Released: June 23, 2003 -- 3:00 pm CST For Week ending June 22, 2003 SD-CW2503 Volume 52 Issue 25

AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY:    Last week brought severe weather to some areas of the state, with many parts receiving welcomed showers, according to USDA's South Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service. Precipitation was spotty, with moisture levels in several areas of the state decreasing slightly. Major farm activities included cutting and baling hay, spraying crops and pasture, cultivating, planting row crops, and fixing fences. Statewide, there were 5.9 days suitable for fieldwork last week. This report is based on information from county extension educators, farm service agency county directors, and other reporters across the state.

WEATHER INFORMATION:   Above-average temperatures were recorded for all but one of the 43 reporting stations last week. Average temperatures were mostly in the 70's, with the high of 95 degrees received in Philip and the low of 43 degrees received in Custer. All stations, except Vermillion, reported precipitation last week. Webster received the most precipitation, at 4.01 inches.

SOIL CONDITION:    Isolated thundershowers throughout the state were welcomed by farmers, however, topsoil and subsoil moisture levels decreased slightly. Topsoil moisture is 66 percent adequate to surplus, compared to last week's 73 percent. Subsoil moisture dropped four points last week in the adequate to surplus categories.

FIELD CROPS REPORT:    Small grain conditions fell slightly with the warm, sunny weather of last week. Winter wheat is rated at 96 percent headed and 23 percent turning color. Barley is rated at 83 percent in boot, 44 percent headed, and 1 percent turning color. Oats are currently rated at 89 percent in boot and 49 percent headed. Spring wheat is rated at 90 percent in boot, 50 percent headed, and 1 percent turning color. Row crops remain in good to excellent condition. Corn height, at 12 inches, has increased 5 inches last week. Seventy-nine percent of corn has been cultivated or sprayed once, while 21 percent has been cultivated or sprayed twice. Soybean emergence, at 96 percent, is slightly ahead of the five-year average. Soybeans blooming are rated at 1 percent, in line with last year and the five-year average. Planting of both sorghum and soybeans is nearly complete. Sunflower are rated at 94 percent planted, ahead of the five-year average of 92 percent.

LIVESTOCK, PASTURE, AND RANGE REPORT:    Range and pasture conditions remain good to excellent. The majority of cattle and sheep are in good to excellent condition, also. Stock water supplies were adequate to surplus. Alfalfa condition decreased slightly last week, with 57 percent good to excellent compared to the previous week's 64 percent. The first cutting harvest of alfalfa is rated at 75 percent complete. The livestock feed and water supply comparison table was added to show current conditions.

           FEED AND WATER SUPPLIES COMPARISON
                  AS OF June 22, 2003 

              FEED             STOCK WATER 
            SUPPLIES            SUPPLIES 
         This  Last 5-Yr.    This  Last  5-Yr.
RATING   Year  Year  Ave.    Year  Year   Ave.

                       Percent
Very 
 Short      7    28    NA     15     30    7
Short      19    33    NA     28     29    9
Adeq.      72    38    NA     55     41   70
Surplus     2     1    NA      2      0   14


           SOIL MOISTURE CONDITION COMPARISON
                  AS OF June 22, 2003 

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

                       Percent
Very 
 Short      8     5    44     13     10    38
Short      26    22    28     26     25    30
Adeq.      63    70    27     59     62    31
Surplus     3     3     1      2      3     1




           CROP AND LIVESTOCK CONDITIONS
                  AS OF June 22, 2003 

ITEM       V POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   EXCEL

                          Percent
Winter Wheat   3      13     25      46     13
Winter Rye     0       1     35      53     11
Spring Wheat   1       2     24      56     17
Barley         0       2     20      71      7
Oats           0       4     26      61      9
Corn           0       2     16      65     17
Alfalfa        3       9     31      45     12
Sorghum        1       4     25      65      5
Soybeans       1       1     19      65     14
Sunflower      0      13     33      52      2
Cattle         0       1     20      62     17
Sheep          0       1     13      64     22
Range &                                       
   Pasture     3      14     33      42      8




                   CROP PROGRESS 
               AS OF June 22, 2003  1/
                                                      
                                                                       
                    This   Last   Last   5-Yr.
ITEM                Week   Week   Year    Ave
  
                         Percent
Barley        
 boot                83     62     75      74
 headed              44     11     37      39
 turning color        1      0      0       2
Spring wheat 
 boot                90     72     82      78
 headed              50     13     45      45
 turning color        1      0      0       2 
Oats        
 boot                89     70     80      74
 headed              49     15     44      40
 turning color        0      0      1       3
Corn        
 ave. height (in.)   12      7     15      14
 1st cult or sprayed79     56     69      56
 2nd cult or sprayed 21     13      7      NA
Sorghum     
 seeded              96     85     96      92
Soybeans    
 emerged             96     82     96      93
 blooming             1      0      1       1
Sunflower   
 seeded              94     76     96      92
Winter wheat
 headed              96     86     88      89
 turning color       23      3     15      20
 ripe                 0      0      0       1
Winter rye  
 headed              95     61     79      85
 turning color        7      2      0      17
Alfalfa     
 1st cutting         75     53     66      63
 2nd cutting          1      0      1       1
Other hay   
 cut                 32     16     19      21      


