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Row crops progress behind last year
Wyoming
An average of 6.4 days were suitable for field work during the week ending July 18, and during that time, crops and harvest continued to progress, according to the Wyoming Agricultural Statistics Service, July 19.
Barley progress slipped behind the five-year average pace with 42 percent turned color and only 9 percent mature. Oats progress was ahead of last year and average with about one-fourth turning color.
Spring Wheat also remained ahead of the average pace with nearly half turning color. Condition of barley and spring Wheat were virtually unchanged while the condition of oats declined slightly.
Winter Wheat progress was ahead of last year but still behind the average pace last week. Sixty-eight percent was mature, compared with last year's 57 percent and the average of 70 percent. About 19 percent had been harvested through July 18. Winter Wheat condition remained mostly poor to fair.
Sugarbeet crop condition remained virtually unchanged with most rated fair or good. Corn condition decreased 8 points with 48 percent rated in good to excellent condition compared with 56 percent last week. Corn was just beginning to tassel at a rate well behind last year and the average of 20 percent. The average height was 35 inches. Dry beans had bloomed on 19 percent of the acreage and was setting pods on 1 percent, both well behind last year and average. Dry bean condition declined to 74 percent in good condition compared with 77 percent last week.
At week's end, 86 percent of the first cutting of alfalfa was complete and the second cutting was 4 percent harvested. Both were a little behind the previous year and the five-year average pace. One-third of other hay washarvested, which was also behind last year and average.
Irrigation water supplies were adequate in 42 percent of the state, 2 points higher than two weeks ago but below last year's 52 percent.
Pasture and range conditions improved slightly for the week but remained below average. Sixteen percent of the state was rated good or excellent compared with last year when 41 percent was rated good or excellent. Average is 35 percent good or excellent. Livestock were in fair or good condition in almost all of the state.
Date: 7/21/04
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