Released: June 21, 2004 -- 3:00 pm CST For Week ending June 20, 2004 SD-CW2504 Volume 53 Issue 25

AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY:    Persistent light to moderate rainfall maintained last week's predominately adequate soil moisture ratings, but continued to hamper the first cutting alfalfa harvest, according to USDA's South Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service. Producers' efforts are focused on weed control, disease and insect scouting, and livestock maintenance, in addition to haying. Statewide, 4.2 days were 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:   Most areas of the state experienced generally damp, cool conditions last week. All reporting stations received precipitation, but amounts varied considerably from west to east. Sioux Falls officially registered 4.11 inches of rain for the week, but local amounts were higher. Temperatures averaged nearly nine degrees below normal for the week. Pickstown recorded the week's high of 91 degrees, while the thermometer dropped to 35 degrees in McIntosh for the week's low.

SOIL CONDITION:    Statewide top and subsoil moisture conditions changed little for the week. Topsoil moisture conditions are rated 84 percent adequate to surplus, up from 82 percent a week ago, while adequate to surplus subsoil ratings are unchanged. Last week's additional rainfall, on already saturated soil profiles, created localized surplus moisture ratings in many eastern areas. Average precipitation across the west is two to four inches below normal for the year, leading to short and very short moisture ratings there.

FIELD CROPS REPORT:    Field crop conditions are predominately unchanged from last week. Spring seeded small grains are maturing at or ahead of average, with 35 to 51 percent of the crop headed. Twelve percent of the winter wheat has turned color, equaling the five- year average. Soybean seeding is essentially complete at 98 percent seeded, compared to 99 percent seeded a year ago. The first cutting alfalfa harvest is 50 percent complete, well behind last year and the five-year average. Rain fell on much of the hay already harvested, which lowered quality.

LIVESTOCK, PASTURE, AND RANGE REPORT:    Livestock are rated in predominately good to excellent condition statewide. Pasture and range conditions vary west to east. The 29 percent of range and pasturelands rated poor to very poor are located primarily in the west, where rainfall is well below average. Eastern areas account for much of the 41 percent of range and pastureland rated good to excellent where grasslands have flourished with above-average precipitation.

         FEED AND WATER SUPPLIES COMPARISON
                 AS OF June 20, 2004 

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

                       Percent
Very
 Short     14     8     7     23     14    9
Short      18    20    13     24     28   14
Adeq.      64    70    56     50     56   52
Surplus     4     2     4      3      2    5 
 

         SOIL MOISTURE CONDITION COMPARISON
                  AS OF June 20, 2004 

               TOPSOIL         SUBSOIL
         This   Last  Last  This   Last  Last
RATING   Week   Week  Year  Week   Week  Year
                       Percent
Very 
 Short      6     7     7     16     17    12
Short      10    11    25     23     22    26
Adeq.      74    71    65     54     57    60
Surplus    10    11     3      7      4     2
             

           CROP AND LIVESTOCK CONDITIONS
                   AS OF June 20, 2004 

ITEM       V POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   EXCEL
                          Percent
Winter Wheat  20      23     33      19      5
Spring Wheat   3      12     23      45     17
Barley         3      22     25      42      8
Oats           4      17     24      45     10
Corn           1       2     18      63     16
Soybeans       0       2     18      67     13
Sorghum        1       1     28      67      3
Cattle         0       3     17      67     13
Sheep          0      14     11      66      9
Range &                                        
  Pasture     10      19     30     33      8  



          CROP PROGRESS AS OF June 20, 2004  1/
                                                      
                    This   Last   Last   5-Yr.
ITEM                Week   Week   Year    Ave
  
                         Percent
Barley        
 boot                82     56     77      68
 headed              35      9     35      33
 turning color        0      0      1       0
Spring wheat 
 boot                92     73     85      75
 headed              51     16     39      38
 turning color        0      0      1       0
Oats        
 boot                86     67     84      71
 headed              47     16     39      34
 turning color        0      0      0       2
Corn        
 ave. height (in.)   12      8     11      12
 1st cult or sprayed 76     61     72      55
 2nd cult or sprayed 15      6     19      NA
Sorghum     
 seeded              92     77     93      90
 emerged             64     42     NA      NA
Soybeans    
 planted             98     94     99      99
 emerged             92     77     92      91
Sunflower   
 seeded              82     64     89      89
Winter wheat
 headed              96     86     93      85
 turning color       12      1     17      12
Alfalfa     
 1st cutting         50     27     69      61
Other hay   
 cut                 15      6     27      20




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



     



   

