Crop Weather Report

Montana Crop Weather Report

Issue: 09-14
For the Week Ending: June 14, 2009
Released: June 15, 2009
For more information contact: Alena Ogg or Steve Anderson at 1-800-835-2612.

Completed and Summarized by:
USDA, NASS, Montana Field Office

In conjunction with: MSU Extension Agents
and USDA County Service Centers

Weather Summary

Montana had warm temperatures and light precipitation for the week ending June 14th. Superior received the greatest amount of precipitation with 1.96 inches. Wolf Point had the high temperature at 87 degrees. Goldbutte, for the second week in row, had the low temperature at 22 degrees. Topsoil moisture is 56 percent adequate and surplus, below last week's 78 and last year's 86 percent. Adequate and surplus subsoil moisture is 56 percent as well, down from last week's 73, and last year's 64 percent. The number of days suitable for field work was 6.0, up from last week's 5.3, and last year's 2.4 days. The five year average is 3.4 days. The weather outlook for June 22nd through June 28th is calling for above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation east of the continental divide. West of the divide is looking at near normal temperatures and precipitation. Normal temperatures for this period in Montana are highs in the upper 60s to 80, and lows ranging from the mid 30s to the mid 50s.

Soil Moisture Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Topsoil Moisture
Very Short	6	3	5	4
Short	38	19	9	12
Adequate	54	72	75	71
Surplus	2	6	11	13
Subsoil Moisture
Very Short	8	3	11	11
Short	36	24	25	26
Adequate	54	68	59	58
Surplus	2	5	5	5

Field Work Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Days Suitable for Field Work
Days	6.0	5.3	2.4	3.4

Field Crops Report

Crops are in the ground and are all near the previous year and five year averages for the emerged stage. Small grains are slightly behind in boot stage due to weather conditions in April. Hay fields are progressing across the state and producers are expected to begin first cutting within the next two weeks.

Crop Progress Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Planted
Oats	100	95	94	98
Emerged
Barley	95	81	100	99
Corn	94	87	95	95
Dry Peas	98	94	98	NA
Durum Wheat	93	80	98	87
Lentils	94	93	100	NA
Oats	94	81	90	95
Spring Wheat	97	96	98	99
Boot Stage
Barley	5	2	14	23
Durum Wheat	3	1	12	11
Oats	5	2	20	24
Spring Wheat	5	4	13	20
Winter Wheat	67	44	59	82
Blooming
Camelina	23	3	39	NA
Dry Peas	8	7	4	NA
Lentils	2	1	2	NA
Headed
Winter Wheat	14	0	14	44

Crop Condition Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Winter Wheat
Very Poor	3	2	2	2
Poor	9	5	11	8
Fair	37	27	47	36
Good	44	51	30	37
Excellent	7	15	10	17
Barley
Very Poor	0	0	1	0
Poor	2	2	3	3
Fair	26	24	30	28
Good	63	65	57	54
Excellent	9	9	9	15
Spring Wheat
Very Poor	1	0	2	1
Poor	3	3	4	4
Fair	25	19	41	27
Good	65	72	45	57
Excellent	6	6	8	11
Oats
Very Poor	1	0	3	2
Poor	4	4	4	4
Fair	25	17	46	30
Good	55	65	43	54
Excellent	15	14	4	10
Durum Wheat
Very Poor	0	0	2	1
Poor	6	6	9	7
Fair	21	21	54	29
Good	55	56	29	52
Excellent	18	17	6	11

Livestock Report

Most of the state's cattle and sheep have been moved to summer ranges. Range and pasture conditions are 60 percent good and excellent, improved from conditions this time last year.

Range & Livestock Table	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	5 Yr Avg
Range and Pasture Feed Condition
Very Poor	2	1	5	5
Poor	7	7	13	12
Fair	31	33	31	29
Good	43	47	37	38
Excellent	17	12	14	16
Moved to Summer Ranges
Cattle & Calves	93	86	92	92
Sheep & Lambs	91	80	93	90

