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: November 2, 2009 Volume 09 No. 44 Agricultural Summary: Moisture across Kansas has slowed harvest for another week, with only a small portion of counties reporting less than half an inch of precipitation. Over 2 inches of rain were reported in Greenwood and Rice counties. The northwest area reported snowfall with over 8 inches in the Goodland area. Temperatures remained cold during the week but warmed to highs in the 70’s by the weekend. Precipitation and below normal temperatures limited producers to an average of only 2.1 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture supplies across Kansas were rated as 2 percent short, 68 percent adequate, and 30 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies were rated as 1 percent very short, 6 percent short, 77 percent adequate, and 16 percent surplus. Limited activities for the week included harvesting corn, sorghum, sunflowers, and soybeans, along with planting winter wheat. Field Crop Report: Below average temperatures combined with above average precipitation has delayed row crop harvest for the past 4 weeks. Sorghum is the hardest hit being 42 points behind average, while corn and soybeans are behind the average by 34 and 23 points, respectively. Fifty-two percent of the corn crop has been harvested, behind both last year at 69 percent and the 5- year average of 86 percent. Corn condition is rated as 3 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 26 percent fair, 47 percent good, and 19 percent excellent. Eighty-nine percent of the sorghum crop has reached maturity, the same as last year but behind the 5-year average of 94 percent. Farmers have harvested only 17 percent of the sorghum crop, behind 2008 at 37 percent and 59 percent for the 5-year average. Sorghum condition is rated as 1 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 25 percent fair, 51 percent good, and 18 percent excellent. Fifty-five percent of the soybean crop has been harvested, behind 2008 at 70 percent and the 5-year average of 78 percent. The condition of the soybean crop is rated as 2 percent very poor, 4 percent poor, 18 percent fair, 48 percent good, and 28 percent excellent. Snow and rain again slowed wheat planting, as the progress only advanced 3 points last week. Eighty-three percent of the winter wheat has been planted, behind last year’s 90 percent and the 5-year average of 94 percent. Seventy percent has emerged, behind 81 percent for both last year and the 5-year average. Wheat condition is rated as 3 percent poor, 23 percent fair, 65 percent good, and 9 percent excellent. Seventy percent of the cotton has bolls opening, behind 99 percent for last year and 92 percent for the 5-year average. Harvest has begun in some areas, with 1 percent of the crop being harvested, behind 2 percent last year and 13 percent for the 5-year average. Cotton condition is rated as 7 percent very poor, 14 percent poor, 40 percent fair, 34 percent good, and 5 percent excellent. Ninety-two percent of sunflowers have bracts yellow, behind both 2008 and the 5-year averages of 100 percent. Seventy-eight percent of the sunflowers have reached maturity, behind 88 percent for last year and 94 percent for the 5-year average. Farmers had only harvested 20 percent of the crop by week’s end, behind last year at 37 percent and 55 percent for the 5-year average. Sunflower condition is rated as 2 percent very poor, 8 percent poor, 23 percent fair, 57 percent good, and 10 percent excellent. Eighty-three percent of the fourth cutting of alfalfa has been completed, behind the previous year and the 5-year average at 100 and 99 percent, respectively. Feed Supplies Report: Range and pasture condition was rated as 2 percent very poor, 8 percent poor, 28 percent fair, 54 percent good, and 8 percent excellent. Feed grain supplies were rated as 1 percent very short, 3 percent short, 89 percent adequate, and 7 percent surplus. Hay and forage supplies were rated as 1 percent very short, 3 percent short, 81 percent adequate, and 15 percent surplus. Stock water supplies were rated as 1 percent very short, 3 percent short, 87 percent adequate, and 9 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 11/01/09 Very Poor Poor Fair Good Excellent Corn 3 5 26 47 19 Sorghum 1 5 25 51 18 Soybeans 2 4 18 48 28 Cotton 7 14 40 34 5 Sunflowers 2 8 23 57 10 Winter Wheat 0 3 23 65 9 Range & Pasture 2 8 28 54 8 Crop Progress by Agricultural