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Even with scattered rains, farmers remain busyKansas Northwest and northeast Kansas saw light to fair amounts of rain during the week ending July 6 with some counties in southwest also reporting precipitation, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Kansas Field Office, July 7. Producers averaged 6.2 days suitable for field work, the highest for this calendar year. Topsoil moisture is rated at 5 percent very short, 23 percent short, 68 percent adequate, and 4 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture is rated at 5 percent very short, 16 percent short, 73 percent adequate, and 6 percent surplus. Primary farm activity involved cutting hay, harvesting wheat, spraying herbicide on row crops, planting sunflowers, sorghum, and double cropped soybeans. Wheat is 98 percent ripe for harvest, compared to 100 percent previous year and 100 percent for the 5-year average. Seventy-nine percent is harvested, compared to 75 percent last year and 89 percent for the 5-year average. Wheat condition is rated 7 percent very poor, 13 percent poor, 31 percent fair, 37 percent good, and 12 percent excellent. Corn is 26 percent silked, compared to 42 percent in 2007 and 40 percent for the 5-year average. Corn condition is rated 2 percent very poor, 9 percent poor, 33 percent fair, 49 percent good, and 7 percent excellent. Ninety- seven percent of the sorghum has been planted, compared to 96 percent last year and 97 percent for the 5-year average. Eighty-seven percent has emerged, compared to 90 percent in 2007 and 92 percent for the 5-year average. Corn is 26 percent silked, compared to 42 percent in 2007 and 40 percent for the 5-year average. Corn condition is rated 2 percent very poor, 9 percent poor, 33 percent fair, 49 percent good, and 7 percent excellent. Ninety- seven percent of the sorghum has been planted, compared to 96 percent last year and 97 percent for the 5-year average. Eighty-seven percent has emerged, compared to 90 percent in 2007 and 92 percent for the 5-year average. Sorghum condition is rated 1 percent very poor, 6 percent poor, 26 percent fair, 62 percent good, and 5 percent excellent. Ninety-four percent of the soybeans have been planted, compared to 94 percent last year and 98 percent for the 5-year average. Eighty-six percent have emerged, compared to 89 percent in 2007 and 95 percent for the 5-year average. Ten percent of soybeans are blooming, compared to 18 percent last year and 22 percent for the 5-year average. Soybean condition is rated 1 percent very poor, 7 percent poor, 32 percent fair, 57 percent good, and 3 percent excellent. Fifty-five percent of cotton is squaring, compared to 56 percent for the previous year and 25 percent for the 5-year average. Cotton condition is rated 9 percent very poor, 9 percent poor, 38 percent fair, 34 percent good, and 10 percent excellent. Eighty percent of sunflowers have been planted, compared to 96 percent for 2007 and 95 percent for the 5-year average. Seventy-four percent of sunflowers have emerged, compared to 65 percent last year and 82 percent for a 5-year average. Sunflower condition is rated 2 percent poor, 37 percent fair, 57 percent good, and 4 percent excellent. Sixty-eight percent of the second cutting alfalfa has been completed, compared to 60 percent last year and 73 percent for the 5-year average. 7/14/08 Date: 7/10/08
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