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 28, 2009 Volume 09 No. 39 Agricultural Summary: Temperatures ranged mostly from the low 40’s to the high 80’s during the past week. Rainfall was widespread across Kansas, with the southeast corner receiving the most; Crawford County receiving 4.50 inches and Labette County receiving 3.65 inches. One to two inches of precipitation was common in the Northwest and Northeast Districts. Producers averaged 4.4 days suitable for fieldwork across the State. Topsoil moisture is rated as 2 percent very short, 10 percent short, 79 percent adequate, and 9 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture is rated as 4 percent very short, 11 percent short, 81 percent adequate, and 4 percent surplus. Fieldwork activities for the week included cutting alfalfa, harvesting of silage, corn, sorghum, sunflowers, and soybeans, along with planting winter wheat. Field Crop Report: Harvest has again been slowed by cool, wet weather, as farmers are behind the average harvest progress for all crops. Seventy-seven percent of the corn is mature, ahead of 73 percent for 2008 but behind the 5-year average of 90 percent. Eighteen percent has been harvested, behind both last year at 20 percent and the 5-year average of 41 percent. Corn condition is rated as 2 percent very poor, 7 percent poor, 22 percent fair, 50 percent good, and 19 percent excellent. Eighty-five percent of the sorghum crop is coloring, ahead of 83 percent last year but behind the 5-year average of 90 percent. Twenty percent has reached maturity, behind both the previous year and the 5-year average which are 27 and 43 percent, respectively. Three percent has been harvested, behind 2008 at 4 percent and 12 percent for the 5-year average. Sorghum condition is rated as 1 very poor, 5 percent poor, 21 percent fair, 59 percent good, and 14 percent excellent. Fifty-eight percent of the soybeans are dropping leaves, ahead of 56 percent last year but behind 69 percent for the 5-year average. Despite the rain last week, soybean harvest has begun. One percent of the crop has been harvested, behind 2008 at 2 percent and the 5-year average of 10 percent. Soybean condition is rated as 2 percent very poor, 4 percent poor, 17 percent fair, 53 percent good, and 24 percent excellent. Twenty-three percent of the winter wheat has been planted, behind last year and the 5-year average, both at 33 percent. Eight percent has emerged, behind 10 percent for the previous year and 11 percent for the 5-year average. Thirty-one percent of the cotton has bolls opening, behind 46 percent for last year and 36 percent for the 5-year average. Cotton condition is rated as 4 percent very poor, 8 percent poor, 39 percent fair, 46 percent good, and 3 percent excellent. Eighty-two percent of the sunflowers are in the ray flower dry stage, behind both the previous year and the 5-year average of 85 and 86 percent, respectively. Fifty-nine