Wyoming Crop Progress

Cooperating with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture
USDA, NASS, Wyoming Field Office
PO Box 1148 · Cheyenne, WY 82003
(800) 892-1660 · (307) 432-5598 FAX · www.nass.usda.gov/wy

Released:  Monday, June 16, 2014

Week of June 9 – June 15, 2014

Agricultural Summary: Mostly below average temperatures with some precipitation last week, allowing for 6.2 days of field work.  

TopSoil Moisture Supplies	

Topsoil	This
Week	Last
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very Short	9	7	9	7	
Short	15	15	34	20	
Adequate	72	74	57	62	
Surplus	4	4	0	11	

SubSoil Moisture Supplies	

Subsoil	This
Week	Last 
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very Short	0	0	8	6	
Short	20	17	51	19	
Adequate	79	82	40	71	
Surplus	1	1	1	4	

Field Crop Report: Farmers finished planting corn and dry beans. Spring crops continued to develop under favorable conditions in many locations. Crop insect infestation was reported as 40 percent light. Irrigation water supplies are in good shape and were reported at 2 percent poor, 3 percent fair and 95 percent good to excellent, unchanged from last week.

Crop Condition	
	Very
Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excel	
Alfalfa	0	5	8	68	19	
Barley	0	0	3	85	12	
Corn	0	0	1	92	7	
Oats	0	0	8	84	8	
Other hay	1	2	9	78	10	
Sugarbeets	0	0	0	86	14	
Spring Wheat	0	0	8	89	3	
Winter Wheat	0	2	42	54	2
	
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report: Cool nights coupled with the lack of rainfall have started to limit range growth. Livestock condition was reported at 2 percent poor, 15 percent fair and 83 percent good to excellent.

Crop Progress	
	This
Week	Last
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Barley jointing	78	32	58	55	
Barley booted	27	NA	23	24	
Oats emerged	92	81	86	81	
Oats jointing	60	25	23	40	
Oats booted	19	NA	0	17	
Spring wheat emerged	94	78	76	76	
Spring wheat jointing	60	13	29	47	
Spring wheat booted	38	NA	16	20	
Winter wheat booted	95	28	65	85	
Winter wheat headed	34	NA	8	51	
Corn planted	100	94	95	97	
Corn emerged	92	56	83	83	
Dry beans planted	99	81	71	81	
Dry beans emerged	42	12	50	43	
Sugarbeets emerged	99	85	74	80	
Alfalfa 1st cutting	19	9	10	13	
Other hay harvested	17	1	0	1	

Range and Pasture Conditions	
	This
Week	Last 
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very poor	1	1	7	5	
Poor	5	4	28	14	
Fair	14	13	34	22	
Good	61	62	27	49	
Excellent	19	20	4	10	

Weather Data for the Week Ending June 15, 2014 1/

	Monthly Air Temperature	Monthly Precipitation	Since Jan 1
Precipitation	
	Hi	Lo	Avg	DFN	Total Inches	Normal Inches	DFN	Total Inches	DFN	
District 1	
Cody	81	41	59	-4	0.19	0.36	-0.17	5.04	-0.13	
Dubois	76	31	52	-3	0.10	0.28	-0.18	5.19	0.82	
Greybull	90	47	65	0	0.08	0.28	-0.20	3.07	-0.83	
Jeffrey City	81	31	56	-3	0.08	0.25	-0.17	3.89	-2.04	
Lake Yellowstone	69	28	46	0	0.05	0.49	-0.44	16.28	6.56	
Lander	87	36	62	-2	0.08	0.28	-0.20	4.36	-3.08	
Powell	82	40	59	-3	0.28	0.32	-0.04	3.15	-0.10	
Riverton	88	38	62	0	0.06	0.21	-0.15	2.47	-1.57	
Worland	89	36	62	-5	0.14	0.28	-0.14	2.60	-1.43	
District 2										
Big Horn	82	40	57	-4	0.63	0.49	0.14	9.74	2.11	
Buffalo-Johnson	84	39	58	-5	0.03	0.50	-0.47	5.35	-1.40	
Gillette	84	37	57	-7	0.49	0.59	-0.10	7.04	-1.48	
Midwest	88	34	56	-7	0.30	0.48	-0.18	6.27	-1.16	
Newcastle	82	38	58	-7	1.14	0.56	0.58	5.21	-1.98	
Sheridan	83	36	59	-4	0.39	0.63	-0.24	7.86	0.52	
Sundance	77	37	56	-6	0.46	0.77	-0.31	7.13	-1.85	
District 3										
Afton	79	30	53	-2	0.01	0.35	-0.34	7.74	-1.05	
Big Piney	80	24	53	-2	0	0.16	-0.16	2.27	-1.03	
Evanston	81	36	57	3	0	0.21	-0.21	3.34	-1.96	
Jackson Hole	75	28	52	-2	0.02	0.42	-0.40	7.30	-3.38	
District 4										
Casper	88	36	59	-4	0.28	0.35	-0.07	5.50	-1.34	
Laramie	80	29	54	-3	0.24	0.29	-0.05	3.81	-1.24	
Rawlins	83	29	58	-3	0.22	0.21	0.01	2.00	-2.76	
Rock Springs	82	34	60	2	0.13	0.14	-0.01	1.55	-3.11	
Shirley Basin	79	24	52	-2	0.17	0.34	-0.17	5.37	0.85	
District 5										
Buford	88	35	58	6	0.32	0.35	-0.03	8.27	1.51	
Cheyenne	87	36	59	-2	0.06	0.49	-0.43	5.62	-1.42	
Chugwater	88	38	59	-3	0.22	0.48	-0.26	8.43	0.58	
Douglas	91	32	57	-6	0.23	0.34	-0.11	5.54	-0.97	
LaGrange 	90	36	60	-4	0.17	0.55	-0.38	6.78	-0.40	
Lance Creek	90	37	57	-8	0.85	0.49	0.36	7.57	1.08	
Old Fort Laramie	92	32	58	-7	0.09	0.56	-0.47	6.43	-0.04	
Torrington	93	34	61	-5	0.02	0.49	-0.47	8.65	1.92	
Wheatland	91	34	62	-4	0.10	0.49	-0.39	7.42	1.27	
1/ Summary based on NWS data. DFN=Departure from Normal. Precipitation (rain or melted snow/ice) in inches. Air Temperatures in Degrees Fahrenheit. Weather data prepared by AWIS, Inc. For more weather information visit www.awis.com or call 1-888-798-9955