Ia-crop-weather State Iowa Crops & Weather Released June 6, 2005 Week Ending Date June 5, 2005 Issue IA-CW2305 Spring Planting Winds Down Iowa farmers were busy wrapping up corn and soybean planting this past week. Some replanting of both crops on previously flooded fields has been completed as well. Farmers were also busy spraying corn fields last week. Many Southern counties received excessive rainfall which delayed the first cutting of hay or resulted in the cut hay remaining on the ground. Northern and Central areas reported hay cutting was progressing at a good pace without rainfall hindering hay making. There were 4.5 days suitable for fieldwork, compared to 4.8 days the previous week and 3.4 days last year at this time. Topsoil moisture rated 1 percent very short, 10 percent short, 75 percent adequate, and 14 percent surplus across Iowa. Subsoil moisture rated 1 percent very short, 11 percent short, 77 percent adequate, and 11 percent surplus. Field Crops Report: Corn condition was rated 2 percent very poor, 6 percent poor, 23 percent fair, 54 percent good, and 15 percent excellent. Growers reported 5 percent of all corn acres in the state have been or will be replanted. Soybean planting was 97 percent completed. Soybean emergence was at 75 percent, compared to 49 percent the previous week, and slightly ahead of the 5-year average at 73 percent. Soybean condition was rated 1 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 28 percent fair, 52 percent good, and 14 percent excellent. The oat acreage headed was 23 percent, compared to 7 percent the previous week, and 16 percent for the 5-year average. Oat condition was rated 4 percent poor, 16 percent fair, 63 percent good, and 17 percent excellent. The first cutting of alfalfa was 53 percent complete, compared to 23 percent the previous week and 18 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average 35 percent. Hay condition was 1 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 27 percent fair, 54 percent good, and 13 percent excellent. Livestock, Pasture, and Range Report: Overall, livestock conditions were good but feedlots in the Southern areas of the state were reported to be very muddy. Pasture and range condition was rated 1 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 18 percent fair, 62 percent good, and 14 percent excellent. Iowa Weather Summary Typical early summer weather prevailed across Iowa this past week. Daytime highs were mostly in the 70's north and 80's south during the week. Relatively dry air early in the work week allowed temperatures to fall rapidly at night with readings down to 42 degrees at Elkader and Davenport on Tuesday (31st) morning. On the other extreme Iowa City Airport recorded a high of 88 degrees on Wednesday (1st) afternoon. Temperatures for the week as a whole averaged 1.8 degrees above normal. Light rain edged into far western Iowa late Monday (30th) with light to moderate rain falling across the western one-third of the state on Tuesday (31st). Most of the state was dry on Wednesday (1st) and Thursday (2nd) while light rain fell across the southwest one-half of Iowa on Friday (3rd) morning. Thunderstorms, some of them severe, covered all of Iowa on Saturday (4th) while showers and thunderstorms were scattered across the northern one-third of the state on Sunday (5th). Weekly rain totals varied from 0.12 inches at the Clarion Airport to 4.30 inches at Rock Valley. The statewide average precipitation was 1.11 inches or just slightly more than the weekly normal of 1.06 inches. The Saturday rainfall was very welcome for the dry portions of eastern Iowa but also was accompanied by widespread severe weather. Large hail or high winds were reported from 32 Iowa counties on Saturday (4th), mostly in the southeast one-half of the state. Hail to nearly softball size was reported in Ringgold County. Statewide Crop Conditions as of June 5, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item : Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn : 2 6 23 54 15 Hay, all : 1 5 27 54 13 Oats : 0 4 16 63 17 Range & Pasture : 1 5 18 62 14 Soybeans : 1 5 28 52 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Field Work and Crop Progress as of June 5, 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Districts : : : : Item :-----------------------------------------------------:State:Last :Last :Nor- : NW : NC : NE : WC : C : EC : SW : SC : SE : :Week :Year : mal -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn replanted : 3 8 5 6 5 2 5 6 7 5 4 6 NA Soybeans