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Sugarbeet harvest above averageWyoming Bean and sugar beet harvest has been stopped due to heavy wet snow in some areas during the week ending Oct. 4, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Wyoming Field Office, Oct. 5. Some producers were feeding hay already due to grasshopper infested pastures. A few counties reported cold, high winds which were drying up the ground. High temperatures ranged from low 70s to high 80s. Low temperatures ranged from 11 to 30 degrees. Topsoil moisture was at 76 percent adequate or better, up 12 points from last year and up 30 points from the average. There were 6.0 days suitable for field work last week. All winter wheat has been planted with 90 percent emerged; 1 point below 2008 but 3 points above the average. Ninety-eight percent of dry beans were turning color, 91 percent windrowed, and 78 percent combined; 16 points above 2008 and 13 points above the 5-year average. Ninety-six percent of corn was in the dough stage, 86 percent was dented, 65 percent was mature, and 2 percent was harvested; up 1 point from last year but unchanged from the average. Harvesting corn for silage was at 87 percent, up 2 points from 2008 but 3 points below the average. Seventeen percent of sugar beets have been harvested, 12 points above 2008 and 10 points above the average. Fifty-two percent of alfalfa has been cut for the third time, down 3 points from last year and down 15 points from the average. Irrigation water supplies were at 87 percent adequate.
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