Released: May 14, 2001 -- 3:00 p.m. CST For Week Ending May 13, 2001 SD-CW1801 Volume 50 Issue 19

AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY:    Strong winds dried out fields adequately, allowing spring planting to progress, according to USDA's South Dakota Agricultural Statis tics Service. Major farm activities included planting small grains and row crops, fertilizing and tilling fields, fixing fences, and turning cow/calf pairs out to pasture. Statewide, there were 3.3 days reported 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 followed by wind seems to be the recurring pattern this month. Temperatures ranged from a high of 95 degrees in Long Valley to a low of 29 degrees in Hot Springs and Porcupine, with a statewide average of 58 degrees, 3 degrees above normal. Precipitation totals averaged 0.37 inch for the week ending May 13. Since the first of the year, we have received a statewide average of 7.3 inches of precipitation, which is 1.9 inches above normal.

SOIL CONDITION:    Rain and strong winds have caused crusting in some areas and ponding in others. Soil temperatures warmed to an average of 56.5 degrees. Topsoil moisture was reported as 62 percent adequate, 34 percent surplus, and 4 percent short. Subsoil moisture was rated as 33 percent surplus, 60 percent adequate, 5 percent short, and 2 percent very short.

FIELD CROPS REPORT:    Windy, drying conditions allowed spring planting to progress, with 69 percent of spring wheat, 70 percent of barley, and 70 percent of the oats now seeded. Row crop planting slowly continues, with 22 percent of the corn and 3 percent of the soybeans planted. Corn and soybean acres planted are 25 and 11 percentage points behind the five-year averages, respectively. Winter wheat condi tion is now reported as 43 percent fair to excellent and 57 percent poor to very poor, down slightly from last week. In contrast to winter wheat, spring wheat is rated 94 percent fair to excellent, and barley and oats are reported as 100 percent fair to excellent.

LIVESTOCK, PASTURE, AND RANGE REPORT:    Cattle continue to slowly move out of feed lots, as pastures gradually improve. Range and pasture condition is rated at 94 percent fair to excellent, compared to 88 percent last week. Calving and lambing are nearly complete, with 89 percent of the calving and 91 percent of the lambing done. Cattle were rated 82 percent in good to excellent condition, with only 18 percent rated in fair to poor condition. Sheep were rated at 81 percent in good to excellent condition and 19 percent fair to poor. Feed supplies were rated 2 percent very short, 20 percent short, 76 percent adequate, and 2 percent surplus. Stock water supplies are plentiful, with 98 percent rated as adequate or surplus.

  SOIL MOISTURE CONDITION COMPARISON
             AS OF MAY 13, 2001 

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

                       Percent
Very 
 Short      0     0    2     2     0     6
Short       4     2   15     5     4    23
Adeq.      62    56   77    60    61    64
Surplus    34    42    6    33    35     7

 
   SOIL TEMPERATURES WEEK ENDING MAY 13, 2001
                (4-inch Depth)

LOCATION      TEMP             LOCATION   TEMP

Beresford      59              Gettysburg   56
Brookings      54              Nisland      58
Caputa         55              Pierre       57
Chamberlain    59              Redfield     55
Cottonwood     59              Watertown    51
                       




      CROP AND LIVESTOCK CONDITIONS
             AS OF MAY 13, 2001 

ITEM       V POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   EXCEL

                          Percent
Winter Wheat  27      30     20      17      6
Winter Rye     0      14     40      29     17
Barley         0       0     40      50     10
Oats           0       0     31      59     10
Spring wheat   3       3     26      45     23
Cattle         0       2     16      65     17
Sheep          0       1     18      66     15
Range & 
   Pasture     1       5     27      53     14

     CROP PROGRESS AS OF MAY 13, 2001   1/
                                                                                     
                    This   Last   Last   5-Yr.
ITEM                Week   Week   Year    Ave
  
  
                         Percent
Barley  
 seeded            70     44     96     71
 emerged           42     17     82     46
Spring wheat
 seeded            69     54     99     81
 emerged           44     21     88     54
Oats     
 seeded            70     48     94     76
 emerged           47     17     78     50
Corn        
 planted           22     13     79     47
 emerged            4      0     34     NA
Sorghum     
 seeded             0      0      9      8
 headed             0      0      2      0
Soybeans    
 planted            3      2     33     14
 emerged            0      0      8     NA
Sunflower   
 seeded             0      0      7      5
Winter wheat
 boot              10      8     24     25
Winter rye  
 boot               5      3     33     23
 headed             0      0      0      3



