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, August 11, 2014

Week of August 4 – 10, 2014

Agricultural Summary: Portions of Lincoln County received rainfall in excess of 2 inches during the week, resulting in areas of flash flooding. Statewide, producers had 5.8 days suitable for fieldwork during the week, compared with 6.4 last year and a 5‑year average of 6.5.

Topsoil Moisture Supplies	

Topsoil	This
Week	Last
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very Short	12	11	17	14	
Short	30	33	36	33	
Adequate	58	56	47	51	
Surplus	0	0	0	2	

Subsoil Moisture Supplies	

Subsoil	This
Week	Last 
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very Short	9	8	15	9	
Short	35	38	46	69	
Adequate	56	54	39	22	
Surplus	0	0	0	0	

Field Crop Report: Beneficial growing conditions exist for most crops. Lodging was evident in portions of the State’s small grain crop because of heavy rainfall received during the week. Crop insect infestation was reported at 3 percent severe, 7 percent moderate, 46 percent light, and 44 percent none, unchanged from last week. Irrigation water supplies were reported at 1 percent poor, 9 percent fair, 78 percent good, and 12 percent excellent.

Crop Condition	
	Very
Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excel	
Barley	0	0	2	66	32	
Corn	0	1	4	88	7	
Dry beans	0	0	8	80	12	
Oats	1	0	2	87	10	
Sugarbeets	0	0	0	85	15	
Spring Wheat	0	1	7	88	4	
Winter Wheat	0	2	29	66	3	

Livestock, Pasture and Range Report: Despite heavy rainfall in portions of the State, range and pasture conditions declined slightly from last week. Livestock condition was reported at 2 percent poor, 16 percent fair, 66 percent good, and 16 percent excellent.

Crop Progress	
	This
Week	Last
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Barley coloring	90	85	71	82	
Barley mature	62	53	49	62	
Barley harvested	14	5	17	40	
Oats headed	96	94	86	94	
Oats coloring	76	73	61	75	
Oats mature	47	39	10	45	
Oats harvested	8	2	19	22	
Spring wheat coloring	83	82	89	80	
Spring wheat mature	38	30	68	57	
Spring wheat harvested	12	6	19	21	
Winter wheat harvested	30	5	80	86	
Corn silking	46	40	53	57	
Dry beans blooming	76	71	73	82	
Dry beans setting pods	31	24	31	53	
Alfalfa 2nd cutting	58	45	48	46	

Range and Pasture Conditions	
	This
Week	Last 
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very poor	0	0	18	13	
Poor	9	9	26	14	
Fair	16	16	31	23	
Good	58	57	21	43	
Excellent	17	18	4	7	

Weather Data for the Week Ending August 10, 2014 1/
	Weekly Air Temperature	Weekly Precipitation	Since Jan 1
Precipitation	
	Hi	Lo	Avg	DFN	Total Inches	Normal Inches	DFN	Total Inches	DFN	
District 1	
Cody	81	54	67	-3	0.04	0.21	-0.17	7.11	-0.31	
Dubois	81	43	59	-3	0.58	0.19	0.39	7.97	1.67	
Greybull	95	55	73	2	0.00	0.07	-0.07	4.11	-0.97	
Jeffrey City	86	42	63	-5	0.65	0.14	0.51	5.40	-2.17	
Lake Yellowstone	72	38	54	-2	0.96	0.35	0.61	20.39	7.48	
Lander	89	51	68	-4	0.65	0.14	0.51	6.06	-2.88	
Powell	85	50	67	-3	0.13	0.14	-0.01	4.95	-0.10	
Riverton	89	53	69	0	0.68	0.14	0.54	4.84	-0.58	
Worland	91	54	71	-3	0.02	0.10	-0.08	3.89	-1.47	
District 2										
Big Horn	87	51	69	-2	0.23	0.14	0.09	12.01	2.14	
Buffalo-Johnson	87	54	69	-3	0.44	0.21	0.23	8.31	-1.21	
Gillette	91	50	70	-2	0.27	0.22	0.05	9.50	-1.76	
Midwest	90	49	70	-3	1.15	0.21	0.94	10.24	0.28	
Newcastle	90	53	71	-3	0.38	0.43	-0.05	7.83	-3.27	
Sheridan	90	49	70	-2	0.06	0.14	-0.08	10.36	0.40	
Sundance	83	54	69	-2	1.75	0.42	1.33	13.75	0.56	
District 3										
Afton	85	42	61	-2	0.81	0.28	0.53	10.50	-0.79	
Big Piney	84	46	63	3	0.85	0.21	0.64	3.77	-1.02	
Evanston	83	47	64	2	0.36	0.21	0.15	5.89	-1.07	
Jackson Hole	84	41	60	-2	0.64	0.28	0.36	9.39	-3.89	
District 4										
Casper	92	46	69	-2	0.53	0.20	0.33	7.99	-1.04	
Laramie	82	41	62	-2	0.26	0.28	-0.02	7.87	0.20	
Rawlins	87	42	66	-4	0.07	0.21	-0.14	2.65	-3.76	
Rock Springs	87	50	66	-2	0.27	0.14	0.13	2.34	-3.76	
Shirley Basin	87	39	60	-1	0.14	0.21	-0.07	10.15	3.08	
District 5										
Buford	86	49	67	9	0.37	0.42	-0.05	13.00	2.65	
Cheyenne	84	50	68	1	0.34	0.42	-0.08	10.52	-0.46	
Chugwater	88	50	69	1	0.22	0.35	-0.13	12.18	1.02	
Douglas	92	50	69	-2	0.70	0.21	0.49	8.89	-0.14	
LaGrange 	90	52	71	0	1.04	0.42	0.62	10.48	-0.49	
Lance Creek	91	52	70	-4	0.41	0.29	0.12	9.40	-0.22	
Old Fort Laramie	90	49	69	-3	0.82	0.28	0.54	11.02	1.30	
Torrington	94	54	73	1	0.57	0.28	0.29	11.66	1.76	
Wheatland	90	51	70	-3	0.31	0.28	0.03	12.34	3.08	
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