Sept. 27 Pasture Condition Rating

By AgWeb.com Editors

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November 15, 2020 03:20 PM

 Pasture and Range Condition - Selected States: Week Ending September 26, 2010 [National pasture and range conditions for selected States are weighted based on pasture acreage and/or livestock inventories] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : Very poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- : percent : Alabama ........: 16 40 33 11 - Arizona ........: 23 15 27 27 8 Arkansas .......: 13 33 35 19 - California .....: 5 30 25 40 - Colorado .......: 1 27 40 29 3 Connecticut ....: 7 41 35 17 - Delaware .......: 11 21 36 29 3 Florida ........: 1 4 25 50 20 Georgia ........: 20 29 37 13 1 Idaho ..........: 2 20 35 40 3 Illinois .......: 7 10 36 42 5 Indiana ........: 31 29 30 9 1 Iowa ...........: 1 6 26 52 15 Kansas .........: 5 13 36 43 3 Kentucky .......: 36 29 18 16 1 Louisiana ......: 12 30 34 22 2 Maine ..........: 1 8 33 58 - Maryland .......: 17 24 40 19 - Massachusetts ..: - 3 49 46 2 Michigan .......: 1 17 31 40 11 Minnesota ......: - 3 20 58 19 Mississippi ....: 28 39 27 5 1 Missouri .......: 8 7 35 41 9 Montana ........: 1 6 36 46 11 Nebraska .......: 1 2 14 74 9 Nevada .........: 4 11 61 23 1 New Hampshire ..: 11 9 19 61 - New Jersey .....: - 20 55 25 - New Mexico .....: 4 12 33 47 4 New York .......: 4 10 34 45 7 North Carolina .: 19 34 26 20 1 North Dakota ...: - 4 26 56 14 Ohio ...........: 12 26 39 19 4 Oklahoma .......: 5 18 39 35 3 Oregon .........: 3 21 46 23 7 Pennsylvania ...: 30 28 31 10 1 Rhode Island ...: - - 36 64 - South Carolina .: 18 29 36 17 - South Dakota ...: 1 9 21 59 10 Tennessee ......: 19 26 35 20 - Texas ..........: 6 14 33 38 9 Utah ...........: 1 13 34 47 5 Vermont ........: - 37 50 13 - Virginia .......: 37 33 24 6 - Washington .....: 2 9 37 49 3 West Virginia ..: 31 36 29 3 1 Wisconsin ......: 1 3 19 55 22 Wyoming ........: - 13 34 44 9 : 48 States ......: 8 17 31 37 7 : Previous week ..: 7 16 31 39 7 Previous year ..: 9 13 30 40 8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Represents zero.

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