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Wheat planting behind averageMontana During the week ending Oct. 22, Montana experienced moderate to heavy precipitation, according to the Montana Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Oct. 23. Bozeman received 2.31 inches of moisture, the highest in the state. Albion had the high temperature of 74 degrees, and West Yellowstone had the lowest temperature of 12 degrees. Only 2.7 days were suitable for field work, compared with 6.1 days last year and a five-year average of 5.8 available days. Topsoil moisture adequate and surplus is measured at 79 percent, up from the previous week's 77 percent. Subsoil moisture adequate and surplus, at 41 percent, is above last week's 37 percent. The weather outlook for the week of Oct. 30 through Nov. 5 is for above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation east of the continental divide and for above normal temperatures and near normal precipitation west of the divide. Normal temperatures for this period in Montana are highs in the lower 40s to the lower 50s and lows in the mid teens to the lower 30s. Winter Wheat planted, at 93 percent complete, is still behind last year's progress and the five-year average due to moisture limiting field operations. Winter Wheat emergence, at 56 percent, is behind last year's 67 percent and the five-year average of 72 percent. Range and pasture feed conditions have shown little change from the previous week. Ranchers have moved 73 percent of cattle and 74 percent of sheep off of summer ranges and onto winter pastures. Ranchers are increasing the amount of supplemental feed given to livestock. Date: 10/25/06
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