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Released: July 6, 1999 -- 3:00 p.m. For Week Ending July 4, 1999 Volume 48 Issue 17

GENERAL
Continued scattered storms and wet conditions hamper fieldwork, as most producers are fighting weed problems, according to the USDA's South Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service. Crops continue to progress slightly ahead of the average, although many fields are showing signs of too much water. Statewide, there were 3.1 days suitable for fieldwork.

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

SOIL MOISTURE
Pockets of surplus topsoil and subsoil moisture conditions exist in the extreme northeast and southeast areas of the state, while soil conditions are reported to be mostly adequate across the rest of the state. 



     
 SOIL MOISTURE CONDITION COMPARISON - JULY 2 

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

                       Percent
Very 
 Short      0     0    0     0     0     0
Short       3     2    5     2     0     3
Adeq.      64    78   77    66    77    73
Surplus    33    20   18    32    23    24


CROPS
Small grains continue to progress ahead of the five-year average in spite of the continued wet conditions. Winter wheat is 78 percent turning color, up 33 points from last week, and ahead of the five- year average of 53 percent. Spring wheat is 83 percent headed, while oats and barley are both 72 percent headed. There were many reports of leaf disease and rust showing up, and lodging of winter wheat is a concern for many producers. Statewide, 75 percent of corn acreage is cultivated once and 21 percent twice. Soybeans are 20 percent blooming, ahead of the five-year average of 9 percent. Weed control is still a large concern of producers as they work to spray and cultivate fields. Severe weather continues to cause problems across the state, with reports of significant hail damage to crops in Tripp and Gregory counties, as well as many West River counties. 



CROP AND LIVESTOCK CONDITIONS - JULY 4

ITEM       V POOR   POOR   FAIR   GOOD   EXCEL

                          Percent
Winter Wheat   1       1     14      56     28
Winter Rye     0       3     14      47     36
Alfalfa        0       3     15      54     28
Barley         1       1      7      59     32
Oats           2       0      9      63     26
Spring Wheat   0       1     13      54     32
Sorghum        0       7      9      70     14
Soybeans       2       4     14      58     22
Corn           1       2     15      56     26
Sunflower      1       4     21      57     17
Flaxseed       0       1     17      65     17
Cattle         0       0      6      62     32
Sheep          0       0      3      46     51
Range & 
   Pasture     1       1      6      54     38


LIVESTOCK AND FORAGE
Pasture conditions are 92 percent good to excellent, 6 percent fair, 1 percent poor and 1 percent very poor. Cattle and sheep remain in good to excellent condition, with a few reports of problems with flies and mosquitoes. Alfalfa hay remains in fair to excellent condition with 82 percent of the first cutting harvested at week's end. Twelve percent of the second cutting has been harvested. There are many reports that the quality of alfalfa is being hurt by all the rain.

WEATHER
Temperatures averaged below normal across the state for the week. Winner reported the highest temperature at 96 degrees, with the lowest temperature of 37 degrees in Custer. Rain was received across the state with Armour recording the highest precipitation amount at 2.86 inches. 


             

