rated as 1 percent very short, 4 percent short, 88 percent adequate, and 7 percent surplus. This is a cooperative effort with Kansas State Research & Extension Service, KSU Weather Data Library, and Kansas Agriculture Statistics Crop Conditions for the Week Ending 09/20/09 Very Poor Poor Fair Good Excellent Corn 3 7 20 50 20 Sorghum 1 5 19 57 18 Soybeans 2 3 16 53 26 Cotton 3 5 29 55 8 Sunflowers 2 7 20 60 11 Range & Pasture 2 6 29 55 8 Crop Progress by Agricultural Statistics District as of 09/20/09 LAST LAST 5-YR NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE STATE WEEK YEAR AVG. Corn Dent 96 98 89 98 99 100 99 99 100 96 86 99 99 Corn Mature 26 34 41 89 72 63 70 42 69 53 31 57 78 Corn Harvested 10 8 11 3 9 7 5 3 21 8 3 10 28 Sorghum Coloring 73 67 79 83 77 78 91 93 81 79 66 75 83 Sorghum Mature 1 7 20 12 12 9 16 12 22 12 4 17 28 Soybeans Dropping Leaves 45 45 20 67 37 28 68 20 12 41 22 38 51 Winter Wheat Planted 11 14 27 1 2 6 4 6 5 9 4 11 17 Days Suitable and Moisture Conditions for the Week Ending 09/20/09 LAST LAST NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE STATE WEEK YEAR Days Suitable For Fieldwork 6.5 4.0 6.8 5.1 4.0 4.1 6.2 5.8 4.9 5.3 3.3 4.7 Topsoil Moisture (Percent) Very Short 0 0 13 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 4 Short 23 0 34 21 3 10 21 4 2 14 8 7 Adequate 60 94 52 72 87 72 72 95 91 77 74 75 Surplus 17 6 1 5 9 18 7 0 7 7 17 14 Subsoil Moisture (Percent) Very Short 0 0 20 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 3 7 Short 14 6 41 8 13 29 4 3 0 13 13 10 Adequate 69 89 39 91 68 69 90 96 91 78 75 73 Surplus 17 5 0 1 15 2 6 0 9 6 9 10 Temp. and Precip. Data, Selected Sites, for Week Ending 09/20/09 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 87 42 64 88 55 .00 SC Hesston 81 54 68 77 67 .00 WC Tribune 89 46 64 75 65 .00 NE Powhatt 83 52 68 78 60 .00 SW Garden Cty 89 48 65 75 65 .00 NE Manhat 81 48 67 82 62 .00 NC Scandia 82 45 67 77 59 .00 EC Ottawa 83 52 70 76 60 .01 C Hays 86 47 67 86 59 .00 EC Slvr Lk 83 48 67 73 64 .00 SC Hutch 81 52 68 74 67 .15 EC Rossvl 83 46 67 73 64 .00 SC St John 83 49 66 82 65 .00 SE Parsons 82 56 70 76 66 .00 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 20, 2009 at 7:00 a.m. ID TOTAL COUNTY LOCATION 41 0.00 DICKINSON ABILENE 141 0.00 OSBORN ALTON 77 0.00 HARPER ANTHONY 25 0.00 CLARK ASHLAND 5 0.00 ATCHISON ATCHISON 153 0.00 RAWLINS ATWOOD 157 0.00 REPUBLIC BELLEVILLE 123 0.00 MITCHELL BELOIT 187 0.00 STANTON BIG BOW 2S 165 