QID 0298944 Weekly Crop Weather Report - MN

Project 135 QID 0298944		OMB No. 0535-0002: Approval Expires 06/30/2012
	WEEKLY CROP-WEATHER REPORT			NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
			Minnesota Field Office P.O. Box 7068 St. Paul, MN 55107 Phone 1-800-453-7502, Fax 1-800-839-2186 [email protected]
Under Title 7 of the U.S. Code and CIPSEA (Public Law 107-347), data you report are kept confidential and used only for statistical purposes in combination with similar reports from other respondents. Response is voluntary. We appreciate your assistance. Internet Reporting:

August 1, 2011

Dear Reporter:

Please supply your best appraisal of current farm activities and field conditions in your county as of Sunday, August 7^th and submit your response before 10am Monday, August 8^th.

HOW TO SUBMIT

Web: http://cpcsweb.nass.usda.gov

Fax: 800-839-2186

Tips:

Enter a number for each stage of development. If the entire corn acreage has reached the silking stage or beyond, enter “100%”.

MILK Stage – Begins 18 to 22 days after silking and kernels have blistered. Kernels are filled with milky fluid. Kernel moisture content is approximately 80 to 85 percent.

Small Grains:

RIPENING

The question for ripening should be interpreted as follows:

What percent of the crop has reached the Ripening stage or “beyond”? The “beyond” is intended to include the harvested portion of all ripened grain.

For assistance contact Emily Jerve

at 1-800-453-7502.

Thank you for your participation!

Sincerely,

Douglas Hartwig, Director

COMMENTS

(Include observations on moisture supplies, field conditions, work activities, or items of special interest):

Please Report as of Sunday, August 7^th

1. NUMBER OF DAYS SUITABLE FOR FIELDWORK: (010) ______ Days

2. SOIL MOISTURE SUPPLIES: The sum for topsoil must = 100%

Very Short

Short

Adequate

Surplus

Topsoil

(011) _______%

(012) _______%

(013) _______%

(014) _______%

3. GENERAL CONDITIONS (Each crop in this section must = 100%)

Very Poor

Poor

Fair

Good

Excellent

Pasture

(300) _______

(301) _______

(302) _______

(303) _______

(304) _______

Soybeans

(130) _______

(131) _______

(132) _______

(133) _______

(134) _______

Field Corn

(100) _______

(101) _______

(102) _______

(103) _______

(104) _______

Oats

(360) _______

(361) _______

(362) _______

(363) _______

(364) _______

Barley

(330) _______

(331) _______

(332) _______

(333) _______

(334) _______

Spring Wheat

(280) _______

(281) _______

(282) _______

(283) _______

(284) _______

Sugarbeets

(200) _______

(201) _______

(202) _______

(203) _______

(204) _______

Potatoes

(490) _______

(491) _______

(492) _______

(493) _______

(494) _______

Canola

(850) _______

(851) _______

(852) _______

(853) _______

(854) _______

Dry Beans

(450) _______

(451) _______

(452) _______

(453) _______

(454) _______

Sunflowers

(430) _______

(431) _______

(432) _______

(433) _______

(434) _______

NOTE: If the crop is not grown in your area, LEAVE THE ITEM BLANK, or enter “NG”. If the crop has not reached the specified stage, ENTER “0” %.

4. SMALL GRAINS

Ripening

Harvested

Spring Wheat

(290)________%

(288)________%

Oats

(370)________%

(368)________%

Barley

(340)________%

(338)________%

5. ROW CROPS

Silking

Milk

Dough

Field Corn

(106) ________%

(114) __________%

(107) __________%

Blooming

Setting Pods

Soybeans

(136) ________%

(137) ________%

6. OTHER CROPS

Blooming

Setting Pods

Fully Podded

Dry Edible Beans

(438) ____________%

(439) ________%

(440) ________%

Harvested

Sweet Corn

(516) ________%

Potatoes

(496) ___________%

Canola

(861) ___________%

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