percent are having bracts yellow, behind both 2008, at 68 percent, and the 5-year average of 70 percent. Eleven percent of sunflowers are mature, ahead of 9 percent last year but behind 28 percent for the 5-year average. Two percent has been harvested, ahead of last year at 1 percent, but behind 6 percent for the 5-year average. Sunflower condition is rated as 2 percent very poor, 8 percent poor, 21 percent fair, 59 percent good, and 10 percent excellent. Sixty-three percent of the fourth cutting of alfalfa has been completed, behind the previous year and the 5-year average at 72 and 78 percent, respectively. Feed Supplies Report: Range and pasture condition was rated as 1 percent very poor, 6 percent poor, 29 percent fair, 54 percent good, and 10 percent excellent. Feed grain supplies were rated as 1 percent very short, 6 percent short, 91 percent adequate, and 2 percent surplus. Hay and forage supplies were rated as 1 percent very short, 4 percent short, 83 percent adequate, and 12 percent surplus. Stock water supplies were rated as 2 percent very short, 5 percent short, 85 percent adequate, and 8 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 09/27/09 Very Poor Poor Fair Good Excellent Corn 2 7 22 50 19 Sorghum 1 5 21 59 14 Soybeans 2 4 17 53 24 Cotton 4 8 39 46 3 Sunflowers 2 8 21 59 10 Range & Pasture 1 6 29 54 10 Crop Progress by Agricultural Statistics District as of 09/27/09 LAST LAST 5-YR NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE STATE WEEK YEAR AVG. Corn Mature 66 50 77 94 80 89 84 67 89 77 53 73 90 Corn Harvested 15 12 30 8 14 30 12 7 28 18 8 20 41 Sorghum Coloring 85 85 87 87 83 83 96 97 90 85 79 83 90 Sorghum Mature 3 10 35 16 17 19 37 14 34 20 12 27 43 Soybeans Dropping Leaves 70 65 32 82 56 63 86 46 21 58 41 56 69 Winter Wheat Planted 28 25 49 13 9 28 11 8 8 23 9 33 33 Winter Wheat Emerged 9 11 23 1 1 9 3 2 2 8 2 10 11 Days Suitable and Moisture Conditions for the Week Ending 09/27/09 LAST LAST NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE STATE WEEK YEAR Days Suitable For Fieldwork 2.2 3.5 6.1 3.7 4.2 5.3 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.4 5.3 6.1 Topsoil Moisture (Percent) Very Short 0 0 14 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 Short 1 0 42 14 3 4 12 1 0 10 14 12 Adequate 78 85 43 77 90 88 77 94 84 79 77 78 Surplus 21 15 1 7 6 8 11 5 16 9 7 4 Subsoil Moisture (Percent) Very Short 0 0 20 0 5 1 0 0 0 4 3 7 Short 5 4 41 11 13 5 6 1 0 11 13 12 Adequate 79 96 39 87 80 94 89 97 90 81 78 76 Surplus 16 0 0 2 2 0 5 2 10 4 6 5 Temp. and Precip. Data, Selected Sites, for the Week Ending 09/27/09 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 81 43 55 78 47 1.04 SC Hesston 86 43 60 71 59 .54 WC Tribune 87 41 56 71 57 .29 NE Powhatt 84 46 61 75 41 3.30 SW Garden Cty 90 41 58 71 57 .41 NE Manhat 86 42 60 76 59 .84 NC Scandia 85 42 60 72 54 .47 EC Ottawa 88 47 63 74 57 3.69 C Hays 87 41 59 97 54 .09 EC Slvr Lk 87 