mn-crop-weather State Minnesota Weekly Crop-Weather Week Ending Date Week Ending June 29, 2008 Issue MN-CW-26-08 Agricultural Summary Warm, dry weather helped small grain and row crop development advance this past week, according to USDA, NASS, Minnesota Field Office. The majority of the state's spring wheat crop has now reached the jointing stage with one quarter reaching the heading stage. Producers were nearly able to finish planting sweet corn, and a significant percentage of first cutting alfalfa was completed by weeks end. The average temperature for the week was 67.9 degrees, 0.3 degrees above normal. Statewide topsoil moisture supplies as of Friday, June 27th were 1 percent very short, 13 short, 81 adequate, and 5 surplus. Statewide, on average, there were 6.2 days suitable for fieldwork during the week. Field Crops Summary As of Sunday, June 29th, the average corn height was estimated at 20 inches compared to 50 inches last year and 33 inches for the 5-year average. The average height of soybeans was 6 inches compared to 12 inches last year and 9 inches for the 5-year average. Spring wheat was 25 percent headed compared to 77 last year and 59 average. Oats were 35 percent headed compared to 86 last year and 67 average. Barley was 21 percent headed compared to 79 last year and 57 average. The first cutting of alfalfa reached 87 percent complete compared to 95 percent last year and 91 percent average. As of Friday, June 27th, 71 percent of corn and 68 percent of soybeans were rated in good or excellent condition. Seventy-nine percent of spring wheat, 82 percent of oats, and 77 percent of barley were rated in good or excellent condition. Days Suitable for Fieldwork Table Days Suitable for Fieldwork: 6.2 Soil Moisture Table Very Short Short Adequate Surplus Topsoil Moisture (%) 1 13 81 5 Crop Progress Table Crop Progress as of June 29, 2008 Stage of This Last Last 5 Yr Crop Development Week Week Year Avg Percent Corn Height (inches) 20 11 50 33 Soybeans Height (inches) 6 4 12 9 Spring Wheat Jointing 82 50 97 90 Heading 25 6 77 59 Oats Jointing 84 65 98 94 Heading 35 16 86 67 Barley Jointing 77 55 94 86 Heading 21 7 79 57 Sweet Corn Planted 93 82 99 96 Alfalfa First Cutting 87 61 95 91 Crop Condition Table Crop Condition as of June 27, 2008 in % Very Poor Poor Fair Good Exc Corn 2 4 23 58 13 Soybeans 1 4 27 58 10 Spring Wheat 1 1 19 66 13 Oats 1 1 16 67 15 Barley 1 1 21 61 16 Potatoes 0 3 19 61 17 Green Peas 1 3 26 59 11 Sugarbeets 1 1 27 66 5 Dry Beans 0 6 41 48 5 Sunflowers 0 6 32 51 11 Canola 0 11 30 51 8 Alfalfa 1 1 24 60 14 Pasture 0 3 25 59 13 Weather Information Table Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 6/23/2008 through 6/29/2008 Temperature Precipitation G D D High Low Week Depart Week Depart From Norm Since Depart Ave from Total Past Four Since