nd-crop-weather STATE NORTH DAKOTA CROP, LIVESTOCK & WEATHER REPORT RELEASE DATE, WEEK ENDING DATE Released: August 29, 2005 For Week Ending: August 28, 2005 ISSUE ND-CW3505 AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY General: Development of fall harvested crops made significant progress last week, however, in some cases development was still behind the five-year (2000-2004) average, according to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, North Dakota Field Office. Heavy rain fell over parts of the state on Thursday, halting harvest activities in those areas. Reporters continued to indicate varying degrees of disease pressure across the state. On average, there were 5.8 days suitable for fieldwork statewide. Topsoil and subsoil moisture supplies declined slightly during the week, but were still better than average. Topsoil moisture supplies were rated 2 percent very short, 18 short, 72 adequate and 8 surplus. FIELD CROPS REPORT Crops: Small grain harvest continued ahead of average last week with hard red spring wheat making the most progress. As of August 28, hard red spring wheat was 73 percent harvested, compared with 40 percent last year and 66 percent on average. Durum wheat was 48 percent harvested compared with 20 percent last year and 39 percent on average. Barley harvest advanced to 88 percent complete. All other crop development made good progress last week, most notable were dry edible beans, corn and sunflowers. Dry edible beans were 59 percent lower leaves yellowing compared with 49 percent on average and were almost three weeks ahead of last year. Corn dough gained 23 percentage points to reach 87 percent complete surpassing the average. Corn dented jumped to 28 percent complete, however, it was still behind average. The sunflower ray flowers dried/dropped was 54 percent compared with 30 percent the previous week. Forty-four percent of the canola was harvested by week's end. LIVESTOCK, PASTURE AND RANGE REPORT Livestock: The second cutting of alfalfa was 85 percent complete, while other hay baling was 93 percent complete. The hay crop condition was rated 1 percent very poor, 3 poor, 22 fair, 58 good and 16 excellent. Range and pasture condition remained stable at 63 percent good to excellent, better than last year's rating of 30 percent. Stockwater supplies were rated 1 percent very short, 10 short, 80 adequate and 9 surplus. CROP PROGRESS TABLES Crop Development Progress 1/ August 28, 2005 with Comparisons Week Ending 2000- Crop Aug 28, Aug 21, Aug 28, 2004 2005 2005 2004 Avg. (Percent) BARLEY Harvested 88 81 55 77 DURUM WHEAT Turning 97 92 66 92 Harvested 48 32 20 39 HRS WHEAT Harvested 73 56 40 66 OATS Harvested 87 76 60 78 CANOLA Swathed 90 87 70 89 Harvested 44 27 15 44 CORN Dough 87 64 29 79 Dented 28 7 2 39 CORN FOR SILAGE Chopped 3 1 4 7 DRY EDIBLE BEANS Fully Podded 95 72 53 79 Lower Leaves Yellowing 59 27 7 49 Mature Leaves Dropping 16 NA 0 26 DRY EDIBLE PEAS Harvested 88 83 NA NA FLAXSEED Turning 96 92 81 92 Harvested 21 12 7 25 POTATOES Vines Killed 20 4 23 34 SOYBEANS Fully Podded 87 71 70 85 Lower Leaves Yellowing 14 5 8 23 Mature Leaves Dropping 1 NA 0 4 SUNFLOWER Ray Flowers Dried/Dropped 54 30 16 49 Bracts Turned Yellow 12 2 2 15 1/ Crop development percents represent all acreage in or beyond each stage. NA = Not Available Crop and Pasture Condition Week Ending August 28, 2005 Crop Very Poor Poor Fair Good Excellent (Percent) Durum Wheat 0 3 21 55 21 Canola 1 3 22 62 12 Corn 2 5 19 48 26 Dry Edible Beans 3 8 23 52 14 Flaxseed 0 1 20 66 13 Potatoes 2 9 22 46 21 Soybeans 0 5 19 52 24 Sugarbeets 2 12 25 54 7 Sunflower 1 2 14 62 21 Hay 1 3 22 58 16 Pasture and Range 1 9 27 53 10 Harvest Progress by District August 28, 2005 Crop NW NC NE WC C EC SW SC SE (Percent) Barley 88 83 77 93 94 99 92 95 98 Durum Wheat 34 40 32 63 78 98 74 85 67 HR Spring Wheat 49 50 62 71 85 93 85 90 89 Oats 78 72 72 91 86 92 89 94 95 SOIL MOISTURE TABLE Soil Moisture: North Dakota Week Ending 2000- Date Aug 28, Aug 21, Aug 28, 2004 2005 2005 2004 Avg. (Percent) TOPSOIL Very Short 2 1 15 18 Short 18 15 24 29 Adequate 72 77 57 49 Surplus 8 7 4 4 SUBSOIL Very Short 4 3 19 16 Short 17 16 23 27 Adequate 72 74 54 53 Surplus 7 7 4 4 WEATHER SUMMARY Weather: The week started out with very warm temperatures in the west. Clouds kept temperatures cool in the east. Highs