Farmers once again spent the week preparing fields and planting various crops. Total wheat was reported in mostly poor to good condition . Lettuce was reported in fair to excellent condition. Onions were listed in mostly good to excellent condition. Alfalfa was listed in mostly fair to excellent condition.
Ranchers continue to supplemental feed and are more than ready for the emerging spring forage .
Cattle and sheep conditions were mostly poor to good. Despite some rather warm temperatures at the end of the week, much of the eastern plains were kept unusually cool by extended periods of cloudy skies. Readings in the east ranged from 4 to as much as 11 degrees cooler than normal for their weekly average temperatures. The drizzle and light rain in the east produced only scant precipitation under one-tenth inch in most cases. However, several disturbances rolled southeast out central Colorado with heavier and more frequent showers along the northern border from Raton to Des Moines and Roy.