Released: November 6, 2000 -- 3:00 p.m CST For Week Ending November 5, 2000 SD-CW4300 Volume 49 Issue 43 (Issue # changed from 35 to 43 to convert to national standard)

AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY:    Extremely cold tempera tures and statewide snow brought harvest to a stop, according to USDA's South Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service. With fall harvest virtually finished and soil moisture up, farmers hauled grain to town and did some fall tillage, before inclement weather stopped all fieldwork. Ranchers were busy feeding and moving cattle to winter pastures, finishing weaning calves and hauling them to market. Statewide, there were 2.0 days suitable for fieldwork.

This report is based on information from county extension educators, farm service agency county directors, and other reporters across the state.

WEATHER INFORMATION:   Rain and snow Monday, snow and high winds Tuesday, and snow Friday through Sunday covered the state with a very uneven layer of snow. Precipitation accumulation (rain or melted snow) ranged from 0.02 inch in Buffalo to 2.34 inches in Centerville with statewide reports averaging 0.70 inch. Average temperatures ranged from 23 to 4 degrees below normal.

SOIL CONDITION:    Rain and snow boosted topsoil moisture for the third week in a row, but much of the state is still dry. Topsoil moisture is now rated short or very short for 43 percent of the state. This is the most favorable topsoil moisture rating since the week ending July 30, 2000. Areas with subsoil moisture rated short or very short, at 64 percent, improved by 4 percentage points. Soil temperatures from reporting stations averaged 36.7 degrees, 1.5 degrees cooler than average.

FIELD CROPS REPORT:    Winter wheat and rye responded to precipitation from previous weeks and are reported to have greened-up before this week's snow. Winter wheat emerged, at 74 percent, remains low compared to the five- year average and is 21 percentage points behind last year. Only a few short days were suitable to harvest the remain ing acres of row crops. Corn harvest advanced 6 points, despite the weather, to 93 percent complete, now only 3 points ahead of the five-year average. Sunflower and sorghum harvested, both at 97 percent complete, finished out the season 4 points ahead of the five-year average.

LIVESTOCK, PASTURE, AND RANGE REPORT:    Precipitation improved both water quality and quantity for most of the state, but many ranchers started supplemental feeding in earnest. Water supplies are rated 19 percent very short, 24 percent short, 51 percent adequate, and 6 percent surplus. Adequate and surplus stock water supplies increased 10 percentage points over last week. Range and pasture in very poor to poor condition rated 38 percent, compared to 32 percent last week. Feed supplies are rated 84 percent adequate to surplus. Cattle and sheep rated 79 and 77 percent in good to excellent condition, respectively.

   SOIL MOISTURE CONDITION COMPARISON
            AS OF NOVEMBER 12

               TOPSOIL         SUBSOIL
          This  Last Last  This  Last  Last
RATING    Week  Week Year  Week  Week  Year

                       Percent
Very 
 Short     11    14   25    25    27    10
Short      32    38   46    39    41    41
Adeq.      52    47   25    33    31    41
Surplus     5     1    4     3     1     8


  SOIL TEMPERATURES WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 12
                (4-inch Depth)

LOCATION      TEMP             LOCATION   TEMP
Beresford      27              Gettysburg   38
Brookings      41              Nisland      37
Caputa         35              Pierre       39
Chamberlain    38              Redfield     40
Cottonwood     34              Watertown    38

 CROP AND LIVESTOCK CONDITIONS AS OF  NOVEMBER 12

ITEM       V POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   EXCEL

                          Percent
Winter Wheat  12      13     51      20      4
Winter Rye     0      11     30      40     19
Cattle         0       3     18      57     22
Sheep          0       2     21      53     24
Range & 
   Pasture    14      24     32      24      6

             
     CROP PROGRESS AS OF NOVEMBER 12 1/
                                                                                     
                 This   Last   Last   5-Yr.
ITEM             Week   Week   Year    Ave
                         Percent
Corn    
 grain harvested      93     87     92     90
Sorghum    
 grain harvested      97     95     91     93
Sunflower
 harvested            97     92     94     93
Winter wheat
 emerged              74     65     95     98 


1/ Percents represent all acreage in or beyond each stage.



               TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION
          WEEK ENDING SUNDAY,  NOVEMBER 12, 2000



                  TEMPERATURE       -----  PRECIPITATION -----   
                  -----------          SINCE  SINCE  SINCE  SINCE
                 CURRENT WEEK    CURR  JAN 1  APR 1  JAN 1  APR 1
STATION         AVG DFN  HI  LO  WEEK  TOTAL  TOTAL    DFN    DFN
-------          --  --  --  -- -----  -----  -----  -----  -----
Bison            15 -21  31   3  0.06  15.89  13.36  -0.31  -0.82
Buffalo          14 -21  39  -2  0.02  12.22  11.47  -1.20  -0.73
Dupree           19 -18  35   6  0.07  17.73  13.96  +1.75  -0.28
Mc Intosh        18 -16  32   1  0.22  17.37  11.10  +1.50  -3.25
Newell           16 -20  37   1  0.13  15.62  14.06  +1.13  +1.11
Timber Lake      18 -17  34   2  0.52  18.17  13.75  +1.24  -1.17
Aberdeen         27  -8  56   4  1.30  25.42  23.25  +7.61  +7.68
Eureka           23 -10  42   7  0.90  21.71  17.76  +5.37  +3.05
Faulkton         25  -9  60   7  0.77  21.97  19.82  +4.05  +4.06
Mobridge         24 -12  50   7  0.22  16.60  14.00  +0.40  -0.24
Roscoe           23 -11  57   6  0.87  24.45  20.86  +6.45  +4.84
Britton          28  -6  53  10  1.41  20.16  19.00  +2.06  +2.65
Clear Lake       29  -6  60  16  1.23  19.20  17.31  -3.98  -2.90
Sisseton         32  -4  56  19  1.12  20.40  18.14  +0.26  +0.49
Webster          24 -10  39  10  1.12  18.23  16.50  -1.95  -1.34
Watertown        29  -5  52  18  0.72  18.95  17.58  -2.40  -1.18
Faith            17 -19  40   5  0.08  18.83  15.96  +2.83  +1.82
Milesville       18 -19  47   3  0.41  16.61  13.02  -0.75  -2.37
Long Valley      16 -23  33   1  0.40  17.88  14.00  +0.64  -1.31
Philip AP        21 -17  48   6  0.14  12.64  10.54  -2.84  -3.26
Rapid City       21 -17  45   4  0.06  19.85  16.17  +3.96  +2.27
Spearfish        17 -21  52  -1  0.07  18.52  16.33  -2.46  -1.79
Chamberlain      23 -14  57   6  0.47  14.70  13.75  -2.17  -1.30
Highmore         24 -13  43   7  0.18  16.92  15.29  -2.09  -1.58
Huron            26 -10  55   6  0.17  17.28  16.18  -1.99  -0.28
Onida            20 -17  33   5  0.70  18.59  16.98  +1.05  +1.83
Pierre           26 -12  56   9  0.35  10.32   9.10  -7.55  -6.68
Brookings        28  -7  52  14  1.17  22.30  20.09  +0.13  -0.04
Madison          26  -9  52  11  1.11  23.78  21.89  +0.98  +2.27
Mitchell         26 -12  60  10  1.30  22.44  19.11  +1.48  +0.85
Sioux Falls      28  -9  54  15  1.70  25.31  22.65  +2.72  +2.92
Custer           17 -18  41  -1  0.22  15.54  14.42  -2.62  -1.82
Hot Springs      19 -20  40  -8  0.20  13.70  11.52  -1.59  -2.24
Oelrichs         21 -18  54   3  0.21  16.40  13.84  +0.29  -0.30
Porcupine        18 -19  48   1  0.35  20.89  16.55  +5.56  +2.74
Murdo            20 -17  52   8  0.66  16.75  14.47  -0.55  -0.51
Winner           21 -19  41   6  0.85  16.24  15.36  -6.35  -4.34
Armour           25 -14  47   8  0.87  19.30  17.23  -2.50  -1.62
Centerville      27 -11  54   9  2.34  23.65  20.42  -0.18  -0.57
Marion           27 -10  55  13  1.32  22.43  20.08  -0.75  -0.03
Pickstown        27 -13  57  12  0.80  15.69  13.63  -5.47  -4.97
Vermillion       28 -12  55  11  1.84  22.32  20.02  -1.15  -0.76
Yankton          27 -11  62  14  1.26  27.71  24.82  +5.28  +4.95


Precipitation (rain or melted snow/ice) in inches. 
Air Temperatures in Degrees Fahrenheit.

Map to weather reporting stations

Topsoil image in 'TIF' format for publishers
Subsoil image in 'TIF' format for publishers
 

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