GROWING DEGREE DAY ACCUMULATION from April 1 -  July 21, 2008

                Current Average                 Current Average
                Corn    Corn                    Sorghum Sorghum
                GDU     GDU     Departure       GDU     GDU     Departure
Colby           1618    1673    -55             2816    3137    -321
Garden City     1805    1821    -17             3149    3341    -192
Hays            1810    1825    -15             3282    3401    -120
Hesston         1943    1999    -57             3480    3692    -213
Hutchinson      1945    2039    -95             3433    3728    -296
Manhattan       1890    1734    156             3378    3155     223
Ottawa          1970    2071   -101             3512    3741    -230
Parsons         2017    2075    -58             3586    3758    -172
Rossville       1911    1959    -49             3401    3558    -157
St. John        1879    2110   -231             3409    3777    -369
Scandia         1767    1908   -142             3194    3488    -295
Silver Lake     1960    1983    -23             3486    3589    -104
Tribune         1721    1706     15             2964    3137    -173

*Corn GDU: (ATmx+ATmn)/2- 50
**Sorghum GDU: (Tmx+Tmn)/2-35, when Tmn greater than 32 oF