Weather Information for the Week ending 06/14/2009

Station ID						Precipitation
	Temperature			GDDs		This Week		April 1 to Date			October 1 to Date
	Hi	LOW	AVG	B50	DFN	Total	DFN	Total	DFN	%NRM	Total	DFN	%NRM
NORTHWEST
Alberton	85	36	57	53	-11	0.41	-0.01	2.78	-1.14	71	14.35	+4.69	149
Anaconda	75	31	52	27	-22	0.21	-0.28	5.57	+1.57	139	14.13	+5.75	169
Clinton	81	39	58	55	+15	0.24	-0.20	2.79	-0.93	75	9.54	-1.69	85
Corvallis	81	36	57	52	-15	0.12	-0.30	1.19	-2.36	34	6.25	-1.54	80
Creston	83	34	57	58	+4	0.14	-0.56	2.44	-3.21	43	10.62	-3.23	77
Deer Lodge	75	33	52	25	-15	0.17	-0.23	2.23	-1.17	66	5.59	-0.22	96
Drummond	84	34	55	36	-20	0.40	-0.02	1.56	-2.23	41	8.45	+0.15	102
Hamilton	81	37	57	48	-13	0.08	-0.34	2.02	-1.62	55	9.23	-0.17	98
Kalispell	83	32	54	38	-11	0.18	-0.38	2.56	-1.82	58	10.06	-2.13	83
Missoula	83	38	58	58	-6	0.20	-0.22	1.24	-2.68	32	7.35	-2.31	76
Olney	80	25	50	28	-12	0.28	-0.38	2.88	-2.09	58	13.63	-3.17	81
Polson	78	37	56	45	-24	0.09	-0.45	1.21	-3.54	25	6.80	-4.37	61
St Ignatius	83	35	58	59	-13	0.11	-0.45	2.33	-2.86	45	10.64	-0.74	93
Seeley Lake	78	34	52	25	-19	0.26	-0.30	2.44	-1.72	59	17.87	+2.13	114
Sula	73	32	52	20	-13	0.57	+0.01	3.86	-1.01	79	10.56	-0.37	97
Superior	85	39	61	77	+3	1.96	+1.54	5.42	+1.73	147	15.28	+3.26	127
Swan Lake	82	31	53	33	-7	0.10	-0.60	3.41	-2.24	60	18.37	-3.84	83
Thompson Falls	86	40	62	84	+3	0.17	-0.39	3.32	-1.58	68	16.46	-1.96	89
West Glacier	84	29	56	46	-5	0.01	-0.77	5.28	-0.71	88	20.71	-0.90	96
NORTH CENTRAL
Chester	83	30	53	42	-29	0.09	-0.47	3.26	-0.30	92	8.65	+2.71	146
Chinook	84	33	54	43	-47	0.17	-0.39	2.97	-1.43	68	6.13	-1.31	82
Choteau	79	30	52	32	-37	0.04	-0.50	2.63	-1.19	69	5.20	-0.38	93
Cut Bank	80	29	50	29	-18	0.01	-0.62	0.85	-3.53	19	2.22	-4.58	33
Ft Assinniboine	84	31	54	39	-50	0.09	-0.47	3.76	-0.53	88	7.75	+0.24	103
Fort Benton	84	29	53	34	-58	0.03	-0.60	3.30	-1.47	69	7.33	-1.08	87
Goldbutte	83	22	53	40	-18	0.00	-0.67	2.76	-1.81	60	5.42	-2.26	71
Harlem	83	32	54	43	-45	0.15	-0.39	2.37	-1.40	63	5.65	-0.57	91
Havre	86	31	53	39	-42	0.03	-0.42	2.71	-0.94	74	5.43	-1.32	80
Malta	84	34	57	54	-36	0.11	-0.52	4.12	-0.28	94	8.16	+0.83	111
Rudyard	83	32	53	39	-33	0.00	-0.49	2.49	-1.20	67	6.04	+0.53	110
Shelby	83	32	51	24	-36	0.13	-0.43	3.32	-1.01	77	6.28	-0.99	86
Turner	83	30	54	43	-33	0.10	-0.53	1.82	-1.69	52	4.17	-1.57	73
Valier	78	33	54	44	-22	0.11	-0.56	3.30	-1.18	74	6.29	-0.48	93
NORTHEAST
Bredette	82	32	56	54	-38	0.25	-0.38	3.78	-0.17	96	8.39	+2.05	132
Culbertson	84	33	56	53	-49	0.26	-0.39	2.82	-1.46	66	6.98	+0.05	101
Glasgow	85	35	56	53	-41	0.10	-0.44	2.41	-1.09	69	5.61	-0.43	93
Glendive	82	35	57	50	-59	0.55	-0.08	4.80	+0.35	108	8.23	+0.60	108
Jordan	82	31	52	33	-67	0.36	-0.20	3.72	-0.57	87	7.32	-0.26	97
Nashua	86	33	58	58	-54	0.00	-0.49	3.11	-0.60	84	6.73	+0.77	113
Opheim	85	27	53	38	-33	0.11	-0.52	2.79	-1.15	71	5.67	-0.38	94
Plentywood	82	31	54	44	-53	0.51	-0.12	2.86	-1.07	73	7.23	+0.57	109
St Marie	82	35	55	46	-48	0.00	-0.54	2.23	-1.27	64	3.87	-2.17	64
