Crop/Weather report for week of June 20

Crops- In a vast majority of the county, crops continue to look really good. Although localized spots did receive hail and/or wind damage from the storms early in the week, as a whole, our crops are doing good. Much of the barley crop in the valley is starting to or has headed out and many producers are taking advantage of the recent break from rain and storms to get their hay crop cut.

Weather-As mentioned in the crops report, we did receive some hail damage early in the week. Although it did not cover a wide area of the county, the areas in the northern part of the county that were hit did see some fairly significant damage. Most of the county received rain from different showers that moved through the area. According to data from the weather station project, rain totals for the month of June ranged anywhere from 1.7 inches to 9.5 inches with a majority of the stations in the 2-3 inch range.

It appears as though there are chances of more rain events through the end of this week but the rest of the month, right now anyway, looks good as far as weather is concerned.

Pests-Still no major reports of pest problems. I have done some scouting and have not found anything that concerns me, yet. I urge our producers to continue your scouting efforts.