Wyoming Crop Progress

Cooperating with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture
USDA, NASS, Wyoming Field Office
PO Box 1148 · Cheyenne, WY 82003
(800) 892-1660 · (307) 432-5598 FAX · www.nass.usda.gov/wy

Released:  Monday, May 19, 2014

Week of May 12 – May 18, 2014

Agricultural Summary: The State received some precipitation and below normal temperatures last week, allowing for 4.4 days of field work.  

TopSoil Moisture Supplies	

Topsoil	This
Week	Last
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very Short	1	1	8	5	
Short	10	10	19	20	
Adequate	85	84	72	70	
Surplus	4	5	1	5	

SubSoil Moisture Supplies	

Subsoil	This
Week	Last 
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very Short	0	0	18	7	
Short	14	18	35	29	
Adequate	86	82	47	62	
Surplus	0	0	0	2	

Field Crop Report:  Spring crops are emerging, as 66 percent of barley has emerged, 37 percent of oats have emerged, 21 percent of sugarbeets have emerged, and 14 percent of corn has emerged.  Other hay condition was reported with 75 percent in the good to excellent category, compared to 29 percent in the same category last year.  Irrigation water supplies are in good shape and were reported at 2 percent poor, 7 percent fair and 91 percent good to excellent.  

Crop Condition	
	Very
Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excel	
Alfalfa	0	8	14	63	15	
Barley	0	2	4	94	0	
Other hay	0	3	22	70	5	
Winter Wheat	0	2	61	37	0

Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:  Range and pasture conditions continue to improve as we received precipitation last week.  Cattle and calf death loss was reported at 41 percent light, and 1 percent heavy, while sheep and lamb death loss was reported at 44 percent light.  Livestock condition was reported at 3 percent poor to very poor, 21 percent fair and 76 percent good to excellent.
Crop Progress	
	This
Week	Last
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Barley planted	94	87	92	90	
Barley emerged	66	45	62	61	
Oats planted	76	66	67	73	
Oats emerged	37	30	39	42	
Spring wheat planted	74	57	41	62	
Spring wheat emerged	14	10	16	32	
Winter wheat jointing	55	35	40	58	
Winter wheat booted	3	n/a	0	8	
Corn planted	68	45	67	69	
Corn emerged	14	n/a	7	10	
Dry beans planted	30	25	17	12	
Sugarbeets planted	90	70	59	81	
Sugarbeets emerged	21	n/a	10	21	

Range and Pasture Conditions	
	This
Week	Last 
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very poor	1	1	9	3	
Poor	6	7	38	17	
Fair	19	19	36	28	
Good	65	64	17	48	
Excellent	9	9	0	4	

Livestock Progress	
	This
Week	Last
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Cows calved	94	91	95	94	
Farm flock ewes lambed	96	94	92	95	
Farm flock sheep shorn	94	91	94	95	
Range flock ewes lambed	75	67	56	53	
Range flock sheep shorn	93	91	63	41	

Weather Data for the Week Ending May 18, 2014 1/

	Monthly Air Temperature	Monthly Precipitation	Since Jan 1
Precipitation	
	Hi	Lo	Avg	DFN	Total Inches	Normal Inches	DFN	Total Inches	DFN	
District 1	
Cody	70	32	48	-5	0.05	0.46	-0.41	3.66	0.18	
Dubois	70	19	43	-3	0.08	0.41	-0.33	4.36	1.25	
Greybull	73	28	54	-3	0.01	0.34	-0.33	2.37	-0.25	
Jeffrey City	70	18	41	-8	0.79	0.56	0.23	3.12	-1.30	
Lake Yellowstone	58	12	36	-2	0.05	0.49	-0.44	15.19	7.43	
Lander	70	29	46	-8	0.67	0.56	0.11	4.16	-1.66	
Powell	71	29	50	-5	0.07	0.35	-0.28	2.66	0.78	
Riverton	71	26	46	-7	0.15	0.42	-0.27	2.16	-0.61	
Worland	71	26	50	-8	0.01	0.39	-0.38	1.87	-0.83	
District 2										
Big Horn	68	33	48	-5	0.60	0.56	0.04	8.02	2.54	
Buffalo-Johnson	64	33	47	-7	0.33	0.56	-0.23	3.34	-1.23	
Gillette	64	26	46	-8	0.33	0.70	-0.37	4.22	-1.75	
Midwest	68	25	45	-10	0.25	0.6	-0.35	4.73	-0.56	
Newcastle	61	25	45	-11	0.08	0.56	-0.48	3.33	-1.47	
Sheridan	69	32	49	-5	0.38	0.63	-0.25	6.77	1.96	
Sundance	73	28	46	-7	0.20	0.63	-0.43	4.86	-1.32	
District 3										
Afton	69	24	44	-3	0.10	0.52	-0.42	7.71	0.63	
Big Piney	69	21	43	-4	0.12	0.25	-0.13	2.17	-0.30	
Evanston	70	26	47	-1	0.14	0.35	-0.21	3.01	-1.20	
Jackson Hole	66	18	43	-3	0.03	0.48	-0.45	7.09	-1.80	
District 4										
Casper	67	26	44	-9	0.45	0.56	-0.11	4.92	-0.12	
Laramie	62	10	35	-13	0.28	0.42	-0.14	2.29	-1.37	
Rawlins	70	17	42	-9	0.21	0.35	-0.14	1.62	-2.07	
Rock Springs	73	26	46	-4	0.07	0.35	-0.28	1.16	-2.63	
Shirley Basin	66	21	39	-5	0.21	0.36	-0.15	4.04	0.97	
District 5										
Buford	64	24	42	-3	0.70	0.49	0.21	6.02	0.83	
Cheyenne	59	27	41	-10	0.54	0.56	-0.02	4.68	-0.22	
Chugwater	63	26	44	-8	0.90	0.70	0.20	7.70	2.22	
Douglas	65	27	45	-8	0.35	0.61	-0.26	3.70	-1.03	
LaGrange 	82	27	48	-6	0.40	0.64	-0.24	5.26	0.51	
Lance Creek	63	29	45	-10	0.22	0.53	-0.31	5.40	1.03	
Old Fort Laramie	63	27	44	-12	1.01	0.49	0.52	5.10	0.85	
Torrington	64	30	45	-12	1.36	0.59	0.77	5.12	0.56	
Wheatland	76	27	48	-9	0.20	0.57	-0.37	5.97	1.94	
1/ Summary based on NWS data. DFN=Departure from Normal. Precipitation (rain or melted snow/ice) in inches. Air Temperatures in Degrees Fahrenheit. Weather data prepared by AWIS, Inc. For more weather information visit www.awis.com or call 1-888-798-9955