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



            TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION, AND GROWING DEGREE DAYS
                        WEEK ENDING June 22, 2003
                                     
             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       70  +4  89  53| 0.26  10.10   6.17  +0.87  -1.10|   570   +12
Buffalo     71  +6  91  55| 0.07   5.75   3.63  -1.51  -2.45|   605   +89
Dupree      72  +5  92  53| 0.53   6.67   4.38  -2.32  -2.92|   658   +22
Mc Intosh   70  +4  88  46| 0.21   7.29   6.19  -1.04  -0.67|   550   -40
Newell      69  +3  91  50| 0.59   7.51   5.09  -0.54  -1.46|   578   +38
Timber Lake 71  +4  89  51| 0.33   7.40   5.29  -1.97  -2.12|   586   -36
Aberdeen    72  +5  89  51| 3.46   9.84   8.84  +0.99  +2.17|   619   -28
Eureka      72  +6  88  50| 1.47  11.61  11.07  +3.40  +4.44|   633   +61
Faulkton    72  +5  91  51| 1.29  11.36   9.14  +2.07  +1.95|   641   +30
Mobridge    74  +7  92  51| 0.27   7.20   6.58  -1.68  -0.40|   670   +35
Roscoe      71  +4  89  51| 0.50  12.43  10.75  +2.99  +3.23|   516  -106
Britton     73  +6  88  56| 1.19   9.69   9.20  +0.79  +2.01|   707   +36
Clear Lake  71  +4  88  50| 0.45   9.41   7.28  -1.42  -0.64|   547  -106
Sisseton    71  +4  88  49| 0.45   9.23   8.91  -0.54  +1.57|   601   -97
Webster     71  +5  85  55| 4.01  11.99  10.97  +2.56  +3.83|   602   -39
Watertown   71  +4  88  47| 0.08   7.46   6.48  -2.89  -1.34|   581   -56
Faith       73  +6  92  55| 0.27   4.52   3.60  -4.49  -3.60|   636    +7
Milesville  73  +4  94  53| 0.15   7.93   4.94  -1.51  -2.58|   682   -11
Long Valley 70  +2  88  50| 0.37  10.38   7.74  +1.11  +0.34|   701   +26
Philip      73  +4  95  49| 0.06   6.95   5.31  -1.41  -1.41|   720    +9
Rapid City  71  +6  89  52| 0.69   6.65   5.05  -2.17  -1.83|   613   +84
Spearfish   70  +5  88  52| 0.74  12.38   8.28  -0.10  -1.41|   592   +96
Chamberlain 73  +2  91  51| 0.60  11.11   9.07  +2.19  +1.92|   687  -104
Highmore    74  +6  92  57| 0.80   8.48   7.24  -1.00  -0.17|   719   +32
Huron       74  +5  93  51| 0.82   7.52   6.32  -2.67  -1.12|   712   +23
Onida       72  +3  93  54| 0.11  10.24   8.12  +1.02  +1.23|   637   -78
Pierre      73  +4  93  48| 0.18   7.76   6.62  -1.84  -0.94|   722    +0
Brookings   71  +5  90  46| 1.15   8.36   7.55  -1.81  -0.64|   554   -19
Madison     71  +4  90  51| 0.19   8.18   7.17  -2.94  -0.84|   570   -74
Mitchell    72  +3  90  52| 0.81  10.81   8.70  -0.19  +0.33|   629  -161
Sioux Falls 73  +4  90  51| 0.10   8.83   7.68  -2.05  -0.41|   675   -43
Custer      61  +1  78  43| 1.29  11.36   8.33  +2.16  +1.01|   268   -17
Hot Springs 68  +1  84  50| 1.97  12.43   9.37  +4.43  +2.86|   571   -69
Oelrichs    68  -1  86  50| 0.68  12.23   9.70  +3.19  +2.58|   606   -47
Porcupine   68  +0  89  48| 0.16   9.48   6.25  +1.31  -0.44|   597   -28
Murdo       72  +4  92  50| 0.26   9.29   7.07  -0.31  -0.27|   692   +28
Winner      74  +3  91  54| 0.31  10.13   8.10  -1.81  -1.01|   870    +7
Armour      73  +3  93  54| 0.62   9.55   8.19  -1.70  -0.18|   780   -58
Centerville 73  +4  91  57| 0.03   8.66   6.84  -2.96  -2.00|   730   -41
Marion      72  +3  90  52| 0.62  10.51   8.78  -0.97  +0.29|   622  -104
Pickstown   74  +3  92  52| 0.79  10.54   8.67  -0.23  +0.39|   761   -20
Vermillion  73  +2  91  48| 0.00   9.71   6.59  -1.89  -2.38|   840   -90
Yankton     74  +5  93  50| 0.24  12.56   9.38  +1.36  +0.69|   725   -71
 

Source: National Weather Service, provided by AWIS, Inc.
Growing Degree Day values calculated using standard corn formula with no temperature caps.