Wyoming Crop Progress

Cooperating with the Wyoming Department of Agriculture
USDA, NASS, Wyoming Field Office
PO Box 1148 · Cheyenne, WY 82003
(800) 892-1660 · (307) 432-5598 FAX · www.nass.usda.gov/wy

Released:  Monday, August 4, 2014

Week of July 28 – August 3, 2014

Agricultural Summary: Areas in Carbon, Converse and Platte Counties received monsoon rains last week. Producers had 5.6 days suitable for fieldwork during the week, compared with 6.2 last year and a 5‑year average of 6.6.

TopSoil Moisture Supplies	

Topsoil	This
Week	Last
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very Short	11	9	17	13	
Short	33	35	36	32	
Adequate	56	56	46	53	
Surplus	0	0	1	2	

SubSoil Moisture Supplies	

Subsoil	This
Week	Last 
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very Short	8	6	21	15	
Short	38	37	38	30	
Adequate	54	57	41	55	
Surplus	0	0	0	0	

Field Crop Report: Small grain crops continue to progress with thirty percent or more of this year’s acreage mature. All crops were rated in mostly good condition. Winter wheat harvest starting well behind last year and the 5-year average. Crop insect infestation was reported as 3 percent severe, 7 percent moderate, 46 percent light and 44 percent none, unchanged from last week. Irrigation water supplies were reported at 1 percent poor, 10 percent fair, 76 percent good, and 13 percent excellent. 

Crop Condition	
	Very
Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excel	
Barley	0	0	2	66	32	
Corn	0	1	4	88	7	
Dry beans	0	0	8	80	12	
Oats	1	0	2	87	10	
Sugarbeets	0	0	0	85	15	
Spring Wheat	0	1	7	88	4	
Winter Wheat	0	0	26	71	3

Livestock, Pasture and Range Report: Despite heavy rainfall in portions of the State, range and pasture conditions declined slightly from last week. Livestock condition was reported at 2 percent poor, 16 percent fair, 66 percent good, and 16 percent excellent.

Crop Progress	
	This
Week	Last
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Barley headed	96	87	93	92	
Barley coloring	85	64	63	72	
Barley mature	53	10	40	48	
Barley harvested	5	NA	7	22	
Oats headed	94	90	80	87	
Oats coloring	73	60	47	59	
Oats mature	39	19	7	32	
Oats harvested	2	NA	10	11	
Spring wheat headed	96	94	99	92	
Spring wheat coloring	82	65	66	66	
Spring wheat mature	30	0	14	37	
Spring wheat harvested	6	NA	9	10	
Winter wheat harvested	5	0	67	70	
Corn silking	40	27	32	31	
Dry beans blooming	71	55	65	73	
Dry beans setting pods	24	9	25	40	
Alfalfa 2nd cutting	45	23	34	32	

Range and Pasture Conditions	
	This
Week	Last 
Week	Last
Year	5-Yr
Avg	
Very poor	0	0	17	13	
Poor	9	9	26	13	
Fair	16	15	31	22	
Good	57	57	22	45	
Excellent	18	19	4	7	

Weather Data for the Week Ending August 3, 2014 1/
	Weekly Air Temperature	Weekly Precipitation	Since Jan 1
Precipitation	
	Hi	Lo	Avg	DFN	Total Inches	Normal Inches	DFN	Total Inches	DFN	
District 1	
Cody	89	51	70	0	0.27	0.21	0.06	7.07	-0.14	
Dubois	80	39	58	-5	0.67	0.21	0.46	7.39	1.28	
Greybull	98	54	75	3	0	0.07	-0.07	4.11	-0.90	
Jeffrey City	88	44	64	-4	0.37	0.20	0.17	4.75	-2.68	
Lake Yellowstone	79	37	56	2	0.33	0.35	-0.02	19.43	6.87	
Lander	95	51	70	-3	0.34	0.14	0.20	5.41	-3.39	
Powell	88	47	69	-1	0.12	0.14	-0.02	4.67	-0.24	
Riverton	92	53	70	0	0.31	0.14	0.17	4.16	-1.12	
Worland	96	50	73	-3	0.17	0.14	0.03	3.87	-1.39	
District 2										
Big Horn	89	47	69	-2	0.02	0.18	-0.16	11.78	2.05	
Buffalo-Johnson	89	54	72	1	0.01	0.23	-0.22	7.87	-1.44	
Gillette	91	50	70	-2	0.22	0.23	-0.01	9.23	-1.81	
Midwest	91	47	68	-4	0.24	0.21	0.03	9.09	-0.66	
Newcastle	90	52	72	-3	0.14	0.45	-0.31	7.45	-3.22	
Sheridan	92	48	71	-1	0	0.21	-0.21	10.30	0.48	
Sundance	87	53	70	-2	0	0.42	-0.42	12.00	-0.77	
District 3										
Afton	89	38	62	-2	0.37	0.28	0.09	9.69	-1.32	
Big Piney	90	40	63	3	0.16	0.21	-0.05	2.92	-1.66	
Evanston	89	49	66	4	0.47	0.19	0.28	5.53	-1.22	
Jackson Hole	84	43	63	2	0.11	0.28	-0.17	8.75	-4.25	
District 4										
Casper	92	45	68	-4	0.06	0.23	-0.17	7.46	-1.37	
Laramie	82	42	60	-4	1.36	0.34	1.02	7.61	0.22	
Rawlins	89	45	66	-4	0.38	0.20	0.18	2.58	-3.62	
Rock Springs	90	47	68	0	0.24	0.18	0.06	2.07	-3.89	
Shirley Basin	87	42	62	2	2.05	0.28	1.77	10.01	3.15	
District 5										
Buford	85	49	65	6	1.57	0.46	1.11	12.63	2.70	
Cheyenne	84	50	65	-4	1.08	0.49	0.59	10.18	-0.38	
Chugwater	88	49	67	-3	1.05	0.40	0.65	11.96	1.15	
Douglas	91	50	69	-4	0.19	0.30	-0.11	8.19	-0.63	
LaGrange 	90	52	69	-3	0.56	0.43	0.13	9.44	-1.11	
Lance Creek	92	48	70	-5	0.08	0.35	-0.27	8.99	-0.34	
Old Fort Laramie	89	49	67	-6	0.58	0.30	0.28	10.20	0.76	
Torrington	93	50	71	-3	0.16	0.32	-0.16	11.09	1.47	
Wheatland	91	52	70	-4	2.80	0.33	2.47	12.03	3.05	
1/ Summary based on NWS data. DFN=Departure from Normal. Precipitation (rain or melted snow/ice) in inches. Air Temperatures in Degrees Fahrenheit. Weather data prepared by AWIS, Inc. For more weather information visit www.awis.com or call 1-888-798-9955