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

              TEMPERATURE  |    -----  PRECIPITATION -----   | GDD BASE 50F
             -----------  |       SINCE  SINCE  SINCE  SINCE| ------------
            CURRENT WEEK  | CURR  JAN 1  APR 1  JAN 1  APR 1|SINCE APRIL 1
STATION    AVG DFN  HI  LO| WEEK  TOTAL  TOTAL    DFN    DFN| TOTAL   DFN
-------     --  --  --  --|-----  -----  -----  -----  -----| -----  ----
Bison       60  +7  93  37| 0.52   4.51   3.40  -0.79  +0.06|   184   +84
Buffalo     57  +5  84  37| 0.42   2.89   2.25  -0.59  -0.05|   150   +58
Dupree      60  +6  91  36| 0.31   4.18   2.73  -0.55  -0.31|   200   +76
Mc Intosh   59  +5  88  37| 0.12   2.98   2.37  -1.35  -0.49|   184   +77
Newell      53  +1  81  32| 0.27   3.70   2.15  -0.41  -0.46|   108   +10
Timber Lake 60  +6  89  38| 0.22   4.73   3.05  -0.44  -0.16|   207   +87
Aberdeen    57  +2  81  40| 0.45   6.56   4.71  +1.52  +1.85|   186   +54
Eureka      59  +6  84  37| 0.05   5.40   4.45  +0.99  +1.62|   202  +100
Faulkton    58  +4  81  40| 0.27   8.39   5.43  +3.15  +2.29|   218  +108
Mobridge    57  +3  79  33| 0.17   3.40   2.85  -1.63  -0.28|   197   +77
Roscoe      56  +2  81  38| 0.02   5.79   4.33  +0.55  +1.01|   155   +37
Britton     59  +4  81  40| 0.00   6.32   4.83  +1.78  +2.00|   191   +52
Clear Lake  55  -1  77  38| 0.39  10.60   7.00  +4.27  +3.58|   161   +39
Sisseton    56  -1  76  42| 0.99   6.38   5.25  +0.52  +1.82|   168   +22
Webster     58  +3  80  42| 0.00   5.42   4.30  +0.21  +1.38|   172   +47
Watertown   55  +1  74  41| 0.80   8.84   7.86  +2.97  +4.52|   169   +53
Faith       58  +4  80  37| 0.35   2.45   1.90  -2.46  -1.20|   185   +62
Milesville  60  +5  92  39| 0.64   5.20   3.29  +0.14  +0.15|   222   +75
Long Valley 60  +6  95  35| 0.13   7.28   4.68  +2.23  +1.50|   210   +75
Philip      58  +2  83  36| 0.20   3.02   2.56  -1.42  -0.24|   223   +77
Rapid City  57  +4  82  31| 0.29   3.91   3.07  -0.95  +0.15|   154   +60
Spearfish   58  +6  89  35| 0.58   5.61   2.84  -1.34  -1.32|   150   +61
Chamberlain 58  +2  82  40| 0.75  12.35   9.44  +7.39  +6.25|   216   +44
Highmore    61  +5  85  40| 0.20   6.96   5.84  +1.46  +2.41|   243  +106
Huron       59  +4  80  43| 0.91  11.81   8.25  +5.87  +5.06|   231   +94
Onida       58  +2  86  37| 0.76   6.72   4.80  +1.30  +1.71|   211   +67
Pierre      60  +5  83  39| 0.53   7.64   4.95  +2.43  +1.78|   283  +136
Brookings   56  +3  80  40| 0.55   9.52   7.48  +4.42  +4.36|   163   +65
Madison     57  +2  78  39| 0.92   9.93   7.86  +3.30  +4.34|   185   +63
Mitchell    60  +3  81  44| 0.51  11.92   8.40  +5.65  +4.76|   241   +73
Sioux Falls 58  +3  86  39| 0.07  11.25   8.29  +4.76  +4.59|   233   +88
Custer      50  +3  78  30| 0.14   4.93   3.29  -0.02  +0.22|    72   +36
Hot Springs 58  +3  93  29| 0.04   4.08   2.22  -0.14  -0.51|   145    +5
Oelrichs    56  +2  83  30| 0.17   6.13   3.41  +1.08  +0.28|   140    +3
Porcupine   56  +2  85  29| 0.20   6.57   3.78  +2.34  +1.03|   162   +51
Murdo       59  +4  82  39| 0.44   7.19   5.08  +1.66  +1.81|   212   +90
Winner      62  +4  89  38| 0.26  12.10   9.30  +5.04  +5.07|   284   +80
Armour      62  +4  86  41| 0.28  11.49   8.39  +5.06  +4.84|   270   +76
Centerville 59  +2  88  39| 0.31   9.25   6.73  +2.92  +3.18|   238   +76
Marion      58  +2  84  42| 0.55  12.03   8.56  +5.27  +4.79|   206   +64
Pickstown   60  +3  80  38| 0.42  13.23   9.64  +7.29  +6.19|   250   +85
Vermillion  62  +3  92  40| 0.00  10.42   8.16  +4.04  +4.41|   320   +86
Yankton     61  +4  89  44| 0.74  10.45   6.78  +4.59  +3.43|   283  +110  
                                     
    
 

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