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Cooler temperatures seenMontana Montana experienced cooler temperatures with adequate moisture for the week ending Oct. 11, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, Montana Field Office, Oct. 13. Highs were in the 50s to 60s, and lows were mostly in the teens and 20s. Havre had the high temperature of 67 degrees, and Cascade had the low temperature of minus 12 degrees. Huntley had the greatest amount of weekly precipitation with 1.48 inches. Topsoil moisture is 40 percent adequate and surplus, down from last week's 45 percent as well as last year's 71 percent and below the five-year average of 61 percent. Subsoil moisture is 29 percent adequate and surplus, down from last week's 34 percent as well as last year's 55 percent and below the five-year average of 37 percent. The number of days suitable for field work decreased to 3.8 days from the previous week's 5.0 days. Montana temperatures are forecasted to be near normal, and precipitation is forecasted to be above normal for Oct. 20 t0 26. Normal temperatures for this period in the state are highs ranging from the lower 50s to the lower 60s and lows in the lower 20s to the upper 30s. Winter wheat seeding is ninety percent complete and emergence is fifty-one percent complete, slightly below last year's progress. Cooler temperatures along with moisture have put a halt on durum wheat harvest. Range and pasture feed conditions declined from last week with 15 percent good to excellent compared to 17 percent the previous week. Ranchers have just begun supplemental feeding of livestock.
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