May 21, 2013

Posts Comments

You are here: Home / Archives for pasture

Pastures in Dakotas remain stressed, despite rain

August 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

North Dakota

Reporters noted that even though precipitation was received last week, pastures continue to remain stressed. Pasture and range conditions were 13 percent very poor, 30 poor, 34 fair, 22 good, and 1 excellent. Cutting of other hay was 92 percent complete. The second cutting of alfalfa was 83 percent complete. Hay conditions were rated 14 percent very poor, 31 poor, 38 fair, 15 good, and 2 excellent. Stockwater supplies were rated 11 percent very short, 35 short, 53 adequate, and 1 surplus.

South Dakota

Cattle conditions improved slightly with 69 percent rated in the good to excellent range, 27 percent fair, and 4 percent poor. Sheep conditions saw minimal change with 79 percent rated in the good to excellent condition compared to last week’s 78 percent. Stock water supplies improved slightly with 22 percent very short, 38 percent short and 40 percent adequate. Feed supplies were 14 percent very short, 43 percent short and 43 percent adequate to surplus. Range and pasture conditions were rated 30 percent very poor, 38 percent poor, 26 percent fair and 6 percent good.

 

Source: USDA NASS ND & SD Field Offices

Share
Filed Under: Livestock, News, Regional News Tagged With: , , , ,

Crop progress ahead of the average in the Dakotas, livestock conditions mostly good to excellent

June 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment

North Dakota

Barley was 46 percent jointed, compared with zero last year and the five year (2007-2011) average of 10 percent. Forty-nine percent of the spring wheat crop was jointed as of Sunday, an increase of 30 percentage points from last week. Up 31 percentage points from last week, oats were 55 percent jointed, ahead of 11 percent on average. Dry beans advanced 40 percentage points to 59 percent emerged, ahead of 18 percent on average. Potatoes were 65 percent emerged, compared with 7 percent last year and 31 percent on average. Soybeans advanced 30 percentage points to 81 percent emerged, further along than the average of 37 percent. Sunflowers were 80 percent planted, compared with 21 percent last year and the average of 57 percent. Barley and oat conditions were slightly improved while Durum and spring wheat conditions declined slightly. Other crop conditions ranged from essentially unchanged to worse than last week. Canola and dry edible pea conditions showed the most noticeable decline.

Pasture and range conditions were 1 percent very poor, 5 poor, 21 fair, 63 good, and 10 excellent. First cuttings of alfalfa and other hay were 2 percent and 1 percent complete, respectively. Hay conditions were rated 1 percent very poor, 12 poor, 26 fair, 54 good, and 7 excellent. Stockwater supplies were rated 4 percent short, 90 adequate and 6 surplus.

South Dakota

With the early planting season this year, crop progress was still well ahead of the five year average for all crop stages. Corn was 95 percent emerged with an average height of 7 inches, ahead of the five year average by 4 inches. Soybeans were at 93 percent planted, with 65 percent emerged, ahead of the five year average of 30 percent emerged. Sorghum was at 57 percent planted, with 28 percent emerged. Sunflowers were at 45 percent planted. Winter wheat was at 87 percent headed, up 12 points from last week and ahead of the five year average of 26 percent. Spring wheat was at 73 percent in the boot stage, ahead of the five year average of 15 percent. Twenty-one percent of spring wheat was headed. Barley was at 51 percent in the boot stage, ahead of the five year average of 6 percent. Oats were reported at 79 percent in the boot stage, ahead of the five year average of 17 percent. Thirty-five percent of oats were headed.

Cattle moved to pasture is rated at 91 percent complete. Stock water supplies are 2 percent very short, 12 percent short and 86 percent adequate to surplus. Feed supplies are 1 percent very short, 4 percent short and 95 percent adequate to surplus. Range and pasture conditions are rated 1 percent very poor, 5 percent poor, 31 percent fair and 63 percent good to excellent.

 

Source: USDA NASS ND & SD Field Reports

 

 

Share
Filed Under: Crops, Livestock, News, Regional News Tagged With: , , , , , ,

North & South Dakota livestock report

April 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment

North Dakota

Calving was 69 percent complete, while lambing was 81 percent complete. Shearing was 90 percent complete. Cow conditions were rated 1 percent poor, 7 fair, 73 good, and 19 excellent. Calf conditions were rated 6 percent fair, 70 good, and 24 excellent. Sheep conditions were rated 7 percent fair, 70 good, and 23 excellent. Lamb conditions were rated 8 percent fair, 68 good, and 24 excellent. Hay and forage supplies were rated 2 percent short, 79 adequate, and 19 surplus. The percentage of feed obtained from pasture and range was 19 percent for cattle and 16 percent for sheep. Grain and concentrate supply was rated 4 percent short, 81 adequate, and 15 surplus. Pastures and ranges were rated 36 percent still dormant.

South Dakota

Cattle are rated 95 percent in good to excellent condition up 3 percentage points from last week. Calving was at 64 percent complete as of April 15th. Cattle moved to pasture is rated at 19 percent complete. Sheep are also rated 95 percent in good to excellent condition. Lambing was at 70 percent complete as of April 15th. Stock water supplies are 92 percent adequate to surplus and feed supplies are 98 percent adequate to surplus. Range and pasture conditions are rated 58 percent good to excellent, 36 percent fair and 6 percent poor, compared to 52 percent good to excellent last week.

Source: USDA NASS ND & SD FIELD OFFICES

Share
Filed Under: Livestock, News, Regional News Tagged With: , , , , ,