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State Crop Weather Report: Fields Remain Saturated
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 04/15/2008

The very first crop/weather summary of 2008 has been released by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture on Monday. Although there hasn't been much work done in the fields yet, the agency says farmers are already chomping at the bit for a nice weather to kick off this year's growing season.

The ag statistics service says precipitation in both the form of snow and rain delayed spring fieldwork in Wisconsin due to wet and muddy conditions. Right now, soil moisture conditions were at 52 percent adequate and 48 percent surplus. So far, there have not been any days suitable for fieldwork last week around the state.

Crop reporters say very few oats have been reported as being planted yet since most of the fields were wet and unworkable. Winter temperatures have kept the soil too cold, and spotty areas of frost remain in the ground across the state. Spring tillage was also delayed for the most part due to wet field conditions. There is still a lot of snow to come off the fields in many of the northern areas of the state. Saturated conditions have kept farmers out of the fields.

Alfalfa and winter wheat have started to green in some parts of the state while other parts have reported no growth yet. Most reporters stated that it was too early to tell the extent of any winterkill, with some reports of spotty winterkill. Some southern areas of the state have reported alfalfa as being slow to grow with very little greening-up. Alfalfa and winter wheat that were green last fall looked the same when the snow melted.

The Maple Syrup season was reported to be better this year than last across the northern half of the state. The majority reported a good season, although last week was reported as being slow. There was also a report of lower sugar content this season.

And manure spreading was kept to a minimum due to snow and rainfall throughout the state causing a lot of soft spots in the fields.


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