Released: June 7, 2004 -- 3:00 pm CST For Week ending June 6, 2004 SD-CW2304 Volume 53 Issue 23

AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY:    Early week rains delayed the completion of soybean seeding and first cutting alfalfa harvest in eastern parts of the state, according to USDA's South Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service. Producers are preparing to take advantage of warmer, drier conditions, which should move the first cutting alfalfa harvest and cultivation/spraying into full swing. Conditions remain very dry in the west and central, as livestock producers begin to weigh feed and water options. Statewide there were 4.2 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:   Wet, windy conditions early in the week gave way to a warmer, drier pattern toward week's end. Temperatures averaged 1.2 degrees below normal for the state last week, with a high of 101 reported in Milesville. Custer and Porcupine recorded the week's low of 35. The heaviest precipitation occurred in the north central and southeast. Roscoe recorded the highest rainfall total for the week at 1.47 inches.

SOIL CONDITION:    Topsoil moisture conditions decreased slightly from last week's ratings, as moisture amounts were smaller and less widespread. Many areas with adequate topsoil moisture received additional rain last week, leading to a 53 percent adequate to surplus rating for subsoil moisture, up from 47 percent a week earlier. High winds on Monday caused topsoil erosion in some areas. Topsoil crusting from heavy rains in the southeast may impact emerging crops.

FIELD CROPS REPORT:    Soybean planting, now 85 percent complete, was slowed by rains early in the week, putting planting progress slightly below average. Sixty percent of winter wheat is headed, well ahead of last year and the five-year average. Dry conditions early on in the growing season significantly pushed winter wheat maturity this year. Corn and soybeans remain mostly in good to excellent condition despite some drown-outs and wind-whipped areas. Wet, cool weather put alfalfa harvest behind last year's progress.

LIVESTOCK, PASTURE, AND RANGE REPORT:    Cattle and sheep remain in predominately good to excellent condition. The percentage of range and pasturelands rated good to excellent increased 5 points this week to 36 percent. Pasture and rangelands across the central and west remain in below average condition. Adequate water supplies and grass for livestock are a major concern for these areas.

         FEED AND WATER SUPPLIES COMPARISON
                 AS OF June 6, 2004 

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

                       Percent
Very 
 Short     14     6     4     29      9    5
Short      23    25    14     29     28   13
Adeq.      59    67    58     40     62   56
Surplus     4     2     4      2      1    5

         SOIL MOISTURE CONDITION COMPARISON
                  AS OF June 6, 2004 

               TOPSOIL         SUBSOIL
         This   Last  Last  This   Last  Last
RATING   Week   Week  Year  Week   Week  Year
                       Percent
Very 
 Short      8     4     2     21     23     9
Short      15    16    19     26     30    24
Adeq.      67    70    75     50     43    64
Surplus    10    10     4      3      4     3
             

           CROP AND LIVESTOCK CONDITIONS
                   AS OF June 6, 2004 

ITEM       V POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   EXCEL
                          Percent

Winter Wheat  20      27     30      19      4
Spring Wheat   3      11     30      42     14
Barley         2      20     26      45      7
Oats           2      13     28      47     10
Corn           1       3     20      64     12
Soybeans       0       2     23      64     11
Cattle         0       4     20      63     13
Sheep          0      13     13      61     13
Range &                                        
  Pasture     12      19     33     31      5  


          CROP PROGRESS AS OF June 6, 2004  1/
                                                      
                    This   Last   Last   5-Yr.
ITEM                Week   Week   Year    Ave
  
                         Percent
Barley        
 boot                19      3     26      16
 headed               1     NA     NA      NA
Spring wheat 
 boot                43      5     40      23
 headed               2     NA      1       2
Oats        
 boot                38     11     32      21
 headed               3      0      3       4
Corn        
 emerged             93     83     82      82
 ave. height (in.)    5      3      4       5
 1st cult or sprayed 38     19     33      19
Sorghum     
 seeded              61     40     57      51
 emerged             23     14     NA      NA
Soybeans    
 planted             85     72     88      87
 emerged             52     25     47      53
Sunflower   
 seeded              42     18     40      53
Winter wheat
 boot                95     87     91      80
 headed              60     40     43      36
Alfalfa     
 1st cutting         13      5     24      20
Other hay   
 cut                  3      1      5       3




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



     



   

                                                     
            TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION, AND GROWING DEGREE DAYS
                        WEEK ENDING June 6, 2004
                                     
