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Released: June 14, 1999 -- 3:00 p.m. For Week Ending June 13, 1999 Volume 48 Issue 14

GENERAL
Warm weather and little precipitation allowed many producers to make progress in row crop planting, according to the USDA's South Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service. Producers were busy cultivating and spraying, as weed control is a priority in many areas. Statewide, there were 3.7 days suit able for fieldwork.

Based on information from county extension educators, farm service agency county directors and other reporters around the state.

SOIL MOISTURE
Another week of warm, dry weather maintained adequate soil conditions across the state. There are pockets of surplus topsoil and subsoil moisture in the extreme northeast and southeast areas of the state, while the rest of the state is reporting adequate soil conditions. 



     
 SOIL MOISTURE CONDITION COMPARISON - JUNE 11 

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

                       Percent
Very 
 Short      0     2    1     0     0     1
Short       1     3    6     1     1     8
Adeq.      69    71   67    66    65    65
Surplus    30    24   26    33    34    26


CROPS
Isolated storms in the western and northern parts of the state slowed fieldwork this week; but in others areas, producers continued planting and cultivating. Corn planting is nearly completed with 98 percent done. Soybeans are 92 percent planted, up 16 percent from last week and ahead of the five-year average of 80 percent. There were several reports from the northern and northeastern parts of the state that producers are replanting soybeans due to the heavy rain and flooding. Sorghum and sunflower planted were 71 and 66 percent complete, compared to the five-year averages of 64 and 69 percent, respectively. The warm weather spurred small grain crop development slightly ahead of the five-year average. There are reports of leaf disease showing up in the small grains due to the wet conditions, as well as scab showing up in the winter wheat. Weed control is a main concern for producers, with many spraying fields; however, some are slowed by wet fields. 



CROP AND LIVESTOCK CONDITIONS - JUNE 13

ITEM       V POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   EXCEL

                          Percent
Winter Wheat   0       1     15      56     28
Winter Rye     0       1     17      56     26
Alfalfa        0       2     14      54     30
Barley         0       1     11      56     32
Oats           0       0     14      62     24
Spring Wheat   0       1     14      58     27
Sorghum        0       1     15      69     15
Soybeans       0       1     14      62     23
Corn           0       2     15      58     25
Cattle         0       0      8      63     29
Sheep          0       0      9      57     34
Range & 
   Pasture     0       0      5      52     43


LIVESTOCK AND FORAGE
Alfalfa hay conditions are 84 percent good to excellent, 14 percent fair, and 2 percent poor, with reports of weevil problems around the state. Thirty-six percent of first-cutting alfalfa has been harvested with rains slowing progress in some counties. Pastures remain in good to excellent condition. Cattle and sheep are in good to excellent condition, with 98 percent of the cattle moved to summer pastures.

WEATHER
Temperatures averaged from 5 degrees below to 6 degrees above normal for the state. Yankton reported the highest temperature, at 94 degrees, with the lowest temperature of 39 degrees in Custer. Isolated storms throughout the week brought moisture to several areas of the state with Lead receiving the highest precipitation amount of 3.24 inches. 


             

 

      CROP PROGRESS - JUNE 13  1/
                                                                                 
                This   Last   Last   5-Yr.
ITEM            Week   Week   Year    Ave
  
  
                         Percent
Barley  
 emerged         99     97    100     97   
 boot            40      9     62     30
 headed          17      2     17      8   
Spring wheat
 emerged        100     97    100     98 
 boot            55     11     68     32
 headed          10      1     23      9
Oats       
 emerged         99     98    100     97  
 boot            37     14     64     34
 headed          11      6     22     10
 turning color    2      0      0     20  
Corn    
 planted         98     94    100     92
 emerged         89     73     97     NA
 ave.height(in.)  6      4     10      6
 1st cult.       18      7     35     17
Flaxseed
 seeded          88     79    100     87
 emerged         72     60     95     68
 blooming         0      0      0      4
Sorghum    
 seeded          71     30     79     64  
Soybeans
 planted         92     76     96     80
 emerged         66     40     84     NA 
Sunflower  
 seeded          66     52     83     69  
Winter wheat
 boot            98     91     97     80 
 headed          82     31     83     53 
 turning color    0      0     12      3 
Winter rye  
 boot            95     84     98     88
 headed          64     52     81     66 
 turning color    0      0     10      2 
Alfalfa     
 1st cutting     36     20     49     27
Other hay  
 cut              8      4     13      3  
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1/ Percents represent all acreage in or beyond each stage.


