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Wheat in mostly fair to good conditionColorado Most of Colorado received above average amounts of precipitation during the week ending April 13, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Colorado Field Office, April 14. Colorado Springs and the San Luis Valley received slightly below average moisture. Snowpack is up 8 percent from the previous week to 130 percent of the state average. Temperatures across the state were below average for this time of year. Farmers were allowed 4.9 days in the field for spring operations. Winter wheat was 2 percent pastured and 20 percent jointed this week, with the crop rated in mostly fair to good condition. Spring barley was 32 percent seeded by week's end, up 10 percent from the previous week. Dry onions were 50 percent planted and spring wheat was 24 percent seeded. Sugar beets were 9 percent planted and corn was 3 percent planted by week's end. Pasture and range feed conditions were rated mostly fair to good across the state. Seventy-six percent of cows have calved since January 1, while 69 percent of the ewes have lambed during the same time frame. Death losses for cattle and sheep were both rated average. Stored feed supplies are also rated average for this time of year. 4/21/08 Date: 4/16/08
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