mn-crop-weather State Minnesota Weekly Crop-Weather Week Ending Date Week Ending June 6, 2010 Issue MN-CW-22-10 Agricultural Summary Crop condition ratings held steady despite cooler temperatures and scattered precipitation, according to the USDA, NASS, Minnesota Field Office. As of May 31st, temperatures cooled to their seasonal averages after nearly two weeks of above normal temperatures. Repeated light rains prevailed during the week. South central and southeast regions of the state received over 1.3 inches, on average, with isolated reports of hail. Topsoil moisture supplies were rated 87 percent adequate to surplus compared to 89 percent in the previous reporting period. Corn was 98 percent emerged with an average height of 8 inches. Soybeans were 98 percent planted and 83 percent emerged with an average height of 3 inches. Corn condition was rated 92 percent good to excellent, unchanged from the previous reporting period, while soybeans were rated 93 percent good to excellent versus 92 percent during the previous reporting period. Fifty-nine percent of spring wheat and 60 percent of barley were jointing with 2 and 8 percent heading, respectively. Seventy-one percent of oats was jointing with 11 percent heading. All three crops were rated at least 90 percent good to excellent condition. Sunflower planting neared completion with 98 percent planted compared to 73 percent last year and 86 percent for the five-year average. The first canola and green pea condition reports of the year rated 82 percent of canola in fair to good condition and 97 percent of green peas in good to excellent condition. The first cutting of alfalfa advanced to 68 percent complete, 19 percentage points ahead of last year and 33 points ahead of average. Condition was rated 89 percent good to excellent. Days Suitable for Fieldwork Table Days Suitable for Fieldwork: 5.1 Soil Moisture Table Very Short Short Adequate Surplus Topsoil Moisture (%) 2 11 81 6 Crop Progress Table Crop Progress as of June 6, 2010 Stage of This Last Last 5 Yr Crop Development Week Week Year Avg Percent Corn Emerged 98 94 95 94 Corn Height 8 5 5 6 Soybeans Planted 98 95 96 94 Soybeans Emerged 83 60 72 69 Soybeans Height 3 2 2 2 Spring Wheat Jointing 59 25 10 17 Spring Wheat Heading 2 0 0 0 Barley Jointing 60 26 8 18 Barley Heading 8 4 0 1 Oats Jointing 71 52 29 30 Oats Heading 11 3 0 1 Sunflowers Planted 98 86 73 86 Dry Beans Planted 86 72 87 83 Sweet Corn Planted 74 62 79 70 Alfalfa First Cutting 68 48 49 35 Crop Condition Table Condition as of June 6, 2010 in % Very Poor Poor Fair Good Exc Pasture 0 2 17 66 15 Oats 0 0 9 74 17 Spring Wheat 0 1 7 61 31 Barley 0 2 8 50 40 Sugarbeets 0 0 9 70 21 Corn 0 0 8 65 27 Alfalfa 0 1 10 66 23 Potatoes 0 0 6 77 17 Soybeans 0 1 6 69 24 