For the week ending Sunday, there were 6.3 days suitable for fieldwork, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Topsoil moisture supplies rated 48% very short, 25% short, 26% adequate, and 1% surplus. Subsoil moisture supplies rated 54% very short, 28% short, 18% adequate, and 0% surplus.
Winter wheat condition rated 20% very poor, 23% poor, 36% fair, 19% good, and 2% excellent. Winter wheat emerged was 87%, behind 95% last year and 92% for the five-year average.
Cotton harvested was 91%, well ahead of 67% last year and 58% average.
Sunflowers harvested was 97%, near 95% last year, and ahead of 92% average.
Pasture and range conditions rated 56% very poor, 24% poor, 14% fair, 6% good, and 0% excellent.
Data for this news were provided at the county level by USDA Farm Service Agency, KSU Extension Service, and other reporters across the State.
Categories: Kansas, Crops, Wheat, Harvesting