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Fall temperatures arrive
Oklahoma Fall finally arrived as temperatures were on the cool side during the week ending Oct. 28, and temperatures remained in the high forties and low fifties with frequent rain showers across most of the state early in the week, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Oklahoma Field Office, Oct. 29. Parts of Oklahoma were covered in a light frost early Oct. 26 as overnight temperatures dropped below freezing. Average rainfall for the state was 0.54 inches, with the East Central district averaging the highest at 1.13 inches. The Panhandle received virtually no rain last week and remained the driest district in the state. There were 5.0 days suitable for fieldwork. Rains kept small grain farmers out of the fields in some areas. However, parts of Oklahoma remained dry and in need of moisture for wheat germination. Wheat seeding increased 6 points from the previous week to reach 84 percent complete, but was 8 percentage points behind normal. Sixty-three percent of the state's wheat acreage had emerged, 16 percentage points behind the five-year average. Rye planted was 93 percent complete, a 2 point increase from the previous week. Eighty-three percent of the state's rye was emerged. Oat seedbed preparation was 85 percent complete with 61 percent of the crop planted by week's end. Sixty-one percent of soybeans were mature with 32 percent harvested by week's end. Eighty-eight percent of grain sorghum had reached maturity with 57 percent of the harvest completed. Ninety-six percent of the state's peanuts were mature with nearly three-fourths of the crop dug. As of Oct. 28, 56 percent of peanuts were combined, 2 points ahead of the five-year average. Bolls were opening on 98 percent of the cotton acreage. Twenty-four percent of cotton was harvested by week's end, an increase of 7 points from the previous week. Growers had 90 percent of other hay second cuttings complete, a 1 point increase from the previous week. Seventy-nine percent of the fifth cutting of alfalfa was complete. Producers had completed 32 percent of the sixth cutting. Alfalfa and other hay conditions remained mostly in the good to fair range. Supplemental feeding of livestock had begun in some areas livestock conditions were rated mostly in the good to fair range. Pasture and range conditions also remained mostly in the good to fair range. Date: 11/1/07
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