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, September 22, 2014

Week of September 15 – September 21, 2014

Agricultural Summary: Early fall conditions still persist. Last week was good for harvesting small grain crops and putting up second crop alfalfa. Producers had 6.7 days suitable for fieldwork last week, compared with 4.4 last year and a 5-year average of 6.2.

TopSoil Moisture Supplies	

Topsoil	This
Week	Last
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very Short	5	4	6	17	
Short	16	12	22	34	
Adequate	76	78	71	48	
Surplus	3	6	1	1	

SubSoil Moisture Supplies	

Subsoil	This
Week	Last 
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very Short	5	5	12	14	
Short	22	20	31	64	
Adequate	73	      74	56	22	
Surplus	0	1	1	0	

Field Crop Report: Two-thirds of the intended Winter wheat acreage has been seeded. Crop insect infestation was reported as 6 percent moderate, 37 percent light, and 57 percent none. Irrigation water supplies were reported at 4 percent poor, 3 percent fair, 80 percent good, and 13 percent excellent.

Crop Condition	
	Very
Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excel	
Corn	2	2	10	82	4	
Dry beans	0	1	20	67	12	
Sugarbeets	0	0	0	85	15
	
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report: Range and pasture conditions improved 1 point from last week with 82 percent rated good to excellent. Livestock condition was reported at 14 percent fair, 68 percent good, and 18 percent excellent.

Crop Progress	
	This
Week	Last
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Barley harvested	94	89	87	91	
Oats harvested	85	81	87	93	
Sugarbeets harvested	1	NA	11	7	
Winter wheat planted	65	53	63	75	
Winter wheat emerged	23	5	45	44	
Dry beans coloring	93	87	90	93	
Dry beans cut	29	16	64	70	
Corn dough	96	80	69	86	
Corn dented	61	51	40	64	
Corn mature	6	NA	13	26	
Corn Silage harvested	52	23	56	55	
Alfalfa 2nd cutting	96	92	100	98	

Range and Pasture Conditions	
	This
Week	Last 
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very poor	0	0	12	15	
Poor	3	3	30	18	
Fair	15	16	29	27	
Good	67	65	25	36	
Excellent	15	16	4	4	

Weather Data for the Week Ending September 21, 2014 1/

	Weekly Air Temperature	Weekly Precipitation	Since Jan 1
Precipitation	
	Hi	Lo	Avg	DFN	Total Inches	Normal Inches	DFN	Total Inches	DFN	
District 1	
Cody	81	41	60	4	0.22	0.28	-0.06	9.33	0.53	
Dubois	81	28	58	9	0.18	0.28	-0.10	9.71	2.00	
Greybull	86	40	64	9	0.04	0.21	-0.17	6.36	0.35	
Jeffrey City	85	26	56	4	0.05	0.21	-0.16	7.74	-0.77	
Lake Yellowstone	71	28	50	7	0.47	0.35	0.12	24.16	8.92	
Lander	89	39	66	10	0.00	0.28	-0.28	7.19	-2.87	
Powell	83	33	59	5	0.20	0.20	0.00	6.61	0.76	
Riverton	90	37	64	9	0.04	0.21	-0.17	5.48	-0.94	
Worland	87	37	64	5	0.00	0.21	-0.21	6.11	-0.22	
District 2										
Big Horn	84	36	62	7	0.06	0.35	-0.29	15.50	4.12	
Buffalo-Johnson	87	40	63	8	0.03	0.35	-0.32	11.97	0.92	
Gillette	92	34	63	7	0.02	0.35	-0.33	12.02	-1.03	
Midwest	91	34	60	4	0.00	0.21	-0.21	11.71	0.76	
Newcastle	90	35	63	5	0.00	0.24	-0.24	9.51	-3.57	
Sheridan	86	34	62	6	0.02	0.35	-0.33	12.89	1.39	
Sundance	89	37	63	7	0.00	0.28	-0.28	15.41	0.29	
District 3										
Afton	83	36	59	10	0.36	0.42	-0.06	13.45	0.17	
Big Piney	83	33	58	11	0.05	0.21	-0.16	4.66	-1.26	
Evanston	82	46	65	14	0.04	0.33	-0.29	8.66	0.17	
Jackson Hole	79	34	57	8	0.23	0.28	-0.05	11.10	-4.17	
District 4										
Casper	92	30	64	8	0.02	0.21	-0.19	8.77	-1.32	
Laramie	82	34	59	8	0.03	0.21	-0.18	9.88	0.68	
Rawlins	84	38	62	7	0.02	0.21	-0.19	4.38	-3.09	
Rock Springs	84	42	64	11	0.00	0.21	-0.21	2.61	-4.47	
Shirley Basin	81	25	53	6	0.00	0.23	-0.23	11.79	3.46	
District 5										
Buford	87	39	63	15	0.04	0.35	-0.31	15.61	3.11	
Cheyenne	88	40	66	11	0.00	0.35	-0.35	11.96	-1.27	
Chugwater	91	36	64	9	0.00	0.28	-0.28	15.81	2.72	
Douglas	92	35	64	7	0.00	0.28	-0.28	10.37	-0.01	
LaGrange 	93	33	65	8	0.00	0.28	-0.28	12.74	-0.24	
Lance Creek	94	32	61	3	0.00	0.21	-0.21	10.97	-0.25	
Old Fort Laramie	90	31	60	3	0.08	0.27	-0.19	13.17	1.88	
Torrington	91	36	65	7	0.00	0.32	-0.32	14.26	2.66	
Wheatland	93	35	64	5	0.00	0.30	-0.30	15.64	4.63	
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