43 62 70 61 .35 SC Hutch 88 41 59 71 59 1.01 EC Rossvl 88 41 61 70 59 .87 SC St John 90 40 60 75 59 .11 SE Parsons 87 46 63 72 61 1.21 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 27, 2009 at 7:00 a.m ID TOTAL COUNTY LOCATION 41 0.27 DICKINSON ABILENE 141 0.00 OSBORN ALTON 77 0.20 HARPER ANTHONY 25 0.25 CLARK ASHLAND 5 1.89 ATCHISON ATCHISON 153 1.80 RAWLINS ATWOOD 157 0.12 REPUBLIC BELLEVILLE 123 1.45 MITCHELL BELOIT 187 0.40 STANTON BIG BOW 2S 165 0.17 RUSH BISON 131 0.94 NEMAHA CENTRALIA 133 1.42 NEOSHO CHANUTE 69 0.18 GRAY CIMARRON 27 0.21 CLAY CLAY CENTER 193 1.35 THOMAS COLBY 33 0.27 COMANCHE COLDWATER 21 2.38 CHEROKEE COLUMBUS 29 2.32 CLOUD CONCORDIA 17 0.62 CHASE COTTONWOOD FALLS 127 1.26 MORRIS COUNCIL GROVE 57 0.04 FORD DODGE CITY 15 0.59 BUTLER EL DORADO 129 0.40 MORTON ELKHART 53 0.08 ELLSWORTH ELLSWORTH 111 0.27 LYON EMPORIA 3 NW 197 1.06 WABAUNSEE ESKRIDGE 73 1.52 GREENWOOD EUREKA 115 0.80 MARION FLORENCE 11 2.00 BOURBON FORT SCOTT 205 0.50 WILSON FREDONIA 55 0.41 FINNEY GARDEN CITY 3 -99.00 ANDERSON GARNETT 181 1.84 SHERMAN GOODLAND 9 0.16 BARTON GREAT BEND 97 0.23 KIOWA GREENSBURG 51 0.14 ELLIS HAYS 101 0.22 LANE HEALY 65 0.67 GRAHAM HILL CITY 85 1.16 JACKSON HOLTON 13 1.42 BROWN HORTON 49 1.30 ELK HOWARD 179 0.68 SHERIDAN HOXIE 185 1.01 STAFFORD HUDSON 189 0.40 STEVENS HUGOTON 155 1.30 RENO HUTCHINSON 125 1.38 MONTGOMERY INDEPENDENCE 1 0.55 ALLEN IOLA 83 0.35 HODGEMAN JETMORE 31 0.25 COFFEY JOHN REDMOND LAKE (LEBO) 209 1.37 WYANDOTTE KANSAS CITY 95 1.00 KINGMAN KINGMAN 47 0.27 EDWARDS KINSLEY 93 0.24 KEARNEY LAKIN 145 0.26 PAWNEE LARNED 45 1.45 DOUGLAS LAWRENCE 103 2.15 LEAVENWORTH LEAVENWORTH 203 0.33 WICHITA LEOTI 175 0.42 SEWARD LIBERAL 105 0.10 LINCOLN LINCOLN 161 0.89 RILEY MANHATTAN KSU 89 0.22 JEWELL MANKATO 117 0.23 MARSHALL MARYSVILLE 113 1.83 MCPHERSON MCPHERSON 119 0.21 MEADE MEADE 7 0.77 BARBER MEDICINE LODGE 61 2.31 GEARY MILFORD LAKE 143 0.43 OTTAWA MINNEAPOLIS 107 -99.00 LINN MOUND CITY 135 0.70 NESS NESS CITY 79 0.69 HARVEY NEWTON 137 0.88 NORTON NORTON 109 0.78 LOGAN OAKLEY 39 1.96 DECATUR OBERLIN 91 1.92 JOHNSON OLATHE 87 1.73 JEFFERSON OSKALOOSA 59 1.71 FRANKLIN OTTAWA 121 -99.00 MIAMI PAOLA 99 3.65 LABETTE PARSONS 147 0.48 PHILLIPS PHILLIPSBURG 37 4.50 CRAWFORD PITTSBURG 163 0.32 ROOKS PLAINVILLE 139 2.44 OSAGE POMONA 151 0.64 PRATT PRATT 63 0.72 GOVE QUINTER 167 0.15 RUSSELL RUSSELL 23 1.59 CHEYENNE SAINT FRANCIS 169 0.76 SALINE SALINA 171 0.17 SCOTT SCOTT CITY 19 1.42 CHAUTAUQUA SEDAN 199 0.58 WALLACE SHARON SPRINGS 183 0.10 SMITH SMITH CENTER 159 0.61 RICE STERLING 81 0.36 HASKELL SUBLETTE 75 0.23 HAMILTON SYRACUSE 177 0.87 SHAWNEE TOPEKA 71 0.41 GREELEY TRIBUNE 1 W 43 1.67 DONIPHAN TROY 67 0.48 GRANT ULYSSES 195 0.37 TREGO WAKEENEY 149 1.31 POTTAWATOMIE WAMEGO 201 0.26 WASHINGTON WASHINGTON 191 0.72 SUMNER WELLINGTON 173 0.57 SEDGWICK WICHITA 35 1.01 COWLEY WINFIELD 207 1.33 WOODSON YATES CENTER Omission of an entry indicates report not received.