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Released: May 29, 2001 -- 3:00 p.m. CST For Week Ending May 27, 2001 SD-CW1801 Volume 50 Issue 21

AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY:    Unseasonably cold, windy conditions slowed planting progress last week, according to USDA's South Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service. Major farm activities included planting row crops, spraying for weeds, mending fences, and tending to livestock. Statewide, there were 4.9 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:  Cool, windy conditions and a few areas of frost interrupted fieldwork progress. Temperatures ranged from 84 degrees in Milesville and Winner to a low of 28 degrees in Hot Springs. Precipitation at reporting stations last week varied from none to 1.28 inches in Centerville. Several areas in the state are reporting a need for additional moisture, and nearly the entire state is requesting warmer temperatures and sunshine.

SOIL CONDITION:    A dry, windy week dried out topsoil moisture, as areas now reporting topsoil moisture as short increased 4 percentage points to 10 percent, with 19 percent surplus, 68 percent adequate, and 3 percent very short. Soil temperatures averaged 56.1 degrees, down from 62.6 degrees last week. Subsoil moisture was rated as 20 percent surplus, 70 percent adequate, 8 percent short, and 2 percent very short.

FIELD CROPS REPORT:    Scattered, light frost slowed crop progress, and windy conditions continue to interfere with herbicide application. Where conditions were suitable, corn and soybean planting continued last week, with 87 percent of the corn crop in and 50 percent of soybeans done. Early corn condition is rated slightly below last year, while soybeans are slightly above, even though planting progress is behind the five-year average. With nearly all the small grains planted, spring wheat is rated as 70 percent good to excellent, barley 67 percent good to excellent, and oats 69 percent good to excellent. Sorghum and sunflower planting is underway, with 32 percent of the sorghum and 17 percent of the sunflower sown.

LIVESTOCK, PASTURE, AND RANGE REPORT:    Cattle continue to be in good health, as 99 percent are in fair to excellent condition. Range and pasture condition is rated at 89 percent in fair to excellent condition. Moving cow/calf pairs to pasture continues, with 84 percent in pasture. Sheep condition remained almost unchanged from last week, with 18 percent excellent, 69 percent good, and 13 percent fair. Feed supplies improved slightly with 7 percent surplus, 73 percent adequate, 12 percent short, and 8 percent very short.



SOIL MOISTURE CONDITION COMPARISON
         AS OF MAY 27, 2001 

               TOPSOIL           SUBSOIL
          This  Last Last    This  Last  Last
RATING    Week  Week Year    Week  Week  Year
                        Percent
Very 
 Short      3     2    2       2     2     3

Short      10     6   11       8     7    21

Adeq.      68    75   81      70    66    69

Surplus    19    17    6      20    25     7



SOIL TEMPERATURES WEEK ENDING MAY 27, 2001
                  (4-inch Depth)

LOCATION      TEMP             LOCATION   TEMP

Beresford      55              Gettysburg   55
Brookings      54              Nisland      61
Caputa         56              Pierre       57
Chamberlain    58              Redfield     55
Cottonwood     61              Watertown    51




    CROP AND LIVESTOCK CONDITIONS
          AS OF MAY 27, 2001 

ITEM       V POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   EXCEL
                      Percent
                          
Winter Wheat  21      34     27      15      3
Winter Rye     2      10     39      43      6
Barley         0       3     30      56     11
Oats           0       3     28      56     13
Spring wheat   0       4     26      53     17
Corn           1       3     16      64     16
Soybeans       0       1     14      67     18
Cattle         0       1     16      66     17
Sheep          0       0     13      69     18
Range & 
   Pasture     3       8     20      53     16





CROP PROGRESS AS OF MAY 27, 2001  1/
                                                                                   
 
                    This   Last   Last   5-Yr.
ITEM                Week   Week   Year    Ave
                        
                            Percent                
Barley  
 seeded              98     91     99      95
 emerged             88     69     95      80
Spring wheat
 seeded              99     92    100      96
 emerged             91     69     99      86
Oats     
 seeded              98     90    100      96
 emerged             89     70     96      81
Corn        
 planted             87     63     96      82
 emerged             53     22     79      NA
Sorghum     
 seeded              32      9     45      27
Soybeans    
 planted             50     22     83      55
 emerged             13      3     46      NA
Sunflower   
 seeded              17      4     37      24
Winter wheat
 boot                31     14     79      52
 headed               1      0     32      12
Winter rye  
 boot                34     13     76      50
 headed               0      0     35      16



