Colorado Crop Progress Update

Colorado Crop Progress Update

NASS Mountain Region Director Bill Meyer shares details from Monday's Crop Progress Report.

Meyer: "First thing I think is notable is the soil moisture supplies in the state — they remain very good. Although last week was a hot and dry one across the state. There were some isolated storms and and/or hail storms — which you don't like. But our top soil moisture supply still rated 82 percent adequate and 2 percent surplus and that is right on par with last year at this time. Our subsoil is rated 88 percent adequate and surplus which is a little bit better than last year at this time but for all practical purposes the same. With the rains we've had this spring and until recently, the pasture and range across the state look very good — 65 percent of the pasture and ranges rated good and 13 percent rated excellent and last year at this time it was 62 percent good and 12 percent excellent. But it is much better than the five-year average where it was only 39 percent good to excellent. Our winter wheat condition that is rated 41 percent good to excellent — that is lower than last year at this time when it was rated 67 percent good to excellent. So as far as the planting we are coming to the end of it for most crops — we have 80 percent of the dry beans planted, we have 85 percent of the sorghum planted and 95 percent of the spring wheat planted."

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