Crops: Improving soil moisture; Early planting progress
Posted at 1:02 PM on April 24, 2012
by Paul Huttner
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Filed under: Crops
69% of Minnesota reporting "adequate" topsoil moisture
+20% jump from last week's numbers
84% of spring wheat planted in Minnesota as of this week
17% 5 year running average
Source: USDA/MN Ag News
Rainy week in Minnesota:
Ah, that felt good! That's the first time in months I've been able to type the phrase "rainy week."
Widespread rainfall helped boost topsoil moisture in Minnesota last week. 69% of topsoil is now reported as "adequate" according to this week's Minnesota Crop Report. That's up from 49% last week, or a full 20%.
Some areas have picked up 2" to 3" of rainfall in the past week including.
-North Mankato 2.21"
-Rosemount 2.22"
-Wheaton 2.52"
-Wadena 3.12"
Our record mild March in Minnesota means filed prep and planting is ahead of schedule. 84% of spring wheat is in the ground now, compared with 0% last year and 17% for the 5 year running average!
Source: USDA/MN Ag News
PH
Comments (1)
Extremely interesting.
We have a small patch of spring wheat in our back yard we put in, back in March, it's about 6 inches high and looking very good.
We are hoping to put some barley in, but didn't have the seed until a few weeks ago, and haven't had time, and the cooperation of the weather to get it in yet (maybe this evening)
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