Released: June 14, 2004 -- 3:00 pm CST For Week ending June 13, 2004 SD-CW2404 Volume 53 Issue 24

AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY:    Additional rainfall across much of the state continues to delay alfalfa harvest, according to USDA's South Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service. Producers need warmer, drier conditions for haying and crop development. Producers used breaks in the rain to move forward with weed control in row crops and seeding of annual forage crops. Statewide there were 3.7 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:   Heavy, midweek rains inundated parts of central and west central South Dakota. The rain was welcomed by the area, which has been rated short to very short of moisture, despite reports of localized flooding and washing. Winner recorded the highest rainfall total at 5.41 inches. Eastern reporting stations registered an additional one to two inches of rain for the week. Average temperatures were normal for the state last week, with the high of 104 in Oelrichs and Porcupine and a low of 36 in Custer.

SOIL CONDITION:    Heavy rains in the central and north central parts of the state combined with more moderate rainfall in the east have pushed topsoil moisture conditions to 82 percent now rated adequate or surplus. Subsoil conditions improved to 61% adequate or surplus, up from 53 percent a week ago, and 47 percent two weeks ago. Soil conditions have improved little for western parts of the state, while a warm, rain-free week is needed for some areas across the northeast and southeast.

FIELD CROPS REPORT:    Rain across much of the state kept producers from completing soybean planting and hampered the alfalfa harvest. The soybeans at 94 percent seeded are just slightly behind last year and the five-year average. The alfalfa harvest is well behind last year and the average. Alfalfa quality will be lower for alfalfa rained on during the curing process. All crops are in good to excellent condition except for winter wheat with 44 percent rated poor to very poor. The winter wheat is maturing rapidly with 86 percent headed, well ahead of last year and average.

LIVESTOCK, PASTURE, AND RANGE REPORT:    Nearly all livestock have been moved to pasture in predominately good to excellent condition. The percentage of range and pasture lands rated good to excellent increased 7 points this week to 43 percent, in line with the 5-year average of 44 percent. The poorest pasture, feed, and stock water condtions are in the west, where a number of producers continue to move cow/calf pairs to market due to the poor conditions.

         FEED AND WATER SUPPLIES COMPARISON
                 AS OF June 13, 2004 

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

                       Percent
Very 
 Short     13     8     6     20     12    8
Short      21    24    14     26     28   14
Adeq.      62    66    56     52     59   54
Surplus     4     2     3      2      1    5

         SOIL MOISTURE CONDITION COMPARISON
                  AS OF June 13, 2004 

               TOPSOIL         SUBSOIL
         This   Last  Last  This   Last  Last
RATING   Week   Week  Year  Week   Week  Year
                       Percent
Very 
 Short      7     8     4     17     21    10
Short      11    15    21     22     26    24
Adeq.      71    67    71     57     50    63
Surplus    11    10     4      4      3     3
             

           CROP AND LIVESTOCK CONDITIONS
                   AS OF June 13, 2004 

ITEM       V POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   EXCEL
                          Percent
Winter Wheat  20      24     31      21      4
Spring Wheat   3      14     27      39     17
Barley         1      23     24      43      9
Oats           2      18     25      44     11
Corn           1       2     17      65     15
Soybeans       0       2     18      66     14
Sorghum        2       6     21      67      4  
Cattle         0       4     15      66     15
Sheep          0      13     11      63     13
Range &                                        
  Pasture     12      15     30     36      7  



          CROP PROGRESS AS OF June 13, 2004  1/
                                                      
                    This   Last   Last   5-Yr.
ITEM                Week   Week   Year    Ave
  
                         Percent
Barley        
 boot                56     19     54      43
 headed               9      1      8      12
Spring wheat 
 boot                73     43     64      53
 headed              16      2     10      12
Oats        
 boot                67     38     62      46
 headed              16      3     12      14
Corn        
 emerged             98     93     94      94
 ave. height (in.)    8      5      6       8
 1st cult or sprayed 61     38     50      36
 2nd cult or sprayed  6     NA     NA      NA
Sorghum     
 seeded              77     61     79      76
 emerged             42     23     NA      NA
Soybeans    
 planted             94     85     96      95
 emerged             77     52     75      77
Sunflower   
 seeded              64     42     68      74
Winter wheat
 boot                98     95     98      90
 headed              86     60     76      67
 turning color        1      0      2       2
Alfalfa     
 1st cutting         27     13     46      39
Other hay   
 cut                  6      3     13       9




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



     



   