             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            64  +3  95  45| 0.00   5.09   3.11  -2.59  -2.55|   358   +28
Buffalo_AMOS     62  +2  85  43| 0.01   2.51   2.10  -3.33  -2.52|   342   +43
Dupree           65  +3  99  45| 0.06   5.56   4.01  -1.80  -1.61|   420   +35
Mc_Intosh        63  +1  92  45| 0.27   3.79   2.36  -2.89  -2.80|   351    -1
Newell           62  +1  87  43| 0.33   5.79   4.33  -0.73  -0.65|   329   +15
Timber_Lake      63  +0  92  46| 0.34   4.94   2.75  -2.78  -2.96|   380    +4
Aberdeen_Region  61  -3  85  45| 1.13   8.40   5.91  +1.17  +0.92|   353   -45
Eureka           63  +2  87  47| 0.41   5.37   3.98  -1.20  -0.96|   388   +46
Faulkton         62  -2  86  45| 0.78   8.42   5.83  +0.77  +0.34|   371    +5
Mobridge         61  -3  85  47| 0.58   4.34   3.31  -2.95  -2.02|   397   +13
Roscoe           59  -4  86  44| 1.47   8.82   5.72  +1.19  +0.07|   271  -105
Britton          64  -1  86  51| 0.96   9.49   7.95  +2.43  +2.64|   410    -8
Clear_Lake       61  -4  82  46| 0.79   9.29   7.32  +0.32  +1.32|   286  -114
Sisseton_SD      62  -3  86  50| 0.90   7.24   5.54  -1.06  -0.27|   341   -96
Webster          61  -3  82  48| 0.75   8.44   5.51  +0.71  +0.12|   325   -68
Watertown_AP     61  -4  83  45| 0.54   8.43   7.06  -0.12  +1.10|   333   -52
Faith_AP         62  -2  86  45| 0.00   5.02   4.30  -2.47  -1.33|   370    -8
Milesville_Ag    67  +3 101  46| 0.15   6.64   4.65  -1.25  -1.27|   491   +65
Long_Valley      65  +1  96  41| 0.21   5.45   3.47  -2.10  -2.15|   546  +136
Philip_AP        64  -1  91  45| 0.18   4.31   3.50  -2.55  -1.68|   541  +106
Rapid_City_AP    62  +1  89  42| 0.21   5.19   3.25  -2.04  -1.99|   433  +123
Spearfish        64  +4  97  41| 0.19   6.32   3.90  -4.00  -3.56|   402  +116
Chamberlain_Ag   63  -4  88  45| 0.00   8.70   5.48  +1.28  -0.12|   467   -29
Highmore         65  +1  88  50| 0.40   7.35   5.08  -0.52  -0.65|   491   +69
Huron            63  -1  86  41| 0.77   9.28   6.12  +0.80  +0.45|   474   +54
Onida            65  +0  90  45| 0.11   6.59   3.85  -1.12  -1.47|   457   +16
Pierre           64  -2  89  43| 0.09   5.55   3.19  -2.25  -2.52|   499   +56
Brookings_Ag     61  -2  82  43| 0.60  10.04   8.23  +2.11  +2.34|   323   -16
Madison_Resrch_  62  -3  83  43| 0.31   9.83   7.93  +0.56  +1.84|   387    -6
Mitchell_Ag      62  -5  84  45| 0.73  11.11   8.15  +2.03  +1.77|   412   -85
Sioux_Falls      63  -3  82  43| 0.46  13.51   9.94  +4.39  +3.68|   481   +37
Custer_AP        55  -1  84  35| 0.15   4.18   2.70  -3.37  -2.93|   183   +37
Hot_Springs      63  +0 100  37| 0.02   3.84   1.68  -2.80  -3.43|   460   +68
Oelrichs         63  -1  93  37| 0.20   4.29   2.45  -3.26  -3.13|   462   +65
Porcupine        64  +1  91  35| 0.36   4.99   2.37  -1.68  -2.78|   449   +79
Murdo            63  -2  87  45| 0.18   6.19   3.74  -1.76  -1.89|   453   +54
Winner           66  -2  90  46| 0.00   9.10   5.52  -1.03  -1.72|   648   +95
Armour           66  -1  85  47| 1.37  11.16   7.79  +1.86  +1.44|   569   +32
Centerville      63  -4  83  47| 0.81  11.99   7.76  +2.53  +1.14|   478    -6
Marion           62  -4  83  46| 0.84  12.60   9.20  +3.07  +2.74|   418   -32
Pickstown        63  -3  86  47| 0.45   9.40   6.78  +0.70  +0.64|   517   +28
Vermillion       66  -2  84  47| 1.10  15.12  10.31  +5.56  +3.44|   659   +50
Yankton          63  -4  84  46| 0.86  14.34   9.09  +5.20  +2.51|   502    -2
 




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