 
              TEMPERATURE  |    -----  PRECIPITATION -----   |GDD BASE 
              -----------  |       SINCE  SINCE  SINCE  SINCE|---------
             CURRENT WEEK  | CURR  JAN 1  APR 1  JAN 1  APR 1|SINCE APR 6
STATION     AVG DFN  HI  LO| WEEK  TOTAL  TOTAL    DFN    DFN|TOT  DFN
-------      --  --  --  --|-----  -----  -----  -----  -----|---  ---
Buffalo      58  -5  75  46| 1.53   9.58   8.36  +3.15  +3.11|290  -84
Aberdeen     68  +3  87  52| 0.67   9.14   7.35  +1.28  +1.67|565  +79
Leola        66  +2  84  52| 0.20  11.39   9.37  +2.88  +3.01|500  +38
Mobridge     63  -3  82  47| 0.30  10.25   9.75  +2.30  +3.70|445  -27
Roscoe       66  +1  84  53| 0.11  11.40   9.48  +3.05  +3.05|426  -37
Britton      68  +3  85  53| 0.35  10.50   7.86  +2.71  +1.78|553  +46
Sisseton     68  +3  85  55| 0.20   9.94   7.19  +0.98  +0.66|542  +12
Webster      67  +2  84  52| 2.13  12.49   9.86  +4.10  +3.76|517  +36
Watertown    68  +4  86  52| 1.12   7.42   5.87  -1.85  -0.87|536  +59
Faith        62  -4  82  50| 1.15   8.97   8.07  +0.86  +1.77|397  -68
Lead         54  -5  79  40| 3.24  18.18  13.88  +2.64  +3.57|174  -58
Philip       64  -3  86  48| 0.52  11.02   9.96  +3.56  +4.14|464  -68
Rapid City   61  -3  82  45| 2.39  11.20  10.10  +3.31  +4.15|348  -38
Chamberlain  67  -2  88  50| 0.20  15.47  13.70  +7.45  +7.45|489 -112
Highmore     66  -1  85  48| 0.20   9.87   8.87  +1.38  +2.45|486  -29
Huron        70  +4  90  50| 0.05   8.20   7.37  -0.97  +0.95|629 +114
Pierre       68  +2  91  50| 0.25  11.52  10.42  +3.00  +3.94|618  +76
Brookings    69  +6  89  51| 0.80  10.82   8.80  +2.00  +1.96|514  +88
Madison      68  +4  88  48| 0.63  10.13   9.37  +0.14  +2.49|529  +45
Mitchell     72  +5  92  53| 2.01  15.70  13.33  +5.84  +6.10|606   +4
Sioux Falls  70  +4  89  50| 0.49  13.50  11.70  +3.66  +4.65|587  +46
Custer       55  -4  77  39| 1.64   9.34   8.54  +1.13  +2.21|129  -65
Hot Springs  62  -4  82  46| 2.45  11.59  10.01  +4.40  +4.31|342 -137
Porcupine    62  -4  86  45| 0.97  11.58   9.83  +4.31  +4.04|399  -61
Bonesteel    68  +3  90  53| 0.48  11.74   7.92  +0.31  -0.75|516   +8
Mission      64  -1  90  47| 0.35  11.86  10.39  +3.17  +3.72|446   +7
Murdo        65  -1  90  50| 0.90  12.61   9.52  +4.00  +3.17|474  -20
Winner       67  -3  90  46| 0.23  10.08   8.52  -0.78  +0.49|552 -108
Armour       70  +2  92  53| 1.29  12.69  10.83  +2.61  +3.63|662  +20
Vermillion   73  +3  92  55| 2.14  14.17  13.15  +3.76  +5.37|726   +5
Yankton      71  +4  94  56| 1.42  14.65  13.17  +4.66  +5.69|628  +19
 
Source: National Weather Service, provided by AWIS Inc.
bar chart showing crop progress compared to the last 10 years

                                     
 
 
 
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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