                                                     
            TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION, AND GROWING DEGREE DAYS
                        WEEK ENDING June 20, 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       57 -10  75  37| 0.10   6.22   4.24  -2.91  -2.87|   502   -39
Buffalo     57  -8  79  38| 0.13   2.81   2.40  -4.37  -3.56|   478   -21
Dupree      58 -10  79  37| 0.21   7.30   5.75  -1.59  -1.40|   578   -38
McIntosh    58  -9  76  35| 0.09   4.85   3.42  -3.37  -3.28|   509   -63
Newell      57 -10  77  41| 0.22   6.45   4.99  -1.50  -1.42|   460   -62
Timber      58 -10  76  38| 0.09   6.94   4.75  -2.32  -2.50|   538   -65
Aberdeen    59  -9  78  39| 0.76  11.43   8.94  +2.69  +2.44|   534   -94
Eureka      59  -8  75  39| 0.33   7.65   6.26  -0.45  -0.21|   561    +6
Faulkton    60  -8  78  40| 0.47  10.69   8.10  +1.50  +1.07|   547   -46
Mobridge    58 -10  78  39| 0.36   6.52   5.49  -2.26  -1.33|   566   -49
Roscoe      58 -10  77  40| 0.94  11.52   8.42  +2.20  +1.08|   430  -173
Britton     62  -6  81  43| 0.24  10.69   9.15  +1.91  +2.12|   621   -30
Clear Lake  60  -8  79  42| 0.35  11.56   9.59  +0.87  +1.87|   460  -174
Sisseton    61  -8  79  44| 0.22   8.76   7.06  -1.01  -0.22|   538  -140
Webster     59  -9  76  44| 0.23   9.68   6.75  +0.36  -0.23|   494  -129
Watertown   60  -8  78  42| 0.24  10.10   8.73  -0.13  +1.09|   517  -101
Faith       57 -11  76  38| 0.22   6.37   5.65  -2.54  -1.40|   519   -90
Milesville  58 -12  77  42| 0.40  10.24   8.25  +0.90  +0.88|   641   -31
Long Valley 59 -11  86  37| 0.30   5.97   3.99  -3.19  -3.24|   722   +68
Philip      58 -12  81  41| 0.14   5.96   5.15  -2.30  -1.43|   714   +25
Rapid City  57 -10  82  40| 0.32   5.92   3.98  -2.80  -2.75|   578   +66
Spearfish   58  -8  76  42| 0.68   7.00   4.58  -5.35  -4.91|   543   +64
Chamberlain 62  -9  85  42| 0.27  12.44   9.22  +3.62  +2.22|   685   -83
Highmore    61  -9  80  42| 0.28  10.53   8.26  +1.15  +1.02|   684   +18
Huron       63  -7  82  38| 0.42  11.56   8.40  +1.48  +1.13|   692   +24
Onida       59 -10  78  39| 0.19   7.95   5.21  -1.17  -1.52|   638   -56
Pierre      61  -9  81  41| 0.21   7.39   5.03  -2.09  -2.36|   699    -1
Brookings   61  -6  83  39| 0.74  12.08  10.27  +2.06  +2.29|   519   -37
Madison     62  -7  82  39| 0.81  11.91  10.01  +0.91  +2.19|   590   -35
Mitchell    62  -9  84  42| 1.23  14.23  11.27  +3.35  +3.09|   624  -144
Sioux Falls 63  -7  83  41| 4.11  18.89  15.32  +8.12  +7.41|   713   +16
Custer      53  -8  79  36| 0.71   5.07   3.59  -4.02  -3.58|   270    -4
Hot Springs 60  -8  87  41| 0.38   4.25   2.09  -3.66  -4.29|   636   +16
Oelrichs    59  -9  90  42| 0.27   4.46   2.62  -4.49  -4.36|   637    +4
Porcupine   57 -12  85  37| 0.24   5.98   3.36  -2.09  -3.19|   604    -2
Murdo       59 -11  79  42| 0.19   8.49   6.04  -1.00  -1.13|   623   -21
Winner      62 -10  83  41| 0.12  14.63  11.05  +2.82  +2.13|   867   +28
Armour      63  -8  89  40| 1.05  13.89  10.52  +2.77  +2.35|   810    -5
Centerville 64  -7  84  44| 1.63  14.22   9.99  +2.74  +1.35|   735   -14
Marion      63  -8  84  42| 1.64  15.84  12.44  +4.49  +4.16|   642   -63
Pickstown   64  -8  91  46| 0.90  11.74   9.12  +1.10  +1.04|   752    -7
Vermillion  65  -8  87  43| 2.64  18.15  13.34  +6.69  +4.57|   934   +29
Yankton     64  -7  86  44| 1.60  16.37  11.12  +5.31  +2.62|   766    -8


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