IT'S THE LAST WEEKLY CROP REPORT OF THE SEASON.
TEMPERATURES WERE ABOUT FOUR DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, EVEN AS SOME AREAS SAW SNOW AND EXPERIENCED A HARD FREEZE. CROP STATISTICIAN MARK SCHLEUSENER SAYS RAINFALL WAS ABOVE NORMAL AS WELL.
99 PERCENT OF WINTER WHEAT HAS EMERGED.
PASTURE CONDITIONS ALSO IMPROVED AND WERE RATED 53 PERCENT IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION. 79 PERCENT IS RATED IN GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION, AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THE PREVIOUS WEEK.