POWELL - Despite snow, hail and cold temperatures during the spring, crops in northern Wyoming's Big Horn Basin seem to be progressing well so far this growing season.

"I don't have any major concerns at this point," said Mike Moore, coordinator of the University of Wyoming Seed Certification Service.

Moore said he's none of the growers and representatives of companies across the Big Horn Basin under contact to produce certified seed that he contacted has reported crop damage caused by the weather.

"Nobody's told me anything about frost damage," he said, although night temperatures have hovered close to freezing on some nights.

A June 5 hailstorm that roughly followed the Greybull River from Meeteetse to the Emblem bench area damaged some dry bean fields and one grower replanted, Moore said.

Heart Mountain fields received several inches of snow but seem to have emerged without permanent damage.

Cooler spring weather kept dry beans from growing much, Moore noted, but a couple sunny days perked them up.

Some fields have been too wet to plant, but it's not unusual for planting to continue this late into June, Moore said.

Area corn crops look yellow, but need only sunny days to recover, Moore said.

Most area barley is thriving, he said.

"The barley looks super," Moore said. "The cooler temperatures are just what barley needs."

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service field office in Cheyenne this week listed most crops in the basin in good condition with some rangeland in excellent condition because of good moisture.