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**[General]{.underline}:** Double digit, below average temperatures
stalled the start of the planting season for much the state, according
to the USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, North Dakota
Field Office. While producers are waiting for warmer temperatures to
thaw out the soil, they continue to prepare machinery and line up inputs
for spring fieldwork. Cold weather has helped to control flooding in the
Red River Valley. Topsoil moisture supplies were rated 1 percent very
short, 15 short, 75 adequate and 9 surplus, compared with the five-year
(2002-2006) average of 6 percent very short, 22 short, 63 adequate and 9
surplus.

**[Crops]{.underline}:** Cold temperatures have halted most field
operations. The statewide average starting date for fieldwork is
expected to be delayed 6 days until April 20, 3 days later than last
year. The expected starting dates ranged from April 9 in the southwest
district to April 27 in the northeast district. The statewide average
starting date is April 17. Reporters noted that single digit
temperatures could injure some winter wheat.

**[Livestock]{.underline}:** Below average temperatures provided some
difficulties for livestock producers. Calving and lambing were 63 and 71
percent complete, respectively. Shearing moved ahead one percentage
point to 85 percent complete.

Hay and forage supplies were rated 8 percent very short, 20 short, 68
adequate and 4 surplus, compared with the average of 2 percent very
short, 11 short, 80 adequate and 7 surplus. Grain and concentrate
supplies were 2 percent very short, 10 short, 82 adequate and 6 surplus.
Cold weather has increased dormancy in pastures and ranges from the
previous week. Pastures and ranges were rated 15 percent growing,
compared with 19 percent growing last week.

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  **Livestock                                                      
  Condition**                                                      

  **North Dakota,                                                  
  Week Ending                                                      
  April 8, 2007**                                                  

  Livestock        Very Poor   Poor        Fair        Good        Excellent

                   *Percent*   *Percent*   *Percent*   *Percent*   *Percent*

  Cows             0           2           18          70          10

  Calves           0           1           19          70          10

  Sheep            0           2           21          67          10

  Lambs            0           2           18          69          11
  ---------------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ------------

**[Soil Temperatures]{.underline}:** Average soil temperatures on April
8, ranged from a low of 29 degrees F in Baker, Cavalier and Fargo to a
high of 34 in Williston. These readings reflect daily average
temperatures under 4 inches of bare soil recorded by the North Dakota
Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN).

+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| **Average Soil    |             |                    |              |
| Temperatures\***, |             |                    |              |
| April 8, 2007     |             |                    |              |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Station           | Temperature | Station            | Temperature  |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
|                   | Degrees F   |                    | Degrees F    |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| NORTHWEST         |             | CENTRAL            |              |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Bowbells          | 31          | Carrington         | 31           |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Minot             | 32          | Robinson           | 31           |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Williston         | 34          | Streeter           | 30           |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| NORTH CENTRAL     |             | EAST CENTRAL       |              |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Baker             | 29          | Dazey              | 32           |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Bottineau         | 30          | Fargo              | 29           |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Rolla             | 30          | SOUTHWEST          |              |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| NORTHEAST         |             | Bowman             | 32           |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Cavalier          | 29          | Dickinson          | 32           |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Grand Forks       | 32          | SOUTH CENTRAL      |              |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Langdon           | 32          | Linton             | 32           |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| WEST CENTRAL      |             | SOUTHEAST          |              |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Turtle Lake       | 30          | Oakes              | 32           |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| Watford City      | 32          | Wyndmere           | 32           |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+
| \*Thermometers    |             |                    |              |
| located 4 inches  |             |                    |              |
| under bare soil.  |             |                    |              |
|                   |             |                    |              |
| Source: NDAWN,    |             |                    |              |
| Department of     |             |                    |              |
| Soil Science,     |             |                    |              |
| NDSU.             |             |                    |              |
+-------------------+-------------+--------------------+--------------+

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+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| **Soil         |            |            |            |            |
| Moisture       |            |            |            |            |
| Supplies**     |            |            |            |            |
+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| **North        |            |            |            |            |
| Dakota, April  |            |            |            |            |
| 8, 2007 with   |            |            |            |            |
| Comparisons**  |            |            |            |            |
+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| Date           | Week       |            |            | 2002-      |
|                | Ending     |            |            |            |
|                |            |            |            | 2006       |
|                |            |            |            |            |
|                |            |            |            | Avg        |
+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
|                | April 8,   | April 1,   | April 8,   |            |
|                |            |            |            |            |
|                | 2007       | 2007       | 2006       |            |
+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
|                | *Percent*  | *Percent*  | *Percent*  | *Percent*  |
+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| **Topsoil**    |            |            |            |            |
+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| Very Short     | 1          | 2          | 3          | 6          |
+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| Short          | 15         | 15         | 10         | 22         |
+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| Adequate       | 75         | 70         | 71         | 63         |
+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| Surplus        | 9          | 13         | 16         | 9          |
+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
|                |            |            |            |            |
+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| **Subsoil**    |            |            |            |            |
+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| Very Short     | 6          | 8          | 3          | 9          |
+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| Short          | 36         | 36         | 14         | 24         |
+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| Adequate       | 54         | 52         | 70         | 62         |
+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
| Surplus        | 4          | 4          | 13         | 5          |
+----------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+