0.00 RUSH BISON 131 0.00 NEMAHA CENTRALIA 133 0.61 NEOSHO CHANUTE 69 0.00 GRAY CIMARRON 27 0.00 CLAY CLAY CENTER 193 0.00 THOMAS COLBY 33 0.00 COMANCHE COLDWATER 21 0.09 CHEROKEE COLUMBUS 29 0.00 CLOUD CONCORDIA 17 0.00 CHASE COTTONWOOD FALLS 127 0.00 MORRIS COUNCIL GROVE 57 0.01 FORD DODGE CITY 15 0.00 BUTLER EL DORADO 129 0.00 MORTON ELKHART 53 0.00 ELLSWORTH ELLSWORTH 111 0.02 LYON EMPORIA 3 NW 197 0.00 WABAUNSEE ESKRIDGE 73 0.00 GREENWOOD EUREKA 115 0.00 MARION FLORENCE 11 0.18 BOURBON FORT SCOTT 205 0.33 WILSON FREDONIA 55 0.00 FINNEY GARDEN CITY 3 -99.00 ANDERSON GARNETT 181 0.00 SHERMAN GOODLAND 9 0.00 BARTON GREAT BEND 97 0.00 KIOWA GREENSBURG 51 0.00 ELLIS HAYS 101 0.00 LANE HEALY 65 0.00 GRAHAM HILL CITY 85 0.00 JACKSON HOLTON 13 0.00 BROWN HORTON 49 0.06 ELK HOWARD 179 0.00 SHERIDAN HOXIE 185 0.12 STAFFORD HUDSON 189 0.00 STEVENS HUGOTON 155 0.21 RENO HUTCHINSON 125 0.19 MONTGOMERY INDEPENDENCE 1 0.01 ALLEN IOLA 83 0.00 HODGEMAN JETMORE 31 0.00 COFFEY JOHN REDMOND LAKE (LEBO) 209 0.00 WYANDOTTE KANSAS CITY 95 0.43 KINGMAN KINGMAN 47 0.00 EDWARDS KINSLEY 93 0.00 KEARNEY LAKIN 145 0.00 PAWNEE LARNED 45 0.00 DOUGLAS LAWRENCE 103 0.00 LEAVENWORTH LEAVENWORTH 203 0.00 WICHITA LEOTI 175 0.00 SEWARD LIBERAL 105 0.00 LINCOLN LINCOLN 161 0.00 RILEY MANHATTAN KSU 89 0.00 JEWELL MANKATO 117 0.00 MARSHALL MARYSVILLE 113 0.00 MCPHERSON MCPHERSON 119 0.00 MEADE MEADE 7 0.00 BARBER MEDICINE LODGE 61 0.00 GEARY MILFORD LAKE 143 0.00 OTTAWA MINNEAPOLIS 107 0.00 LINN MOUND CITY 135 0.00 NESS NESS CITY 79 0.00 HARVEY NEWTON 137 0.00 NORTON NORTON 109 0.00 LOGAN OAKLEY 39 0.00 DECATUR OBERLIN 91 0.00 JOHNSON OLATHE 87 0.00 JEFFERSON OSKALOOSA 59 0.00 FRANKLIN OTTAWA 121 0.00 MIAMI PAOLA 99 0.30 LABETTE PARSONS 147 0.00 PHILLIPS PHILLIPSBURG 37 0.14 CRAWFORD PITTSBURG 163 0.00 ROOKS PLAINVILLE 139 0.00 OSAGE POMONA 151 0.18 PRATT PRATT 63 0.00 GOVE QUINTER 167 0.00 RUSSELL RUSSELL 23 0.00 CHEYENNE SAINT FRANCIS 169 0.00 SALINE SALINA 171 0.00 SCOTT SCOTT CITY 19 0.00 CHAUTAUQUA SEDAN 199 0.00 WALLACE SHARON SPRINGS 183 0.00 SMITH SMITH CENTER 159 0.01 RICE STERLING 81 0.00 HASKELL SUBLETTE 75 0.00 HAMILTON SYRACUSE 177 0.00 SHAWNEE TOPEKA 71 0.00 GREELEY TRIBUNE 1 W 43 0.00 DONIPHAN TROY 67 0.00 GRANT ULYSSES 195 0.00 TREGO WAKEENEY 149 0.00 POTTAWATOMIE WAMEGO 201 0.00 WASHINGTON WASHINGTON 191 0.10 SUMNER WELLINGTON 173 0.00 SEDGWICK WICHITA 35 0.00 COWLEY WINFIELD 207 0.22 WOODSON YATES CENTER Omission of an entry indicates report not received.