fl-crop-weather State Florida Crop Weather Week Ending/Released Dates Week Ending June 30, 2002 Released 4:00 P.M. July 1, 2002 Report Code FL-WC2602 Weather Summary Daily rains continued over the Peninsula during the week of June 23 through 29. Scattered showers also brought much needed moisture to some Panhandle localities during the period. Rainfall totaled from about a quarter of an inch at Pensacola to nearly eight inches at Tavares. Cloud cover again kept temperatures from one to three degrees below normal at the major stations. Daytime highs were mostly in the 80s while nighttime lows were mostly in the 60s and 70s. Field Crops Report The daily rains over the Peninsula caused some flooding in lowland areas. Topsoil and subsoil moisture is mostly adequate with short to very short supplies reported for some Panhandle areas and a few northern Peninsula localities. Some southern Peninsula localities report surplus moisture supplies, especially along the Atlantic coast. Tobacco is in good condition with harvesting very active. Tobacco collection centers at Madison and Live Oak will open in a couple of weeks. Peanuts are in fair to mostly good condition with 45 percent of the crop pegged. Last year, 64 percent of peanuts were pegged by this date while the five-year average of peanuts pegged by this date is 50 percent. Cotton remains in mostly good condition with more acreage showing blooms. Soil Moisture Chart Topsoil Subsoil Moisture Rating This Last Last This Last Last week week year week week Year Percent Very short 1 1 3 4 4 11 Short 10 22 29 22 54 45 Adequate 48 70 57 39 35 32 Surplus 41 7 11 35 7 11 Livestock Report Pasture condition in most Peninsula areas is good while Panhandle pastures range from poor to good depending on the amount of rain received recently. Cattle are in fair to mostly good condition. Livestock Condition Chart Range Cattle Condition This Last This Last week week week week Percent Very poor 0 5 0 0 Poor 5 10 5 10 Fair 15 50 20 45 Good 75 35 75 45 Excellent 5 0 0 0 Fruit Report CITRUS: Most of Florida's citrus belt received rain and thunderstorms every day this week. Rainfall accumulations were in the two to six inch range, with some isolated areas recording up to 10 inches for the week. Several growers and caretakers closed their grove entrances due to standing water in the roads and grove middles. Trees in all areas look very good due to the rains. Virtually all resets and young trees are covered with an abundance of new summer growth. New crop fruit is making very good progress with the help of the tropical summer weather. Most all new crop oranges are larger than golf balls and the new grapefruit are generally bigger than baseball size. Harvest of Valencia oranges is just about over for the season as supplies of available fruit are almost depleted. Movement of grapefruit is down to the last few groves with fruit going to a handful of small packers and processors. Caretakers are very active mowing, chopping and discing cover crops which helped move some of the excess water from the recent rains. Hedging, topping and burning of limbs and dead trees continues in all areas. Summer sprays and fertilizations are being applied between the rains. Estimated boxes harvested week ended Crop Jun 16 Jun 23 Jun 30 Valencia oranges 3,329,000 1,839,000 361,000 All grapefruit 70,000 64,000 6,000 Vegetable Report Watermelon supplies are dwindling as more producers finish harvesting. Okra harvesting remains active in Miami-Dade County. Rains interrupted the tomato harvest around Quincy with supplies declining seasonally. Comments/Contact Information To receive this report via e-mail, send message to listserv@newsbox.usda.gov with the following message: subscribeusda-fl- crop-weather your.name An example: subscribe usda-fl-crop-weather John Smith. The report will be e-mailed automatically to your e-mail address each week.