United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service
Great Lakes Region 
		
MI-CW4624	Michigan Crop Weather	November 18, 2024	

Field Crops
More precipitation and warm temperatures last week continued to help wheat progress as corn and sugarbeet growers were finishing up harvest across the State, according to Marlo D. Johnson, Director, USDA NASS, Great Lakes Regional Office. There were 4.5 days suitable for fieldwork in Michigan during the week ending November 17, 2024. Corn harvested for grain had wrapped up in most areas. Ninety-five percent of the crop has been harvested. Winter wheat condition saw improvements from recent rain events. Ninety-six percent of the crop has emerged. Sugarbeet harvest reached 98 percent last week. Harvest continued to experience permanent piling disruptions from the warmer temperatures. Other activities last week included soil testing, planting cover crops, hauling grain, fall tillage, applying herbicides and fertilizer, spreading lime and manure, tending to livestock, and farm planning for next year.

Crop Condition: Week Ending 11/17/24	
Crop	Very
poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Winter Wheat		0	1	25	57	17	

Crop Progress: Week Ending 11/17/24	
Crop/Activity	Percent Completed	
	This
week	Last
week	Last
year	5 Year
average	
Days Suitable for Fieldwork	

Corn Harvested for Grain	
Winter Wheat Emerged	
Sugarbeets Harvested		4.5

95
96
98	5.0

91
92
85	-

63
83
95	-

70
88
96	

Soil Moisture: Week Ending 11/17/24	
Item	Very
short	Short	Adequate	Surplus	
	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	(percent)	
Topsoil moisture	
Subsoil moisture		7
15	21
33	65
47	7
5	

Weather Summary For Michigan	
	Week Ending 2024-11-17	Since April 1	
	Temperature	Precipitation	Precipitation	GDD Base 50	
	High 	Low 	Avg 	DFN 	Total 	Days 	Total 	DFN 	Days 	Total 	DFN 	
Upper Peninsula	
HANCOCK HOUGHTON COUNTY AP 	51 	23 	40 	8 	0.20 	3 	19.50 	-0.03 	74 	2038 	500 	
IRONWOOD 	51 	24 	38 	8 	0.07 	1 	25.02 	-1.54 	100 	1895 	178 	
CHATHAM EXPERIMENT FARM 2 	48 	20 	36 	4 	0.63 	3 	26.82 	1.55 	87 	1812 	149 	
PICKFORD 3NE 	54 	19 	40 	5 	0.30 	3 	27.18 	3.27 	88 	2130 	424 	
Northwest LP	
BEULAH 7SSW 	51 	28 	43 	5 	0.54 	4 	22.21 	-3.90 	90 	2478 	256 	
FRANKFORT 2NE 	51 	31 	44 	5 	0.49 	3 	20.66 	-4.33 	67 	2476 	360 	
TRAVERSE CITY CHERRY CAPITAL AP 	55 	27 	46 	8 	0.43 	2 	15.58 	-7.67 	86 	2926 	765 	
Northeast LP	
ALPENA COUNTY REGIONAL AP 	54 	25 	43 	7 	0.28 	2 	23.28 	2.61 	88 	2455 	583 	
GAYLORD 9SSW 	49 	28 	41 	7 	0.22 	1 	23.95 	-1.21 	90 	2255 	425 	
GLENNIE 2SE 	51 	20 	40 	4 	0.48 	4 	22.93 	-2.13 	80 	2123 	318 	
HALE LOUD DAM 	51 	22 	42 	5 	0.51 	4 	24.67 	1.99 	82 	2542 	533 	
West Central LP	
MUSKEGON COUNTY AP 	57 	32 	47 	6 	0.61 	3 	24.24 	0.82 	80 	3221 	667 	
Central LP	
CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY 	56 	29 	42 	5 	0.60 	3 	14.90 	-9.14 	59 	2747 	332 	
GLADWIN 	54 	24 	42 	4 	0.75 	3 	21.42 	-2.67 	78 	2670 	424 	
MIDLAND 	53 	27 	40 	1 	0.39 	3 	17.96 	-5.67 	72 	2408 	-209 	
East Central LP	
BAD AXE 	53 	27 	44 	5 	0.95 	5 	21.27 	-2.84 	93 	2709 	441 	
SAGINAW #3 	57 	29 	44 	5 	0.73 	4 	22.98 	-1.68 	95 	3014 	404 	
SAGINAW MBS INTL AP 	56 	30 	45 	5 	0.47 	1 	17.37 	-5.82 	75 	3178 	652 	
VASSAR 	45 	41 	43 	5 	0.40 	1 	9.74 	-16.04 	21 	776 	-1472 	
Southwest LP	
BENTON HARBOR 	60 	33 	50 	7 	0.38 	3 	28.63 	1.63 	81 	3399 	491 	
GRAND RAPIDS GERALD R FORD INTL AP 	56 	29 	45 	4 	0.44 	2 	23.62 	-4.44 	84 	3196 	392 	
HOLLAND TULIP CITY AP 	58 	31 	47 	4 	0.55 	3 	23.96 	-2.81 	85 	3144 	300 	
South Central LP	
COLDWATER ST SCHOOL 	62 	29 	46 	6 	0.41 	3 	34.83 	6.97 	84 	3091 	482 	
HASTINGS 	61 	29 	45 	6 	0.34 	3 	27.46 	0.20 	88 	2931 	484 	
JACKSON REYNOLDS FIELD 	59 	28 	45 	5 	0.42 	3 	28.52 	4.66 	82 	3033 	404 	
LANSING CAPITAL CITY AP 	56 	27 	45 	5 	0.23 	2 	24.15 	0.59 	82 	3121 	466 	
THREE RIVERS 	63 	30 	47 	6 	0.43 	2 	33.07 	4.73 	79 	3176 	367 	
Southeast LP	
ANN ARBOR U OF MICH 	57 	27 	45 	4 	0.59 	3 	28.96 	3.34 	88 	3138 	231 	
CHELSEA 	60 	27 	46 	7 	0.72 	3 	29.54 	5.59 	79 	3189 	614 	
FARMINGTON 	57 	32 	45 	6 	0.97 	3 	30.66 	7.15 	79 	3130 	555 	
MANCHESTER 	61 	28 	46 	6 	0.68 	2 	23.13 	-1.72 	71 	2546 	-20 	
Note: 												
Summary based on NOAA Regional Climate Centers (RCCs) data. Climate normals used are for the 1991-2020 period.
Precipitation (rain or melted snow/ice) in inches. Air temperature in degrees fahrenheit.