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24 Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin October 5, 2010progress considerably ahead of average. Soybean harvest beganin counties along Lake Michigan and going well. Farmers insoutheastern counties continued to be well ahead of normal. Wheatseed was planted as soon as possible after soybeans harvested.Apple harvest continued. Honeycrisp harvest has ended. Cortland,Empire, Jonathan, and Red and Golden Delicious continued to beharvested. Idared harvest has begun west central; harvest ofNorthern Spy has started southeast and west central. Fruit colorcontinued to improve southeast and northwest. Harvest of juicegrapes has ended. Harvest of fall raspberries continued. Coolertemperatures slowed development of warm season vegetablessoutheast while frost southwest brought production of these cropsto end. Growers continued to remove stakes, black plastic and driptape preparation for planting of fall cover crops. Crops harvestedincluded pumpkins, gourds, hard squash, carrots, winter squash,yellow squash, zucchini for fresh and processing, cucumbers forpickles, potatoes, snap beans, peppers, cool season crops, andtomatoes for fresh and processing. Wholesale pumpkin harvest allbut complete, throughout Michigan, with growers beginning directsales. Pumpkins are of excellent quality, but smaller than averagesize. Quality of cool season crops high. Sweet corn, peppers, snapbeans, and tomatoes still available Macomb County area.MINNESOTA: Days suitable for fieldwork 4.6. Topsoil moisture53% adequate, 47% surplus. Pasture condition 4% poor, 21% fair,56% good, 19% excellent. Corn 97% silage harvested, 78% 2009,90% avg. Soybeans 88% mature, 66% 2009, 83% avg.; 13%moisture content, 13% 2009, 13% avg. Potatoes 76% harvested,71% 2009, 73% avg. Dry Beans 85% harvested, 67% 2009, 79%avg. Sunflower condition 2% very poor, 4% poor, 20% fair, 60%good, 14% excellent. Sugarbeet condition 1% very poor, 2% poor,6% fair, 58% good, 33% excellent. Dry weather prevailed thisweek, allowing harvest activity to resume in higher, drier areas.Precipitation amounts were light for most reporting stations. Thenorthern third of the state reported accumulation from 0.10 inch inthe northwest to 0.30 inch in the northeast. Several reporters notedthat fields dried rapidly and fieldwork has resumed across the state,even in southern areas that received heavy rainfall the previousweek. Temperatures were above normal for the week. Daytimehighs were in the 70s throughout most of the state with overnightlows falling into the 20s in some areas. The average statewidetemperature was 54.4 degrees.MISSISSIPPI: Days suitable for fieldwork 6.5. Soil moisture 54%very short, 38% short, and 8% adequate. Corn 100% harvested,82% 2009, 94% avg. Cotton 99% open bolls, 83% 2009, 94% avg.;71% harvested, 1% 2009, 32% avg. Peanuts 40% harvested, 2%2009, 22% avg.; 0% very poor, 0% poor, 17% fair, 62% good, 21%excellent. Rice 95% harvested, 40% 2009, 75% avg. Sorghum100% mature, 100% 2009, 99% avg.; 100% harvested, 56% 2009,87% avg. Soybeans 99% turning color, 90% 2009, 97% avg.; 95%shedding leaves, 72 2009, 89% avg.; 77% harvested, 39% 2009,67% avg. Hay (harvested-warm) 98%, 96% 2009, 97% avg. Wheat10% planted, 0% 2009, 4% avg.; 5% emerged, 0% 2009, 1% avg.Sweetpotatoes 72% harvested, 26% 2009, 52% avg. Cattle 3%very poor, 14% poor, 50% fair, 28% good, 5% excellent. Pasture28% very poor, 39% poor, 27% fair, 5% good, 1% excellent.Another week of dry weather helped farmers harvesting row crops,but stymied fall planting of wheat and forage. The cotton harvest ismoving forward rapidly, around a month ahead of last year’s rainyharvest. The first of the winter wheat has begun to emerge.MISSOURI: Days suitable for fieldwork 6.4. Topsoil moisture 5%very short, 13% short, 74% adequate and 8% surplus. Subsoilmoisture 6% very short, 11% short, 78% adequate, and 5%surplus. Corn moisture harvest 16.4%. On-farm storage availability19% short, 77% adequate, 4% surplus. Pasture condition 8% verypoor, 11% poor, 31% fair, 42% good, and 8% excellent. Supplies ofhay and other roughages 2% very short, 6% short, 