This is the final weekly Crops and Weather report for this year.
The monthly reports will begin in January, covering December.
Thanks to everyone who reported this year and made this publication possible

Most harvest and fall field work has been completed with time to spare. It has been a great fall to complete extra projects such as fence repairs, tree removal, excavation and tile repair.
There were 6.0 days suitable for fieldwork statewide during the past week. Topsoil moisture rated 30 percent very short, 34 percent short, 35 percent adequate, and 1 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture rated 33 percent very short, 39 percent short, 28 percent adequate and 0 percent surplus. Moisture is needed as farmers contemplate the possibility of starting the 2012 crop season with dry conditions. Although much of the State received at least light precipitation during the week, northwest Iowa still reports over half the area as very short on topsoil and subsoil moisture.
Grain movement continues to slow, with just 20 percent of the State seeing moderate to heavy grain movement from farm to elevator. Ninety-one percent of the State reports adequate or surplus off-farm storage capacity and 88 percent of the State reports adequate or surplus on-farm storage capacity.
Hay supplies are considered adequate to surplus across 76 percent of Iowa with only 10 percent considered to be in poor condition. Livestock conditions are good as temperatures are normal to above normal with little precipitation.

IOWA PRELIMINARY WEATHER SUMMARY
Provided by Harry Hillaker, State Climatologist

The past reporting week began with seasonal temperatures on Monday (21st). However, temperatures were well above normal from Tuesday (22nd) through Saturday (26th) before dropping to near normal on Sunday (27th). The best weather arrived for Thanksgiving Day when afternoon highs ranged from the low 50's northeast to the low 70s in the extreme west. Temperature extremes for the week ranged from a Monday morning low of 10 degrees at Little Sioux to a Thursday afternoon high of 71 degrees at Logan. Temperatures for the week as a whole averaged 8.9 degrees above normal. Rain fell over the southeast three-fourths of the state on Tuesday and again from Friday night into Saturday. Tuesday's rainfall was very light with only a portion of south central Iowa receiving more than one-tenth of an inch. The weekend rain was more substantial, especially in the far southeast where Keokuk saw more than an inch. Weekly rain totals varied from only sprinkles over the northwest one-quarter of the state to 1.21 inches at Keokuk. The statewide average precipitation was 0.25 inch or a little more than one-half of the weekly normal of 0.46 inch. Finally, soil temperatures as of Sunday (27th) were averaging in the upper 30s northwest to mid 40s southeast.