Canola 0 11 21 61 7 Green Peas 0 0 3 71 26 Weather Information Table Precipitation and Temperature Summary for 5/31/2010 through 6/6/2010 Temperature Precipitation G D D High Low Week Depart Week Depart From Norm Since Depart Ave from Total Past Four Since April from Norm Week Weeks 4/1 23 Norm NW DIST 1 Crookston 76 46 61.4 -1.1 .58 -.18 2.07 2.80 467 43 Itasca 78 40 58.8 -.0 .39 -.52 -.78 .07 399 80 Moorhead 81 42 62.5 -.7 .36 -.43 -.93 -.18 489 43 Warroad 72 41 57.7 -2.1 1.00 .22 3.29 3.67 372 37 NC DIST 2 Grand Rapids 78 41 59.6 -.4 .27 -.67 -1.01 -1.25 436 76 Intl. Falls 75 35 55.6 -3.4 1.06 .21 .41 .35 384 48 NE DIST 3 Duluth 77 41 57.5 .5 .97 .07 3.14 1.71 346 61 Grand Marais 73 43 52.3 1.6 .73 -.01 -.37 -1.23 145 -20 Hibbing 75 33 54.6 -3.7 .88 .02 -.63 -.71 423 107 WC DIST 4 Alexandria 80 47 63.6 1.5 .44 -.53 -.90 -1.87 444 28 Browns Valley 81 44 62.7 -1.4 .48 -.20 -.52 -.56 428 -45 Canby 84 49 64.8 -.5 .26 -.62 -.61 -2.39 481 -14 Dalton 77 51 62.8 -.1 .23 -.59 -1.43 -1.30 447 10 Montevideo 81 44 62.6 -1.9 .98 .04 -.51 -2.06 470 0 Morris 80 47 63.6 -.4 .30 -.54 -.58 -1.21 451 -14 Wheaton 79 47 62.4 -1.5 .46 -.34 -.79 -1.04 442 -10 CENT DIST 5 Becker 81 44 63.6 .8 .86 -.13 -.70 -1.53 480 40 Collegeville 82 48 66.2 1.5 .76 -.30 -.75 -1.76 517 20 Hutchinson 84 47 65.2 .3 .69 -.28 -.51 2.07 508 18 Melrose 80 43 61.8 -1.9 .33 -.62 -1.10 -1.86 453 7 Olivia 84 42 61.5 -3.2 .33 -.64 -.52 -2.09 481 3 St. Cloud 85 40 63.8 1.6 1.01 .03 -.54 -1.46 489 68 Staples 79 39 60.6 .2 .98 .06 .22 -.87 431 50 Wadena 78 41 59.0 -1.6 .72 -.20 -.26 -1.12 398 21 Willmar 82 44 64.4 .1 .26 -.85 -1.31 -.28 491 21 EC DIST 6 Aitkin 77 41 59.2 -.2 1.20 .29 -.18 -.15 423 77 Forest Lake 83 48 65.4 1.7 .77 -.23 -.15 -.60 531 71 Hinckley 80 38 59.6 -.5 1.14 .22 -.05 -.48 418 63 MSP Airport 83 51 67.4 2.1 .91 -.04 -.48 -.56 568 64 St. Paul - UofM 81 50 65.8 1.0 .79 -.31 -1.29 -2.17 514 23 SW DIST 7 Lamberton 82 44 65.4 -.2 .61 -.25 -.86 -1.62 515 14 Marshall 84 51 67.2 1.7 .48 -.35 -.26 -1.73 525 29 Pipestone 79 41 61.7 -2.3 1.08 .18 .98 .12 454 -7 Redwood Falls 85 46 66.7 .1 .39 -.50 -.32 -1.31 539 1 Worthington 84 45 64.0 .2 1.38 .37 -.62 -1.12 476 31 SC DIST 8 Faribault 83 48 64.4 .4 .74 -.21 .39 -1.31 525 73 Mankato 83 47 64.8 -.2 1.22 .03 -.88 -2.56 512 24 Waseca 83 45 66.0 1.2 1.11 .15 -.13 -1.83 538 56 Winnebago 84 49 66.0 .6 2.28 1.24 -.35 -1.85 535 36 SE DIST 9 Preston 90 46 67.1 4.0 1.60 .59 .10 -.17 527 101 Red Wing 87 51 67.1 2.6 1.95 1.06 -.15 -1.04 531 52 Rochester 84 49 65.8 2.8 1.26 .39 -.81 -2.53 521 89 Rosemount 81 50 65.2 1.4 1.96 .92 .33 -.91 509 57 Winona 91 55 68.2 3.3 1.27 .39 -.60 -1.62 503 19 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) 201-6030 E-mail: nass-mn@nass.usda.gov Homepage: http://www.nass.usda.gov/mn/