 
         CROP PROGRESS - JULY 4  1/
                                                                                 
                This   Last   Last   5-Yr.
ITEM            Week   Week   Year    Ave
  
  
                         Percent
Barley  
 boot            95     83     95     86
 headed          72     54     79     62
 turning color   17      8     40     15
 ripe             0      0      1      0
Spring wheat
 boot            97     88     96     88
 headed          83     64     85     69
 turning color   27      5     35     13
 ripe             0      0      2      0
Oats       
 boot            91     81     96     88
 headed          72     50     82     67
 turning color   14      7     24     13
 ripe             0      0      3      1  
Corn    
 ave.height(in.) 26     16     29     25
 1st cult.       75     55     87     82
 2nd cult.       21     14     45     35
 tasseling        0      0      4      1
Flaxseed
 blooming        22     12     52     29
Sorghum    
 seeded          98     92     98     96
 headed           1      0      0      0  
Soybeans
 emerged         99     96    100     NA 
 blooming        20      3     16      9
 setting pods     0      0      3      1
Sunflower  
 seeded          99     95     99     98
 blooming         0      0     21      4  
Winter wheat
 headed         100     98     99     98 
 turning color   78     45     75     53
 ripe             6      0     23      8
 harvested        0      0      2      1
Winter rye  
 headed          99     95    100     99 
 turning color   45     13     55     41 
 ripe             0      0     38     13
 harvested        0      0      1      0
Alfalfa     
 1st cutting     82     72     81     82
 2nd cutting     12      0     16      6
Other hay  
 cut             39      29    36     34  
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|SNCE APR 6
STATION     AVG DFN  HI  LO| WEEK  TOTAL  TOTAL    DFN    DFN|TOT   DFN
-------      --  --  --  --|-----  -----  -----  -----  -----|----  ----
Buffalo      61  -9  76  46| 1.04  11.28  10.06  +3.03  +2.99| 559  -172
Aberdeen     67  -4  90  49| 1.82  11.83  10.04  +1.74  +2.13| 915   +33
Leola        66  -5  87  51| 1.25  14.12  12.10  +3.29  +3.42| 828   -20
Mobridge     65  -7  85  49| 0.97  12.03  11.53  +2.07  +3.47| 800   -77
Roscoe       65  -6  88  51| 0.93  13.30  11.38  +2.51  +2.51| 734  -121
Britton      67  -4  89  48| 2.17  13.02  10.38  +2.79  +1.86| 894   -14
Sisseton     69  -3  92  51| 1.81  12.09   9.34  +1.06  +0.74| 907   -34
Webster      68  -3  88  53| 1.00  14.64  12.01  +3.89  +3.55| 858   -16
Watertown    66  -6  88  47| 1.52  10.91   9.36  -0.80  +0.18| 866   -11
Faith        64  -8  81  50| 1.12  10.43   9.53  +0.30  +1.21| 731  -141
Lead         60  -6  88  42| 1.06  20.05  15.75  +1.98  +2.91| 421   -90
Philip       66  -8  86  52| 0.39  11.63  10.57  +2.14  +2.72| 846  -129
Rapid City   63  -7  81  46| 0.36  12.70  11.60  +2.81  +3.65| 657   -94
Chamberlain  67  -8  95  53| 1.21  18.20  16.43  +8.20  +8.20| 870  -199
Highmore     68  -5  94  50| 1.05  12.06  11.06  +1.28  +2.35| 861   -78
Huron        68  -6  93  51| 1.22  10.45   9.62  -1.01  +0.91|1012   +68
Pierre       70  -5  90  53| 1.70  13.75  12.65  +2.82  +3.76|1055   +66
Brookings    65  -5  89  44| 1.30  13.06  11.04  +1.22  +1.18| 847   +48
Madison      65  -7  89  45| 1.44  12.81  12.05  +0.30  +2.65| 868   -13
Mitchell     67  -7  93  51| 2.14  19.15  16.78  +6.82  +7.08| 985   -76
Sioux Falls  68  -6  91  47| 1.37  16.06  14.26  +3.92  +4.91| 964   -11
Custer       58  -6  86  37| 0.07  10.60   9.80  +0.08  +1.16| 324  -116
Hot Springs  64  -8  90  45| 0.44  14.48  12.90  +5.36  +5.27| 657  -223
Porcupine    65  -8  89  49| 1.76  15.06  13.31  +5.70  +5.43| 728  -148
Bonesteel    67  -6  93  51| 1.67  15.59  11.77  +1.51  +0.45| 867   -67
Mission      66  -6  94  50| 1.29  15.50  14.03  +4.60  +5.15| 807   -35
Murdo        66  -7  89  52| 1.18  14.61  11.52  +3.83  +3.00| 853   -70
Winner       68  -8  96  50| 0.76  13.42  11.86  +0.04  +1.31| 945  -202
Armour       68  -6  93  52| 2.86  16.99  15.13  +4.23  +5.25|1054   -56
Vermillion   70  -6  92  50| 1.40  20.07  19.05  +7.01  +8.62|1131   -80
Yankton      67  -7  92  50| 2.56  20.24  18.76  +7.56  +8.59| 997   -69
 
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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