Statistics District as of 11/01/09 LAST LAST 5-YR NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE STATE WEEK YEAR AVG. Corn Harvested 33 32 58 40 67 65 61 46 72 52 47 69 86 Sorghum Mature 77 97 86 96 94 85 99 96 81 89 85 89 94 Sorghum Harvested 6 24 15 13 22 17 12 12 29 17 14 37 59 Soybeans Harvested 67 50 28 91 59 62 74 29 20 55 48 70 78 Winter Wheat Planted 89 93 90 90 85 87 88 48 42 83 80 90 94 Winter Wheat Emerged 79 86 75 79 71 65 70 34 29 70 65 81 81 Days Suitable and Moisture Conditions for the Week Ending 11/01/09 LAST LAST NW WC SW NC C SC NE EC SE STATE WEEK YEAR Days Suitable For Fieldwork 1.0 1.9 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 5.3 Topsoil Moisture (Percent) Very Short 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Short 0 3 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 Adequate 73 94 76 67 75 66 61 76 41 68 72 85 Surplus 27 3 9 33 25 34 39 24 59 30 25 12 Subsoil Moisture (Percent) Very Short 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 Short 6 4 28 2 13 2 0 1 0 6 7 9 Adequate 80 96 61 95 79 81 80 91 45 77 83 86 Surplus 14 0 0 3 7 17 20 8 55 16 8 4 Temp. and Precip. Data, Selected Sites, for the Week Ending 11/01/09 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 68 27 43 57 33 .49 SC Hesston 72 32 50 62 48 1.36 WC Tribune 71 26 43 50 41 .21 NE Powhatt 74 29 50 61 42 .59 SW Garden Cty 75 29 46 56 43 .92 NE Manhat 72 28 50 58 44 1.04 NC Scandia 71 29 48 55 39 .86 EC Ottawa 76 35 52 61 43 .58 C Hays 73 30 48 64 39 .75 EC Slvr Lk 78 29 51 57 47 .41 SC Hutch 76 30 50 55 48 1.32 EC Rossvl 78 28 51 57 46 .56 SC St John 74 32 49 56 47 1.23 SE Parsons 74 34 52 60 48 .78 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 November 1, 2009 at 7:00 a.m. ID TOTAL COUNTY LOCATION 41 1.55 DICKINSON ABILENE 141 0.91 OSBORN ALTON 77 1.98 HARPER ANTHONY 25 0.84 CLARK ASHLAND 5 0.58 ATCHISON ATCHISON 153 1.01 RAWLINS ATWOOD 157 0.96 REPUBLIC BELLEVILLE 123 0.82 MITCHELL BELOIT 187 0.97 STANTON BIG BOW 2S 165 0.72 RUSH BISON 131 0.97 NEMAHA CENTRALIA 133 1.76 NEOSHO CHANUTE 69 1.43 GRAY CIMARRON 27 1.92 CLAY CLAY CENTER 193 0.69 THOMAS COLBY 33 1.53 COMANCHE COLDWATER 21 0.55 CHEROKEE COLUMBUS 29 1.13 CLOUD CONCORDIA 17 1.28 CHASE COTTONWOOD FALLS 127 1.18 MORRIS COUNCIL GROVE 57 1.14 FORD DODGE CITY 15 1.54 BUTLER EL DORADO 129 1.22 MORTON ELKHART 53 1.17 ELLSWORTH ELLSWORTH 111 1.55 LYON EMPORIA 3 NW 197 1.09 WABAUNSEE ESKRIDGE 73 2.28 GREENWOOD EUREKA 115 1.27 MARION FLORENCE 11 1.12 BOURBON FORT SCOTT 205 1.84 WILSON FREDONIA 55 1.02 FINNEY GARDEN CITY 3 -99.00 ANDERSON GARNETT 181 0.39 SHERMAN GOODLAND 9 1.08 BARTON GREAT BEND 97 1.22 KIOWA GREENSBURG 51 0.63 ELLIS HAYS 101 1.00 LANE HEALY 65 1.32 GRAHAM HILL CITY 85 0.57 JACKSON HOLTON 13 0.38 BROWN HORTON 49 1.96 ELK HOWARD 179 0.96 SHERIDAN HOXIE 185 1.42 STAFFORD HUDSON 189 0.63 STEVENS HUGOTON 155 1.50 RENO HUTCHINSON 125 1.57 MONTGOMERY INDEPENDENCE 1 1.64 ALLEN IOLA 83 1.28 HODGEMAN JETMORE 31 1.36 COFFEY JOHN REDMOND LAKE (LEBO) 209 1.06 WYANDOTTE KANSAS CITY 95 1.59 KINGMAN KINGMAN 47 1.10 EDWARDS KINSLEY 93 1.15 KEARNEY LAKIN 145 0.99 PAWNEE LARNED 45 0.70 DOUGLAS LAWRENCE 103 1.46 LEAVENWORTH LEAVENWORTH 203 -99.00 WICHITA LEOTI 175 1.24 SEWARD LIBERAL 105 0.95 LINCOLN LINCOLN 161 1.62 RILEY MANHATTAN KSU 89 0.81 JEWELL MANKATO 117 0.94 MARSHALL MARYSVILLE 113 1.67 MCPHERSON MCPHERSON 119 1.10 MEADE MEADE 7 0.41 BARBER MEDICINE LODGE 61 1.44 GEARY MILFORD LAKE 143 1.37 OTTAWA MINNEAPOLIS 107 -99.00 LINN MOUND CITY 135 1.19 NESS NESS CITY 79 1.33 HARVEY NEWTON 137 1.38 NORTON NORTON 109 0.71 LOGAN OAKLEY 39 1.24 DECATUR OBERLIN 91 1.27 JOHNSON OLATHE 87 0.88 JEFFERSON OSKALOOSA 59 0.90 FRANKLIN OTTAWA 121 -99.00 MIAMI PAOLA 99 0.85 LABETTE PARSONS 147 0.88 PHILLIPS PHILLIPSBURG 37 0.64 CRAWFORD PITTSBURG 163 0.87 ROOKS PLAINVILLE 139 1.51 OSAGE POMONA 151 1.79 PRATT PRATT 63 1.15 GOVE QUINTER 167 0.73 RUSSELL RUSSELL 23 0.79 CHEYENNE SAINT FRANCIS 169 1.59 SALINE SALINA 171 -99.00 SCOTT SCOTT CITY 19 1.51 CHAUTAUQUA SEDAN 199 0.48 WALLACE SHARON SPRINGS 183 0.89 SMITH SMITH CENTER 159 2.11 RICE STERLING 81 0.82 HASKELL SUBLETTE 75 -99.00 HAMILTON SYRACUSE 177 0.87 SHAWNEE TOPEKA 71 0.40 GREELEY TRIBUNE 1 W 43 0.77 DONIPHAN TROY 67 1.07 GRANT ULYSSES 195 0.95 TREGO WAKEENEY 149 1.02 POTTAWATOMIE WAMEGO 201 1.25 WASHINGTON WASHINGTON 191 1.62 SUMNER WELLINGTON 173 1.33 SEDGWICK WICHITA 35 1.42 COWLEY WINFIELD 207 1.65 WOODSON YATES CENTER Omission of an entry indicates report not received.