                                                     
            TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION, AND GROWING DEGREE DAYS
                        WEEK ENDING June 13, 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            61  -4  90  42| 1.03   6.12   4.14  -2.31  -2.27|   446   +18
Buffalo_AMOS     62  -3  95  45| 0.17   2.68   2.27  -3.86  -3.05|   424   +32
Dupree           64  -2  93  49| 1.53   7.09   5.54  -1.04  -0.85|   520   +27
Mc_Intosh        64  -2  89  46| 0.97   4.76   3.33  -2.69  -2.60|   447    -8
Newell           61  -3  97  44| 0.44   6.23   4.77  -1.02  -0.94|   407    -3
Timber_Lake      64  -2  91  49| 1.91   6.85   4.66  -1.64  -1.82|   481    -2
Aberdeen_Region  66  +2  85  49| 2.27  10.67   8.18  +2.70  +2.45|   467   -39
Eureka           66  +2  86  50| 1.95   7.32   5.93  -0.01  +0.23|   498   +56
Faulkton         65  +0  85  50| 1.85  10.22   7.63  +1.80  +1.37|   476    +4
Mobridge         66  +0  88  48| 1.82   6.16   5.13  -1.90  -0.97|   508   +16
Roscoe           64  -2  85  50| 1.76  10.58   7.48  +2.11  +0.99|   371  -112
Britton          67  +2  85  53| 1.06  10.45   8.91  +2.53  +2.74|   538   +10
Clear_Lake       64  -2  87  50| 1.92  11.21   9.24  +1.40  +2.40|   387  -124
Sisseton_SD      67  +1  86  53| 1.30   8.54   6.84  -0.53  +0.26|   459   -92
Webster          64  -2  83  51| 1.01   9.45   6.52  +0.95  +0.36|   427   -74
Watertown_AP     65  +0  84  52| 1.43   9.86   8.49  +0.47  +1.69|   443   -52
Faith_AP         64  -2  99  49| 1.13   6.15   5.43  -2.06  -0.92|   469   -16
Milesville_Ag    63  -4  83  49| 3.20   9.84   7.85  +1.20  +1.18|   584   +43
Long_Valley      65  -2  88  48| 0.22   5.67   3.69  -2.67  -2.72|   652  +128
Philip_AP        66  -2 102  48| 1.51   5.82   5.01  -1.74  -0.87|   653   +99
Rapid_City_AP    63  +0 102  48| 0.41   5.60   3.66  -2.40  -2.35|   526  +123
Spearfish        60  -3  80  44| 0.00   6.32   3.90  -5.05  -4.61|   474   +99
Chamberlain_Ag   68  -2  91  52| 4.23  12.17   8.95  +4.05  +2.65|   596   -28
Highmore         66  +0  88  48| 2.90  10.25   7.98  +1.64  +1.51|   607   +71
Huron            68  +2  85  54| 1.86  11.14   7.98  +1.85  +1.50|   601   +64
Onida            66  -2  90  49| 1.17   7.76   5.02  -0.65  -1.00|   571   +11
Pierre           67  +0  95  51| 1.63   7.18   4.82  -1.46  -1.73|   621   +57
Brookings_Ag     66  +2  90  53| 1.30  11.34   9.53  +2.37  +2.60|   438    -3
Madison_Resrch_  67  +2  92  52| 1.27  11.10   9.20  +0.98  +2.26|   508    +6
Mitchell_Ag      68  -1  90  53| 1.89  13.00  10.04  +3.01  +2.75|   540   -85
Sioux_Falls      70  +4  91  52| 1.27  14.78  11.21  +4.82  +4.11|   621   +58
Custer_AP        57  -1  91  36| 0.18   4.36   2.88  -3.96  -3.52|   236   +33
Hot_Springs      65  -1  99  40| 0.03   3.87   1.71  -3.41  -4.04|   566   +67
Oelrichs         65  -1 104  42| 0.10   4.19   2.35  -4.06  -3.93|   571   +64
Porcupine        64  -2 104  46| 0.75   5.74   3.12  -1.63  -2.73|   550   +70
Murdo            65  -2  93  49| 2.11   8.30   5.85  -0.42  -0.55|   561   +48
Winner           68  -2  90  52| 5.41  14.51  10.93  +3.54  +2.85|   779   +91
Armour           71  +3  90  53| 1.68  12.84   9.47  +2.63  +2.21|   717   +48
Centerville      72  +5  95  56| 0.77  12.59   8.36  +2.12  +0.73|   637   +27
Marion           69  +3  92  54| 1.60  14.20  10.80  +3.76  +3.43|   553   -18
Pickstown        70  +2  91  54| 1.44  10.84   8.22  +1.17  +1.11|   656   +39
Vermillion       73  +4  92  56| 0.39  15.51  10.70  +4.97  +2.85|   826   +76
Yankton          73  +6  96  59| 0.43  14.77   9.52  +4.65  +1.96|   664   +32
 




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