Topsoil moisture was rated short or very short in 89 percent of the state, compared to 88 percent last week and 59 percent at the same time over the past five years, said the Wyoming Agricultural Statistics Service, a branch of the USDA.

Only 11 percent of the state's topsoil was rated adequate, compared to 12 percent last week and 40 percent over the five-year average.

The warm weather allowed harvest of small grain to stay ahead of normal. Barley and spring wheat were 80 percent harvested, while three-fourths of the oat crop had been reaped.

Thirteen percent of the winter wheat crop had been seeded, slightly ahead of average.

Corn development remained a few days behind the norm but the dry bean crop was far ahead of average.

Second and third cutting of alfalfa was well ahead of average.

About two-thirds of sugar beets and 70 percent of corn and dry beans were in good to excellent condition. However, where irrigation water was unavailable, some crops were poor.

Irrigation supplies were short or very short in over 80 percent of Wyoming.

Pasture and range feed slipped to 58 percent poor or very poor, compared to 53 percent last week and a five-year average of 18 percent.

Cattle were coming off federal grazing leases early, and yearling and stocker cattle had already been shipped in some areas.

Jackson and Lander were each 6.48 inches below normal moisture for the year, while Afton was 5.75 inches off average.