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Crops progressing at a normal pace
Wyoming During the week ending June 17, dry and windy conditions were seen across the state, but pasture and range conditions remain steady, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Wyoming Field Office, June 18. Dry and windy conditions were beginning to take a toll on rangelands. Availability of irrigation water was also becoming a concern for producers across the state. Only 5 of the 27 reporting stations reported temperature averages below normal for last week. The temperature averages ranged from 3.0 degrees below normal to 3.8 degrees above normal. High temperatures were mostly in the 80s with a few 90s. Low temperatures were mostly in the 30s and 40s. Very little precipitation was reported last week. Topsoil moisture levels dropped slightly with the drier conditions. Sixty-two percent was reported adequate or better. Irrigation water supplies were reported to be 69 percent adequate or better. Days suitable for field work averaged 6.2 days. Most crops were still in good condition even with the drier conditions. Crop conditions remained mostly stable from last week with more than 60 percent of the barley, oats, sugarbeets and corn still rated in good or better condition. Winter and spring wheat were rated a little bit lower at 54 and 58 percent good or better, respectively. Corn, oats, barley and spring wheat were all nearly emerged. Fifty-six percent of the spring wheat had jointed, 35 percent had reached the boot stage and 10 percent was headed. A little over three-fourths of the barley had jointed. Fifty-seven percent was in the boot stage and 35 percent had headed, both ahead of normal. Barley had just started to turn color at 1 percent. Oat progress eased ahead of normal with 62 percent jointed, 41 percent in the boot stage and 16 percent headed. Heading of winter wheat was 6 points ahead of normal while the winter wheat turning color, at 7 percent, was 5 points behind normal. The average height of corn was 8 inches which was about 2 inches behind normal. Dry beans were 69 percent emerged. Pasture and range conditions remained in mostly fair or better condition. However many reporters indicated that the warmer weather and high winds were becoming a threat to those conditions. The first cutting of alfalfa hay was 33 percent complete, 9 points ahead of normal. The first cutting for other hay was five percent complete, only one point ahead of normal. Range flock lambing was nearing completion at 98 percent. Lamb losses were light to mostly normal. Date: 6/20/07
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