mn-crop-weather State Minnesota Weekly Crop-Weather Week Ending Date Week Ending October 25, 2009 Issue MN-CW-43-09 Agricultural Summary Cool, wet weather limited harvest progress again last week, according to the USDA, NASS, Minnesota Field Office. Statewide, 1.9 days were suitable for fieldwork. Since October 5th, on average, less than 2 days have been rated suitable for fieldwork per week, statewide. Producers harvesting corn and soybeans reported wet fields and high grain moisture levels. Soybeans were 44 percent harvested compared to 91 percent last year and the five- year average of 93 percent. The statewide average grain moisture of soybeans being harvested was 16 percent. Corn harvest advanced 3 percentage-points to 6 percent harvested, 22 points behind last year and 42 points behind average. Sugarbeets were 71 percent harvested, 16 points behind last year's pace and 22 points behind average. Dry bean harvest advanced 1 point to 88 percent harvested, while reporters noted little to no sunflower harvest activity leaving progress at 20 percent harvested, unchanged from a week ago. Crop condition ratings declined last week. Soybeans rated good to excellent fell 4 points to 63 percent while corn fell 3 points to 70 percent good to excellent. Sunflowers were rated 54 percent good to excellent down from 55 percent a week ago. Average temperatures were below normal at nearly all reporting stations. On Monday, temperatures were warmer with daytime highs ranging from the low 50s to low 60s. However, clouds and rain held high temperatures in the 30s and 40s for many locations the remainder of the week. A large area of rain spread over central and southern Minnesota Tuesday night and continued into Wednesday. More snow fell across parts of east central and southeastern Minnesota on Friday. Soil moisture supplies were rated 54 percent adequate and 41 percent surplus. Just 2 percent of the state's topsoil moisture supply was rated surplus on September 27th. Days Suitable for Fieldwork Table Days Suitable for Fieldwork: 1.9 Soil Moisture Table Very Short Short Adequate Surplus Topsoil Moisture (%) 0 5 54 41 Crop Progress Table Crop Progress as of October 25, 2009 Stage of This Last Last 5 Yr Crop Development Week Week Year Avg Percent Corn Harvested 6 3 28 48 Corn Silage Harvested 96 94 100 100 Soybeans Harvested 44 34 91 93 Moisture 16 15 13 12 Dry Beans Harvested 88 87 100 99 Sugarbeets Harvested 71 60 87 93 Sunflowers Harvested 20 20 39 47 Crop Condition Table Condition as of October 25, 2009 in % Very Poor Poor Fair Good Exc Pasture 7 14 34 42 3 Soybeans 3 6 28 50 13 Corn 2 5 23 54 16 Sunflowers 2 9 35 45 9 Weather Information Table Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 10/19/2009 through 10/25/2009 Temperature Precipitation High Low Week Depart Week Depart From Norm Ave from Total Past Four Since Norm Week Weeks 4/1 NW DIST 1 Crookston 57 26 40.4 -.7 .44 .05 1.08 2.47 Moorhead 53 25 40.0 -2.4 .74 .32 2.46 -2.33 Warroad 64 24 40.3 .9 0 -.37 -1.34 .02 NC DIST 2 Grand Rapids 51 25 37.3 -3.9 1.38 .79 -.08 -5.12 Intl. Falls 48 18 34.2 -4.8 .06 -.34 -.77 -4.38 Itasca 56 25 38.2 -.6 1.09 .54 1.14 -3.18 NE DIST 3 Duluth 49 29 38.3 -2.7 1.85 1.36 1.27 -5.16 Grand Marais 58 30 40.8 -1.6 .64 .10 -.65 -5.84 Hibbing 50 20 36.4 -3.0 1.03 .52 -.61 -7.14 WC DIST 4 Alexandria 54 28 40.5 -1.9 1.01 .55 2.13 -7.01 Browns Valley 67 28 41.8 -2.1 1.01 .62 4.02 3.77 Canby 66 30 43.1 -3.1 .90 .43 3.69 -2.30 Dalton 61 30 41.4 -2.1 1.22 .77 2.40 -.47 Montevideo 64 27 42.2 -2.2 .94 .51 4.01 1.68 Morris 64 27 41.3 -1.9 .96 .44 3.25 -4.07 Wadena 57 27 39.3 -1.6 1.82 1.25 2.85 -3.76m Wheaton 64 29 41.2 -2.3 .99 .58 3.53 -2.48m CENT DIST 5 Becker 62 27 42.8 -.7 .84 .37 2.23 -4.30 Collegeville 59 32 43.3 -2.6 1.10 .57 4.21 1.64 Hutchinson 63 27 43.4 -1.3 .80 .37 4.07 -1.22 Melrose 62 28 41.3 -1.9 1.22 .69 3.30 -.56 Olivia 64 25 41.1 -3.0 .67 .27 3.58 .44 St. Cloud 58 25 41.8 -.8 .96 .48 3.06 -1.46 Staples 58 25 40.4 -1.1 2.18 1.61 2.89 -1.22 Willmar 64 28 42.6 -1.3 .82 .35 3.88 -.61 EC DIST 6 Aitkin 58 28 41.6 .1 1.41 .86 2.18 -1.92 Forest Lake 64 28 43.2 -1.7 1.27 .73 3.02 -5.83 Hinckley 58 25 40.3 -.8 1.00 .42 3.00 -.01 MSP Airport 58 31 44.2 -1.8 1.03 .56 2.90 -3.53 St. Paul - UofM 62 31 43.2 -4.5 .97 .42 3.07 -7.18 SW DIST 7 Lamberton 64 28 43.2 -1.8 .99 .58 2.95 -1.16 Pipestone 61 27 41.0 -2.8 1.16 .69 2.42 -1.03 Redwood Falls 58 30 42.8 -3.6 .88 .47 3.65 -4.25 Worthington 60 30 42.3 -1.5 1.33 .90 2.75 1.98 SC DIST 8 Faribault 62 30 44.5 -.1 1.58 1.10 3.80 -1.28 Mankato 63 27 43.8 -1.8 1.27 .73 3.35 -7.48 Winnebago 64 29 44.4 -1.8 2.32 1.78 4.30 -2.88 La Crosse 69 36 47.3 -.7 2.94 2.49 3.41 -2.08 SE DIST 9 Preston 71 32 45.5 .1 3.51 3.02 4.32 -.95 Red Wing 62 32 44.6 -1.0 2.17 1.73 3.76 -.01 Rochester 68 32 45.0 .7 2.83 2.36 4.24 -.05 Rosemount 63 28 43.2 -2.3 1.07 .53 3.42 -3.03 Winona 68 34 45.3 -1.1 3.55 3.09 5.21 1.36 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/