FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Recent rain is not enough to relieve drought in North Dakota.
According to the federal Agriculture Department’s crop report, while many parts of North Dakota received rainfall last week, much more was needed to help both crops and livestock.
Despite the recent rain, most of North Dakota is still drought-stricken. Some producers in the western part of the state planned to bale wheat for livestock feed.
It was another hot week, with temperatures averaging 2 to 6 degrees above normal in eastern North Dakota and 6 to 10 degrees above normal in the west.
About a third of soybeans were in poor or very poor condition. Sunflowers blooming were 4 percent, behind last year’s 10 percent.
Nearly 70 percent of pastures and rangeland are in poor or very poor condition.
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