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[Number range CHAPTER**Weather**]{.underline}**:** A large winter storm
spread across the southern two-thirds of the state with snowfall ranging
from 6 to 9 inches earlier in the week. Temperatures during the past
week struggled into the 20s for the entire state with temperatures 13 to
18 degrees below average. The unsettled weather continued in the eastern
half of the state with strong winds. Temperatures remained well below
normal for this time of the year.

**[Outlook, April 9-15]{.underline}:** Cold and snowy weather will
continue for the first half of the week. A storm system in the western
half of the state will bring a chance of snow. Snow should spread east
on Monday morning and affect most of the state on Tuesday. Snow totals
should be heaviest across the southern half of the state. Temperatures
will remain cool, but should slowly warm into the low 40s by the end of
the week. Another storm system from the Central Plains will be watched
closely as it appears the storm should stay south of the state. The good
news with this system is warmer air should push northward into North
Dakota with a chance of 50 degrees by Sunday.

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| *            |          |          |          |          |          |
| *Temperature |          |          |          |          |          |
| &            |          |          |          |          |          |
| Prec         |          |          |          |          |          |
| ipitation:** |          |          |          |          |          |
| Districts    |          |          |          |          |          |
| and Stations |          |          |          |          |          |
|              |          |          |          |          |          |
| North        |          |          |          |          |          |
| Dakota, Week |          |          |          |          |          |
| ending April |          |          |          |          |          |
| 8, 2007      |          |          |          |          |          |
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| District     | Average  |          | Seasonal |          |          |
|              |          |          | Preci    |          |          |
| Averages     | Tem      |          | pitation |          |          |
|              | perature |          |          |          |          |
|              |          |          | B        |          |          |
|              |          |          | eginning |          |          |
|              |          |          | April 1  |          |          |
|              |          |          | ^1/^     |          |          |
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|              | Past     | Depart   | Past     | Total    | Depart   |
|              |          |          |          |          |          |
|              | Week     | Normal   | Week     |          | Normal   |
|              |          | ^2/^     |          |          | ^2/^     |
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
|              | *        | *        | *(       | *(       | *(       |
|              | (Degrees | (Degrees | Inches)* | Inches)* | Inches)* |
|              | F)*      | F)*      |          |          |          |
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| Northwest(1) | 22       | -13      | 0.00     | 0.01     | -0.34    |
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| N.           | 21       | -13      | 0.00     | 0.00     | -0.33    |
| Central(2)   |          |          |          |          |          |
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| Northeast    | 21       | -14      | 0.00     | 0.32     | 0.05     |
| (3)          |          |          |          |          |          |
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| W.           | 20       | -18      | 0.00     | 0.00     | -0.40    |
| Central(4)   |          |          |          |          |          |
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| Central (5)  | 22       | -15      | 0.00     | 0.02     | -0.31    |
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| E. Central   | 23       | -13      | 0.00     | 0.32     | -0.08    |
| (6)          |          |          |          |          |          |
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| Southwest(7) | 21       | -16      | 0.06     | 0.06     | -0.32    |
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| S. Central   | 21       | -16      | 0.01     | 0.01     | -0.35    |
| (8)          |          |          |          |          |          |
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| Southeast(9) | 23       | -14      | 0.00     | 0.23     | -0.26    |
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+
| *1/          |          |          |          |          |          |
| P            |          |          |          |          |          |
| recipitation |          |          |          |          |          |
| amounts may  |          |          |          |          |          |
| vary due to  |          |          |          |          |          |
| an           |          |          |          |          |          |
| inaccurate   |          |          |          |          |          |
| snowfall     |          |          |          |          |          |
| melt. 2/     |          |          |          |          |          |
| Normal is    |          |          |          |          |          |
| the          |          |          |          |          |          |
| 1971-2000    |          |          |          |          |          |
| average.     |          |          |          |          |          |
| NA=Not       |          |          |          |          |          |
| available.*  |          |          |          |          |          |
| Weather data |          |          |          |          |          |
| collected    |          |          |          |          |          |
| from NDAWN   |          |          |          |          |          |
| stations and |          |          |          |          |          |
| compiled by  |          |          |          |          |          |
| UND          |          |          |          |          |          |
| Aerospace    |          |          |          |          |          |
| Regional     |          |          |          |          |          |
| Weather      |          |          |          |          |          |
| Information  |          |          |          |          |          |
| Center.      |          |          |          |          |          |
+--------------+----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+