ranged from the upper 60s and low 70s east to the mid-80s and low 90s west for the first half of the week. Mostly sunny conditions were found across the state. High temperatures generally stayed in the 70s across the state for midweek. Showers and thunderstorms developed across the state on Wednesday and Thursday, mostly in the eastern half. Heavy rain fell in sections of eastern North Dakota early on Thursday. Northwesterly upper level winds brought dry conditions and seasonal temperatures for the end of the week and the weekend. Temperatures were pleasant with highs in the low 80s west to the mid-70s east. Outlook, August 29-September 4: Skies will be mostly sunny on Monday and Tuesday with temperatures in the upper 70s east to the mid-80s south and west. A low pressure system with an associated cold front will begin to move across the state late on Tuesday and into Wednesday. Look for showers and thunderstorms beginning in the west late on Monday. The chance of rain will move east for the early morning hours on Tuesday. There will be a chance of showers on Wednesday across the state as an upper level disturbance moves through. Clouds and rain will keep temperatures cool for midweek, with highs in the upper 60s northeast to mid-70s southwest. Sunny skies and fairly seasonal temperatures will return late in the week. The holiday weekend will bring a small chance of showers and storms in the east on Saturday. Temperatures will warm slightly with highs back up into the upper 70s east to low 80s west. WEATHER INFORMATION TABLES Temperature & Precipitation: Districts and Stations North Dakota, Week ending August 28, 2005 Average Seasonal Precipitation District Temperature Beginning April 1 1/ Averages Past Depart Past Depart Week Normal 2/ Week Total Normal 2/ (Degrees F) (Inches) Northwest (1) 68 3 0.01 11.70 0.94 N. Central (2) 61 -3 0.36 17.62 5.78 Northeast (3) 59 -5 0.58 15.34 3.49 W. Central (4) 67 0 0.07 12.58 1.71 Central (5) 63 -3 0.08 13.36 1.74 E. Central (6) 61 -5 1.29 17.59 4.57 Southwest (7) 66 0 0.03 12.30 1.93 S. Central (8) 67 0 0.21 14.98 3.69 Southeast (9) 62 -4 0.53 19.49 6.59 1/ Precipitation amounts may vary due to an inaccurate snowfall melt. 2/ Normal is the 1971-2000 average. NA=Not Available. Weather data collected from NDAWN stations and compiled by UND Aerospace Regional Weather Information Center. Temperature & Precipitation: Districts and Stations North Dakota, Week ending August 28, 2005 Temperature Seasonal Precipitation Stations Past Week Beginning April 1 1/ by Past Depart District High Low Week Total Normal 2/ (Degrees F) (Inches) (1) Bowbells 87 47 0.00 11.12 -0.06 Williston 92 47 0.02 8.88 -0.09 Mohall 86 48 0.00 10.15 -1.15 Minot 89 48 0.00 16.63 5.07 (2) Baker 79 45 0.69 18.24 6.78 Bottineau 85 45 0.00 18.21 6.06 Rugby 83 49 0.38 16.42 4.50 (3) Cando 77 44 1.51 15.46 4.45 Cavalier 77 40 0.00 15.35 3.10 Forest River 78 43 0.29 16.22 4.47 Grand Forks 76 43 0.07 15.97 4.08 Langdon 76 47 1.57 14.99 2.56 St. Thomas 75 42 0.01 14.05 2.30 (4) Hazen 89 44 0.00 14.78 3.75 Turtle Lake 86 48 0.02 11.24 -0.25 Watford City 91 46 0.20 11.73 1.64 (5) Carrington 79 45 0.22 11.08 -2.08 Harvey 82 46 0.09 15.22 5.23 Jamestown 80 44 0.03 18.02 5.95 Robinson 81 46 0.03 11.26 -0.01 Streeter 81 47 0.01 11.20 -0.38 (6) Dazey 80 44 0.12 17.33 4.21 Fargo 77 47 2.61 18.86 6.13 Hillsboro 76 42 1.15 16.59 3.37 (7) Beach 89 47 0.04 14.08 4.23 Bowman 89 46 0.03 10.38 0.29 Dickinson 90 41 0.00 13.74 2.84 Hettinger 87 43 0.05 11.02 0.38 (8) Mandan 85 47 0.07 15.19 3.53 Linton 88 50 0.34 14.77 3.86 (9) Edgeley 79 45 0.05 19.89 7.20 Oakes 81 47 0.30 19.28 7.18 Wyndmere 80 43 1.25 19.30 5.40 1/ Precipitation amounts may vary due to an inaccurate snowfall melt. 2/ Normal is the 1971-2000 average. NA=Not Available. Weather data collected from NDAWN stations and compiled by UND Aerospace Regional Weather Information Center. CONTACT INFORMATION USDA, NASS, North Dakota Field Office Cooperating with: NDSU Extension Service, Farm Service Agency, ND Ag Weather Network (NDAWN) and UND Aerospace Regional Weather Information Center FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: David Knopf, Director USDA, NASS, North Dakota Field Office NDSU, IACC Bldg., Room 448 P.O. Box 3166 Fargo, ND 58108-3166 Telephone: (701) 239-5306 E-Mail: nass-nd@nass.usda.gov Internet: http://www.nass.usda.gov/nd/