Agricultural summary for March 1

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February continued the cold trend with snow cover and an average statewide temperature of 25.1 degrees, 5.1 degrees below normal. A few more producers were able to complete harvest of corn as the weather warmed slightly, with only light snow in some areas. There was a lot of grain movement last month along with preparing equipment for spring.

Statewide precipitation averaged 1.62 inches, .31 inch below normal. Topsoil moisture was rated 42 percent adequate and 58 percent surplus. Winter wheat conditions stand at 4 percent very poor, 19 percent poor, 49 percent fair, 26 percent good, and 2 percent excellent.