+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| **Temperature & |          |          |         |         |         |
| P               |          |          |         |         |         |
| recipitation:** |          |          |         |         |         |
| Districts and   |          |          |         |         |         |
| Stations        |          |          |         |         |         |
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| North Dakota,   |          |          |         |         |         |
| Week ending     |          |          |         |         |         |
| April 8, 2007   |          |          |         |         |         |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Stations        | Tem      |          | S       |         |         |
|                 | perature |          | easonal |         |         |
| by              |          |          | Precip  |         |         |
|                 | Past     |          | itation |         |         |
| District        | Week     |          |         |         |         |
|                 |          |          | Be      |         |         |
|                 |          |          | ginning |         |         |
|                 |          |          | April   |         |         |
|                 |          |          | 1^1/^   |         |         |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
|                 | High     | Low      | Past    | Total   | Depart  |
|                 |          |          |         |         |         |
|                 |          |          | Week    |         | Normal  |
|                 |          |          |         |         | ^2/^    |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
|                 | *        | *        | *(I     | *(I     | *(I     |
|                 | (Degrees | (Degrees | nches)* | nches)* | nches)* |
|                 | F)*      | F)*      |         |         |         |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| \(1\) Bowbells  | 37       | 6        | 0.00    | 0.00    | -0.31   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Williston       | 38       | 11       | 0.00    | 0.00    | -0.30   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Mohall          | 38       | 6        | 0.00    | 0.00    | -0.32   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Minot           | 36       | 10       | 0.00    | 0.03    | -0.41   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| \(2\) Baker     | 35       | 8        | 0.00    | 0.01    | -0.34   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Bottineau       | 38       | 2        | 0.00    | 0.00    | -0.32   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Rugby           | 36       | 8        | 0.00    | 0.00    | -0.34   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| \(3\) Cando     | 35       | 7        | 0.00    | 0.03    | -0.17   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Cavalier        | 31       | 9        | 0.00    | 0.45    | 0.15    |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Forest River    | 34       | 12       | 0.00    | 0.38    | 0.08    |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Grand Forks     | 35       | 12       | 0.00    | 0.35    | 0.05    |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Langdon         | 31       | 8        | 0.00    | 0.37    | 0.15    |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| St. Thomas      | 33       | 12       | 0.00    | 0.32    | 0.02    |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| \(4\) Hazen     | 37       | -3       | 0.00    | 0.00    | -0.47   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Turtle Lake     | 36       | 4        | 0.00    | 0.00    | -0.40   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Watford City    | 37       | 9        | 0.00    | 0.00    | -0.34   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| \(5\)           | 36       | 9        | 0.00    | 0.02    | -0.36   |
| Carrington      |          |          |         |         |         |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Harvey          | 36       | 10       | 0.00    | 0.00    | -0.20   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Jamestown       | 37       | 8        | 0.00    | 0.06    | -0.34   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Robinson        | 36       | 8        | 0.00    | 0.00    | -0.35   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Streeter        | 36       | 5        | 0.00    | 0.02    | -0.32   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| \(6\) Dazey     | 36       | 8        | 0.00    | 0.14    | -0.24   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Fargo           | 37       | 10       | 0.00    | 0.47    | 0.07    |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Hillsboro       | 36       | 11       | 0.00    | 0.36    | -0.07   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| \(7\) Beach     | 36       | 7        | 0.10    | 0.10    | -0.27   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Bowman          | 36       | 5        | 0.07    | 0.07    | -0.25   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Dickinson       | 37       | 7        | 0.00    | 0.00    | -0.46   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Hettinger       | 38       | 8        | 0.08    | 0.08    | -0.29   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| \(8\) Mandan    | 37       | 6        | 0.00    | 0.00    | -0.36   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Linton          | 37       | 5        | 0.02    | 0.02    | -0.34   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| \(9\) Edgeley   | 39       | 8        | 0.00    | 0.10    | -0.37   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Oakes           | 38       | 7        | 0.00    | 0.13    | -0.37   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| Wyndmere        | 39       | 7        | 0.00    | 0.47    | -0.03   |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+
| *1/             |          |          |         |         |         |
| Precipitation   |          |          |         |         |         |
| amounts may     |          |          |         |         |         |
| vary due to an  |          |          |         |         |         |
| inaccurate      |          |          |         |         |         |
| snowfall melt.  |          |          |         |         |         |
| 2/ Normal is    |          |          |         |         |         |
| the 1971-2000   |          |          |         |         |         |
| average. NA=Not |          |          |         |         |         |
| Available.*     |          |          |         |         |         |
| Weather data    |          |          |         |         |         |
| collected from  |          |          |         |         |         |
| NDAWN stations  |          |          |         |         |         |
| and compiled by |          |          |         |         |         |
| UND Aerospace   |          |          |         |         |         |
| Regional        |          |          |         |         |         |
| Weather         |          |          |         |         |         |
| Information     |          |          |         |         |         |
| Center.         |          |          |         |         |         |
+-----------------+----------+----------+---------+---------+---------+