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, June 30, 2014

Week of June 23 – June 29, 2014

Agricultural Summary: Northern Wyoming counties are reporting weevil damage to the first cutting of alfalfa hay.   

TopSoil Moisture Supplies	

Topsoil	This
Week	Last
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very Short	8	7	10	10	
Short	21	16	40	23	
Adequate	67	73	50	60	
Surplus	4	4	0	7	

SubSoil Moisture Supplies	

Subsoil	This
Week	Last 
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very Short	1	0	9	7	
Short	24	20	58	21	
Adequate	72	78	33	69	
Surplus	3	2	0	3	

Field Crop Report:  Small grains continue to progress with over half the crop acreage booted.  All crops were rated in mostly good condition.  Crop insect infestation was reported as 4 percent severe, 8 percent moderate, 42 percent light and 46 percent none.  Irrigation water supplies were reported at 2 percent poor, 2 percent fair and 96 percent good to excellent.  

Crop Condition	
	Very
Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excel	
Alfalfa	2	4	5	74	15	
Barley	0	0	2	66	32	
Corn	1	0	4	91	4	
Dry beans	0	0	8	85	7	
Oats	1	0	4	84	11	
Other hay	1	2	5	84	8	
Sugarbeets	0	0	0	86	14	
Spring Wheat	0	0	4	91	5	
Winter Wheat	0	2	41	55	2

Livestock, Pasture and Range Report:  Range and pasture conditions improved 2 points from last week, 24 percent is rated excellent.  Livestock condition was reported at 1 percent poor, 18 percent fair and 81 percent good to excellent.

Crop Progress	
	This
Week	Last
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Barley jointing	88	83	95	85	
Barley booted	61	44	65	61	
Barley headed	31	16	46	41	
Oats jointing	86	72	70	71	
Oats booted	60	37	45	45	
Oats headed	14	NA	9	21	
Spring wheat jointing	72	64	83	76	
Spring wheat booted	55	41	58	52	
Spring wheat headed	8	NA	3	19	
Winter wheat headed	96	89	96	91	
Winter wheat coloring	5	0	33	29	
Corn average height	18	12	17	15	
Dry beans emerged	96	87	93	80	
Dry beans blooming	2	NA	3	7	
Alfalfa 1st cutting	56	41	50	43	
Other hay harvested	45	34	11	14	

Range and Pasture Conditions	
	This
Week	Last 
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very poor	0	0	12	9	
Poor	8	8	27	13	
Fair	12	11	34	21	
Good	56	59	25	47	
Excellent	24	22	2	10	

Weather Data for the Week Ending June 29, 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	75	43	59	-7	0.91	0.35	0.56	6.38	0.51	
Dubois	75	37	54	-4	0.19	0.25	-0.06	5.87	0.97	
Greybull	88	47	66	-3	0.38	0.21	0.17	3.85	-0.52	
Jeffrey City	86	35	61	-2	0.39	0.21	0.18	4.38	-1.97	
Lake Yellowstone	69	30	48	-3	1.01	0.48	0.53	17.86	7.17	
Lander	83	41	63	-4	0.29	0.21	0.08	4.79	-3.08	
Powell	81	44	61	-5	0.48	0.28	0.20	4.25	0.44	
Riverton	85	43	64	-2	0.84	0.15	0.69	3.44	-0.96	
Worland	86	46	65	-7	0.39	0.21	0.18	3.62	-0.85	
District 2										
Big Horn	79	44	61	-5	0.78	0.40	0.38	11.05	2.56	
Buffalo-Johnson	77	46	61	-7	0.94	0.44	0.50	6.92	-0.76	
Gillette	85	47	63	-4	1.70	0.47	1.23	8.85	-0.68	
Midwest	86	43	62	-6	1.45	0.41	1.04	8.00	-0.26	
Newcastle	84	46	66	-4	1.00	0.55	0.45	6.23	-2.07	
Sheridan	80	42	62	-5	1.02	0.51	0.51	9.29	0.87	
Sundance	82	51	64	-2	1.65	0.67	0.98	9.52	-0.85	
District 3										
Afton	80	38	57	0	0.69	0.29	0.40	9.11	-0.31	
Big Piney	81	33	57	-1	0.11	0.15	-0.04	2.45	-1.14	
Evanston	82	44	62	4	0.24	0.21	0.03	4.54	-1.18	
Jackson Hole	77	36	55	-3	0.46	0.35	0.11	8.14	-3.28	
District 4										
Casper	92	39	64	-3	0.80	0.28	0.52	6.30	-1.11	
Laramie	86	39	60	0	0.52	0.31	0.21	4.33	-1.31	
Rawlins	87	40	63	-2	0.07	0.21	-0.14	2.08	-3.10	
Rock Springs	87	44	65	2	0.09	0.14	-0.05	1.71	-3.23	
Shirley Basin	81	37	57	0	1.02	0.35	0.67	6.39	1.21	
District 5										
Buford	88	45	64	8	0.63	0.42	0.21	9.13	1.59	
Cheyenne	83	45	63	-2	1.07	0.49	0.58	6.94	-1.08	
Chugwater	88	46	65	2	0.95	0.42	0.53	9.47	0.78	
Douglas	90	42	66	-1	0.50	0.30	0.20	6.04	-1.05	
LaGrange 	88	47	67	0	0.67	0.49	0.18	8.36	0.20	
Lance Creek	87	43	65	-3	0.94	0.46	0.48	8.51	1.07	
Old Fort Laramie	90	41	66	-3	0.75	0.49	0.26	7.24	-0.26	
Torrington	90	47	68	-2	0.98	0.44	0.54	9.74	2.08	
Wheatland	91	46	67	-2	0.45	0.42	0.03	7.87	0.86	
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