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



                TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION                         
 

                                    
             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       53  -6  81  36| 0.04   4.99   3.88  -1.59  -0.74|   322  +117
Buffalo     52  -7  80  34| 0.04   3.17   2.53  -1.53  -0.99|   266   +80
Dupree      53  -8  80  31| 0.00   4.29   2.84  -1.86  -1.62|   323   +76
Mc Intosh   52  -8  81  35| 0.13   3.65   3.04  -1.89  -1.03|   306   +85
Newell      49  -9  77  33| 0.00   3.72   2.17  -1.69  -1.74|   233   +36
Timber Lake 52  -8  78  35| 0.11   5.59   3.91  -0.93  -0.65|   329   +88
Aberdeen    54  -7  75  39| 0.59   7.33   5.48  +1.15  +1.48|   339   +80
Eureka      54  -6  77  38| 0.19   6.23   5.28  +0.71  +1.34|   338  +123
Faulkton    53  -7  75  39| 0.31   8.89   5.93  +2.39  +1.53|   365  +135
Mobridge    52  -9  76  36| 0.28   3.96   3.41  -2.25  -0.90|   323   +77
Roscoe      52  -9  72  37| 0.16   6.30   4.84  -0.13  +0.33|   291   +52
Britton     55  -6  71  40| 0.36   7.00   5.51  +1.19  +1.41|   373  +100
Clear Lake  49 -12  71  35| 0.88  11.70   8.10  +3.98  +3.29|   291   +37
Sisseton    54  -8  74  39| 1.02   7.49   6.36  +0.29  +1.59|   329   +42
Webster     53  -7  71  37| 0.29   6.31   5.19  -0.24  +0.93|   316   +64
Watertown   52  -9  72  37| 0.41   9.27   8.29  +1.97  +3.52|   309   +66
Faith       52  -8  79  36| 0.09   2.78   2.23  -3.53  -2.27|   318   +76
Milesville  54  -7  84  35| 0.25   5.54   3.63  -1.12  -1.11|   363   +84
Long Valley 52  -9  81  35| 0.23   7.53   4.93  +1.16  +0.43|   337   +73
Philip      52 -10  79  33| 0.12   3.21   2.75  -2.55  -1.37|   366   +84
Rapid City  52  -7  77  36| 0.04   4.01   3.17  -2.10  -1.00|   283   +90
Spearfish   55  -3  81  36| 0.01   5.81   3.04  -2.91  -2.89|   309  +130
Chamberlain 54  -9  77  41| 0.08  12.44   9.53  +6.12  +4.98|   368   +40
Highmore    55  -7  79  40| 0.13   7.30   6.18  +0.54  +1.49|   393  +120
Huron       54  -7  74  39| 0.34  12.24   8.68  +4.95  +4.14|   388  +117
Onida       53  -9  80  34| 0.11   7.06   5.14  +0.42  +0.83|   352   +66
Pierre      53  -8  77  41| 0.03   7.80   5.11  +1.25  +0.60|   429  +142
Brookings   51  -8  73  38| 0.31   9.83   7.79  +3.34  +3.28|   301   +91
Madison     53  -8  72  38| 0.50  10.47   8.40  +2.47  +3.51|   331   +81
Mitchell    54  -9  71  41| 0.29  12.13   8.61  +4.39  +3.50|   399   +71
Sioux Falls 53  -9  71  39| 0.28  11.53   8.57  +3.63  +3.46|   393  +106
Custer      45  -8  71  29| 0.21   5.26   3.62  -1.13  -0.89|   149   +68
Hot Springs 53  -7  77  28| 0.00   4.57   2.71  -0.98  -1.35|   254    -3
Oelrichs    51 -10  76  31| 0.06   6.19   3.47  -0.26  -1.06|   260    +1
Porcupine   50 -10  77  32| 0.00   6.67   3.88  +1.10  -0.21|   276   +45
Murdo       52  -9  74  36| 0.12   7.39   5.28  +0.56  +0.71|   350   +98
Winner      54 -10  84  38| 0.00  12.10   9.30  +3.33  +3.36|   441   +67
Armour      56  -7  81  37| 0.10  11.79   8.69  +3.87  +3.65|   445   +83
Centerville 53 -10  72  39| 1.28  10.55   8.03  +2.58  +2.84|   404   +86
Marion      53 -10  70  40| 0.64  12.76   9.29  +4.55  +4.07|   360   +70
Pickstown   53 -10  73  41| 0.17  13.40   9.81  +6.06  +4.96|   411   +90
Vermillion  55 -10  79  42| 0.14  11.45   9.19  +3.34  +3.71|   507   +87
Yankton     55  -8  73  43| 0.25  10.96   7.29  +3.37  +2.21|   471  +137


Map to weather reporting stations



 
 
 
South Dakota county map showing topsoil moisture South Dakota county map showing subsoil moisture

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

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