emerged : 67 55 74 77 76 92 80 86 87 75 49 85 73 Oats headed : 12 25 10 21 24 25 47 27 40 23 7 24 16 Hay, alfalfa - first crop harvested : 33 37 48 49 44 65 62 50 67 53 23 42 35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NA=Not available Days Suitable & Soil Moisture Condition as of June 5, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Districts : : : Item :-----------------------------------------------------------------------: State : Last : Last : NW : NC : NE : WC : C : EC : SW : SC : SE : : Week : Year ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Days : Days suitable : 3.4 5.0 5.3 3.5 5.8 5.7 3.0 4.7 5.6 4.5 4.8 3.4 : : Percent : Topsoil moisture : Very short : 0 0 1 1 5 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 Short : 0 5 17 4 15 20 1 5 25 10 10 1 Adequate : 73 79 72 85 75 75 79 64 69 75 78 70 Surplus : 27 16 10 10 5 0 20 31 6 14 11 29 : Subsoil moisture : Very short : 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Short : 0 6 19 10 17 15 17 10 12 11 7 5 Adequate : 85 76 68 77 71 84 63 79 87 77 79 69 Surplus : 15 18 10 13 7 0 20 10 1 11 13 25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Weather Summary For Iowa Agricultural Statistics Service Prepared by AWIS, Inc. For the week ending: Sunday, June 5, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : CURRENT WEEK : SINCE APRIL 1 :CURRENT WEEK :-------------------------------------------------------------- STATION : TEMPERATURE :PRECIPITATION: PRECIPITATION :GDD BASE 50F :-------------------------------------------------------------- : HI : LO :AVG :DFN : TOTAL : DFN : TOTAL : DFN : TOTAL :DFN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : North West District : Estherville : 84 47 66 3 0.47 -0.42 7.40 0.62 115 15 Sioux Center : 79 46 66 -1 1.95 0.96 8.06 1.46 115 1 Spencer : 83 44 66 2 0.43 -0.43 8.69 1.79 116 9 Spirit Lake : 81 47 66 3 0.61 -0.30 9.84 3.58 112 -12 : North Central District : Britt : 83 48 66 -1 0.16 -0.79 11.65 4.36 112 -5 Humboldt : 82 49 65 -2 0.09 -0.91 7.96 0.46 108 -1 Mason City : 85 44 67 3 0.23 -0.82 11.43 3.64 119 15 Northwood : 83 45 66 2 0.43 -0.48 10.14 2.82 112 7 : North East District : Decorah : 85 43 67 3 0.20 -0.76 7.13 -0.80 122 14 Dubuque : 82 43 66 2 1.19 0.21 6.14 -2.54 112 12 Elkader : 82 42 64 -1 0.84 -0.07 6.29 -1.49 102 -22 Independence : 85 45 67 3 1.21 0.22 8.87 0.87 118 -10 Waterloo : 83 44 67 2 0.80 -0.18 6.66 -1.42 119 8 : West Central District : Audubon : 80 40 63 -6 0.75 -0.30 8.76 0.45 89 -33 Carroll : 82 43 65 -2 0.67 -0.44 7.06 -1.36 106 -6 Castana : 77 45 64 -3 2.22 1.16 10.09 2.42 101 -9 Guthrie Center : 82 39 65 -3 0.85 -0.27 13.77 5.46 104 -10 Harlan : 80 44 64 -4 1.08 0.03 8.39 0.21 103 -14 Jefferson : 83 44 65 -2 0.37 -0.74 5.92 -2.50 105 -7 Logan : 80 42 65 -3 1.65 0.59 11.85 3.72 108 -16 Rockwell City : 81 47 65 -4 0.48 -0.56 7.14 -0.47 103 -18 Sioux City : 82 44 68 2 1.61 0.70 8.38 1.72 131 10 : Central District : Ames : 82 44 66 2 0.35 -0.76 7.69 -0.75 116 8 Boone : 83 42 66 -1 0.40 -0.82 6.59 -2.07 110 -2 Des Moines : 83 47 68 -1 0.89 -0.11 10.72 2.98 126 0 Eldora : 84 47 67 2 0.37 -0.71 7.80 -0.24 124 12 Marshalltown : 83 44 67 1 0.63 -0.44 8.29 0.30 118 7 Newton : 85 46 67 0 1.97 0.92 10.50 2.28 121 2 Perry : 82 43 65 -2 0.45 -0.66 8.90 0.74 105 -7 Toledo : 82 46 67 2 0.84 -0.21 7.57 -0.83 119 12 : East Central District : Cedar Rapids : 83 47 68 2 1.40 0.40 7.37 -0.25 127 11 Davenport : 87 42 68 0 0.54 -0.43 3.47 -4.16 126 2 Iowa City : 88 50 71 3 1.35 0.37 6.01 -2.42 147 16 Lowden : 86 43 67 2 0.60 -0.46 5.55 -3.15 121 5 Maquoketa : 85 44 66 2 0.80 -0.23 4.15 -3.60 115 8 Muscatine : 84 48 68 -1 1.09 0.11 6.02 -2.10 126 21 : South West District : Clarinda : 80 46 65 -4 2.21 1.14 11.87 3.08 106 -18 Glenwood : 82 43 65 -3 1.62 0.46 11.00 2.50 110 -14 Oakland : 80 43 64 -3 1.63 0.58 9.35 1.56 102 -15 Red Oak : 81 44 65 -4 1.55 0.39 9.21 0.43 108 -25 Sidney : 80 49 66 -4 2.44 1.46 10.26 2.18 110 -22 : South Central District : Allerton : 82 48 65 -2 1.82 0.84 7.62 -0.49 108 16 Beaconsfield : 80 47 65 -2 2.56 1.58 10.42 2.46 107 -9 Chariton : 82 42 64 -2 1.48 0.43 8.94 0.62 104 -10 Indianola : 82 44 65 -2 1.12 0.08 11.21 2.74 106 -11 Leon : 82 45 65 -2 2.28 1.23 7.92 -0.82 107 -9 : South East District : Bloomfield : 84 51 68 0 2.64 1.66 8.09 -0.34 127 0 Burlington : 88 54 71 4 0.70 -0.21 6.95 -0.98 148 22 Ottumwa : 83 47 68 -1 1.75 0.88 7.37 -0.50 127 -2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Precipitation (rain, melted snow or ice) in inches. 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