May from Norm Week Weeks 4/1 14 Norm NW DIST 1 Crookston 84 51 67.2 -.2 .85 .02 .58 -1.18 529 -134 Moorhead 87 52 68.6 .4 1.31 .50 2.62 2.67 597 -93 Warroad 82 50 66.8 1.6 1.58 .66 1.25 1.34 478 -89 NC DIST 2 Grand Rapids 85 49 67.6 2.3 .87 -.27 -.01 3.84 536 -41 Intl. Falls 81 43 63.8 -.0 1.75 .81 1.04 3.27 436 -103 Itasca 85 48 66.1 2.2 1.30 .27 2.69 5.25 472 -61 NE DIST 3 Duluth 84 47 66.9 4.6 .86 -.17 1.09 2.54 444 -22 Grand Marais 82 44 54.7 -1.1 1.68 .86 6.32 8.46 254 -24 Hibbing 81 40 62.5 -.9 2.09 .98 .92 2.72 438 -73 WC DIST 4 Alexandria 85 52 68.2 .7 1.11 .12 .88 -.27 554 -98 Browns Valley 87 50 68.8 -.7 .76 -.06 3.46 4.26 607 -119 Canby 87 51 70.2 -.7 .40 -.56 -.16 .95 668 -104 Fergus Falls 85 43 67.2 -.4 .96 .08 1.03 2.34 541 -124 Montevideo 87 49 68.6 -1.3 .37 -.60 .58 .45 642 -97 Morris 88 54 69.4 .3 .72 -.24 .58 .87 588 -131 CENT DIST 5 Becker 88 52 70.7 3.3 .84 -.22 -1.33 2.12 635 -17 Collegeville 88 55 71.8 2.1 1.10 .05 1.45 3.49 658 -88 Hutchinson 89 53 70.4 .2 .94 -.09 -.80 .60 668 -87 Olivia 87 52 68.9 -.9 .92 -.11 -.23 .85 639 -107 St. Cloud 88 50 69.6 2.2 .97 -.05 .14 1.50 615 -37 Staples 84 49 67.0 1.8 .91 -.08 1.31 1.25 491 -96 Willmar 89 56 70.4 .9 .66 -.52 -1.87 -.37 633 -98 EC DIST 6 Aitkin 83 48 64.0 -.5 1.88 .81 1.20 2.75 495 -56 Forest Lake 88 53 69.8 1.0 1.80 .70 -.01 2.80 649 -61 MSP Airport 90 57 73.2 2.4 .19 -.83 -1.37 -1.41 737 -35 St. Paul - UofM 87 55 72.5 1.1 .12 -1.04 -1.97 -1.40 727 -74 SW DIST 7 Lamberton 88 52 70.1 -.8 .61 -.29 -.02 .06 699 -83 Pipestone 85 50 67.5 -2.0 1.26 .36 1.36 1.14 616 -106 Redwood Falls 90 53 70.2 -1.6 .80 -.17 -.64 .77 696 -124 Worthington 87 53 69.3 -.0 1.22 .17 1.05 3.16 678 -36 SC DIST 8 Faribault 89 54 68.5 -1.2 .68 -.31 .08 2.13 659 -64 Mankato 89 54 69.9 -.5 .61 -.69 -1.89 -.75 675 -84 Waseca 89 54 69.6 -.3 .66 -.33 -.02 1.05 676 -74 Winnebago 89 53 69.9 -.9 1.33 .28 -.42 2.21 731 -44 SE DIST 9 Preston 90 49 66.8 -2.0 .59 -.50 5.64 10.06 659 -27 Red Wing 89 56 70.3 .4 .32 -.65 .30 1.53 681 -60 Rochester 89 55 69.5 1.1 .35 -.63 3.23 4.59 719 38 Rosemount 87 55 69.6 .3 .18 -.91 -.10 .86 641 -72 Winona 88 54 68.0 -4.6 .86 -.07 2.04 5.90 669 -162 m=some data missing Corn growing degree days (GDD) are calculated by subtracting a 50 degree base temperature from the average of the maximum and minimum temperature for the day. The daily maximum is limited to 86 degrees and minimum of 50 degrees. Contact Information USDA, NASS MINNESOTA FIELD OFFICE IN COOPERATION WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE- CHANHASSEN MN, UNIV. OF MINN. EXTENSION SERVICE, DNR STATE CLIMATOLOGY OFFICE, USDA-FSA, AND USDA-NRCS USDA-NASS MINNESOTA FIELD OFFICE Minnesota Department of Agriculture PO Box 7068, St. Paul, MN 55107 Phone: (651) 296-2230 E-mail: nass-mn@nass.usda.gov Homepage: http://www.nass.usda.gov/mn/