Scobey	84	29	55	45	-38	0.24	-0.48	3.13	-0.80	80	7.29	+1.12	118
Sidney	82	36	56	50	-58	0.31	-0.35	2.60	-1.78	59	6.35	-1.47	81
Wolf Point	87	31	54	44	-64	0.12	-0.49	2.66	-0.99	73	4.53	-1.75	72
CENTRAL
Cascade	77	23	49	14	-30	0.30	-0.33	2.87	-2.30	56	6.61	-2.05	76
Grass Range	78	30	52	30	-40	0.67	-0.03	6.18	+0.24	104	11.65	+1.46	114
Great Falls	80	31	53	36	-28	0.22	-0.34	3.99	-1.09	79	8.60	-0.86	91
Harlowton	76	31	52	27	-39	0.30	-0.39	2.44	-2.40	50	6.26	-1.91	77
Helena	81	34	55	47	-24	0.27	-0.15	1.50	-2.08	42	5.26	-1.44	79
Lewistown	77	28	49	22	-31	0.58	-0.12	4.05	-1.70	70	7.35	-3.64	67
Martinsdale	74	30	49	17	-27	0.54	-0.02	3.86	-0.66	85	8.29	+0.47	106
Neihart	74	27	48	16	-28	0.48	-0.35	3.13	-3.87	45	9.80	-3.55	73
Rogers Pass	76	32	50	18	-33	0.44	-0.20	3.36	-2.86	54	9.05	-2.33	80
Roundup	83	33	55	45	-48	0.14	-0.37	3.04	-1.66	65	7.38	-0.56	93
Ryegate	74	29	49	23	-41	0.35	-0.21	3.57	-0.55	87	7.58	+0.30	104
Stanford	76	27	52	36	-28	0.46	-0.24	3.48	-2.30	60	7.97	-2.24	78
Townsend	78	33	54	40	-33	0.51	+0.02	2.47	-0.95	72	5.72	-0.17	97
Valentine	80	31	52	31	-48	0.49	+0.05	4.75	-0.14	97	8.91	+0.63	108
Wht Sulphur Spr	71	29	49	16	-30	0.47	-0.09	3.13	-1.46	68	10.14	+1.98	124
SOUTHWEST
Boulder	76	36	51	19	-31	1.10	+0.61	4.22	+0.49	113	8.22	+1.68	126
Bozeman	74	34	53	30	-28	0.19	-0.44	5.76	+0.05	101	11.00	+0.26	102
Butte	71	34	50	13	-26	0.21	-0.28	3.18	-0.87	79	6.24	-1.55	80
Dillon	68	36	51	18	-37	0.21	-0.21	3.22	-0.42	88	5.69	-0.15	97
Ennis	75	34	52	21	-32	0.14	-0.42	3.22	-1.39	70	7.66	-0.81	90
Lakeview	66	36	51	17	-7	0.48	-0.15	4.56	-0.91	83	11.24	-1.54	88
W Yellowstone	66	34	49	7	-16	0.93	+0.40	6.89	+2.10	144	16.25	+0.27	102
Wisdom	66	27	47	1	-23	0.18	-0.24	2.86	-0.66	81	8.72	+1.16	115
SOUTH CENTRAL
Billings	79	38	55	44	-54	0.13	-0.34	2.99	-2.20	58	8.46	-1.90	82
Cooke City	68	36	51	15	+2	0.42	-0.28	5.27	-0.60	90	10.31	-7.54	58
Gardiner	72	37	53	31	-42	0.23	-0.12	3.61	+0.59	120	6.04	-0.13	98
Hardin	83	32	57	53	-53	0.00	-0.42	3.98	-0.21	95	7.22	-0.93	89
Huntley	80	34	53	34	-53	0.13	-0.32	3.55	-1.36	72	9.32	+0.07	101
Hysham	80	35	55	42	-59	0.12	-0.35	4.86	+0.05	101	10.69	+2.00	123
Joliet	77	30	50	25	-56	0.34	-0.10	3.90	-1.99	66	9.28	-2.12	81
Livingston	74	35	52	25	-41	0.48	-0.14	5.72	+0.05	101	8.50	-1.61	84
Nye	71	35	51	19	-38	0.48	-0.25	5.53	-1.09	84	12.74	+0.89	108
Rapelje	77	29	54	40	-35	0.51	+0.05	3.79	-1.54	71	8.41	-1.57	84
SOUTHEAST
Albion	75	37	50	18	-62	1.20	+0.50	5.38	-0.14	97	12.56	+4.02	147
Baker	78	34	51	30	-64	0.92	+0.33	5.44	+0.60	112	8.74	-0.09	99
Broadus	78	33	55	37	-62	0.02	-0.50	3.47	-1.47	70	9.86	+0.84	109
Ekalaka	73	37	52	27	-64	0.58	-0.19	4.75	-1.31	78	12.44	+1.56	114
Miles City	81	36	54	47	-63	0.69	+0.08	4.63	-0.14	97	7.60	-0.67	92
Plevna	78	32	52	31	-63	0.49	-0.10	5.71	+0.87	118	10.00	+1.17	113
Compiled by AWIS Inc. based on NWS data. DFN-Departure from normal 1971-2000. GDD-Growing degree days

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