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Week goes out with a bang
Oklahoma The week ending Oct. 14 went "out with a bang," according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Oklahoma Field Office, Oct. 15. Most of Oklahoma received showers late Oct. 14 as a line of thunderstorms barreled across the state. Rainfall was received in various parts of the state throughout the week. The Central district received the most precipitation for this past week at 1.16 inches. The Panhandle district remained dry and received only 0.01 inches of rainfall. At Will Rogers World Airport, the all-time annual precipitation record set in 1908 was broken. (Many of the weekly reports and weather data were submitted before the weekend rains. Consequently the heavy rains influencing the soil moisture categories are not represented in the tables below.) There were 6.1 days suitable for fieldwork. Many wheat producers had been waiting for top soil moisture before continuing to plant. The Oct. 14 rainfall may have ended their wait. The precipitation may have also lessened concerns with small grain pasture growth. Wheat seeding increased 18 points from the previous week to reach 68 percent complete, but was 10 percentage points behind normal. Rye planted was 87 percent complete, a 15-point increase from the previous week. Fifty-nine percent of the state's rye was emerged, 18 points behind normal. Oat seedbed preparation was 82 percent complete with 43 percent of the crop planted by week's end. Fifty-two percent of soybeans were mature with 21 percent harvested by week's end. Corn harvest continued to progress quickly with 96 percent of the crop harvested by Oct. 14, a jump of four points from the previous week. Two-third's of grain sorghum had reached maturity with 43 percent of the harvest completed. Eighty-eight percent of the state's peanuts were mature with 48 percent of the crop dug. As of Oct. 14, 30 percent of peanuts were combined, eight points ahead of the five-year average. Bolls were opening on 92 percent of the cotton acreage. Cotton harvest continued on a limited basis. Hay cuttings were winding down in various parts of the state. Growers had 87 percent of other hay second cuttings complete, a four-point increase from the previous week. Seventy percent of the fifth cutting of alfalfa was complete, only slightly ahead of normal. Producers had completed 27 percent of the sixth cutting, 14 points ahead of normal. Alfalfa and other hay conditions remained mostly in the good to fair range. Livestock conditions were rated mostly in the good to fair range. Livestock marketings remained average last week. Of the feeder cattle under 800 pounds, steers averaged $113 per cwt. and feeder heifers averaged $108 per cwt. Pasture and range conditions remained mostly in the good to fair range. Date: 10/18/07
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