79% adequate,and 13% surplus. Stock water supplies 1% very short, 7% short,86% adequate, and 6% surplus. Fair weather conditions allowedfarmers back into their fields for a very good week of harvest.Statewide, rainfall averaged 0.02 of an inch during the week.Temperatures were 3 to 7 degrees below normal across the State.MONTANA: Days suitable for field work 6.4. Topsoil moisture1% very short, 21% last year; 12% short, 37% last year; 78%adequate, 42% last year; 9% surplus, 0% last year. Subsoilmoisture 2% very short, 25% last year; 13% short, 42% last year;83% adequate, 33% last year; 2% surplus, 0% last year. Barley81% harvested, 96% last year. Corn harvested for grain 5%, 5%last year. Corn chopped for silage 60%, 83% last year. Corncondition 0% very poor, 1% last year; 2% poor, 2% last year; 20%fair, 30% last year; 62% good, 50% last year; 16% excellent, 17%last year. Dry beans 70% harvested, 94% last year. Durum wheat83% harvested, 90% last year. Lentils 98% harvested, 99% lastyear. Mustard seed harvested 78%, 97% last year. Oats 94%harvested, 100% last year. Spring wheat 81% harvested, 98% lastyear. Alfalfa hay harvested second cutting 95%, 100% last year.Other hay harvested second cutting 87%, 88% last year.Sugarbeets 21% harvested, 8% last year. Sugarbeets condition 1%very poor, 0% last year; 4% poor, 1% last year; 22% fair, 19% lastyear; 58% good, 35% last year; 15% excellent, 45% last year.Winter wheat 65% planted, 84% last year. Winter wheat 18%emerged, 35% last year. Range and Pasture feed condition 2%very poor, 14% last year; 9% poor, 34% last year; 39% fair, 36%last year; 41% good, 14% last year; 9% excellent, 2% last year.Cattle and calves moved from summer ranges 35%, 44% last year.Sheep and lambs moved from summer ranges 38%, 45% last year.A high pressure system brought high temperatures and only tracesof precipitation across Big Sky country for the week ending October3rd. West Glacier received six hundredths of one inch of rain, asonly stations in the northwest and northcentral districts reportedany precipitation. High temperatures were mainly in the mid toupper 80s and low 90s, with lows in the mid to upper 30s. Hardinand Huntley both reached 94 degrees for the weekly high, andWisdom had the low temperature for the week at 24 degrees.NEBRASKA: Days suitable for fieldwork 6.7. Topsoil moisture11% very short, 32% short, 56% adequate, 1% surplus. Subsoilmoisture 2% very short, 33% short, 64% adequate, 1% surplus.Irrigated corn conditions 84% good or excellent. Dryland cornconditions 79% good or excellent. Dry beans dropping leaves 97%,99% 2009, 94% avg.; 83% harvested, 81% 2009, 72% avg. Alfalfa2% very poor, 4% poor, 17% fair, 61% good, 16% excellent; 4thcutting 83% complete, 78% 2009, 77% avg. Proso millet 72%harvest, 46% 2009 and 67% avg. No rainfall during the week madefor ideal harvest conditions as progress advanced ahead of lastyear and average. Soybean harvest was in full swing, reaching theone-third mark, with good advancement in corn also. Winter wheatseeding in the Panhandle approached 95 percent, however,emergence has been spotty due to dry soils. The first fields ofsugarbeets have been harvested. Cattle were being moved intocorn stalks as fields became available.NEVADA: Days suitable for fieldwork 7. Unseasonably warmweather dominated the week. The week ended with wet weathermoving across the State. Temperatures warmed throughout theweek and ranged from 10 to 15 degrees above normal. Severalrecord high temperatures were set during the week. Las Vegasrecorded a high of 103 degrees. Most stations recorded a high forthe week in the 90’s. Winnemucca recorded a low of 35 degrees.All stations recorded some precipitation. Winnemucca recorded0.97 inches of rain. Rangeland forages continued to show seasonaldecline. Alfalfa third cutting was in full swing. Potato harveststarted. Onion harvest was also underway. Winter wheat plantingstarted in some areas. Cattle and sheep were being rotated to bestutilize available range. Grasshopper populations remained high inthe North but damage to crops remained limited Main farm andranch activities: hay harvest and shipping, weed and pest control,