ga-crop-weather State Georgia Crop Weather Week Ending Date June 11, 2006 Issue GA-CW2306 Agricultural Summary June 11, 2006 STILL HOT AND DRY Hot and dry - this is Georgia's story for yet another week, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office. The state received no measurable rainfall over the past week. The week began with highs in the mid 80's and lows in the mid 50's, but as the week progressed, highs reached the mid to upper 90's with lows only in the upper 60's. Growers are hoping for rain from Tropical Storm Alberto, which should make its way across the southern part of state later this week. Soil moisture conditions were rated at 41 percent very short, 36 percent short, 23 percent adequate, and 0 percent surplus. The state has experienced dry conditions for several weeks and many growers fear continued lack of rain will do extensive damage. Livestock producers are feeding hay as grasses give out. Recently harvested hay was completely brown in north Georgia. Most hay that has been cut this year has been fed due to poor pasture conditions. In some areas, hay supplies have become limited. Growers irrigated corn, hay, tobacco, pastures and other fields in an attempt to complete planting and stimulate soil insecticides. Crop, pasture, and hayfield conditions continued to decline with each passing day. Water levels in wells, streams, and ponds continued to fall. The state is in desperate need of rain; a good soaking would cure a lot of ills. Thrips damage remained a problem for young cotton and Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus continued to plague tobacco. Other activities included harvesting wheat, watermelons, and sweet corn, planting and applying herbicides to peanuts, plowing tobacco, and spraying tobacco for budworms. County Extension Agents reported an average of 6.6 days suitable for fieldwork. CROP PROGRESS Jun 11, Prev Prev 5 Year 2006 Week Year Avg Corn, Silked 51 26 25 42 Corn, Dough 11 2 1 11 Soybeans, Planted 80 69 67 75 Soybeans, Emerged 67 54 57 61 Sorghum, Planted 75 61 63 71 Cotton, Planted 95 94 95 96 Cotton, Squaring 23 8 13 23 Cotton, Setting Bolls 1 0 0 1 Wheat, Harvested 87 64 33 67 Onions, Harvested 99 92 95 99 Peaches, Harvested 18 14 20 26 Peanuts, Planted 92 90 94 98 Peanuts, Blooming 17 6 17 25 Peanuts, Pegging 6 0 3 6 Watermelons, Harvested 5 0 1 6 CROP CONDITION June 11, 2006 Crop Very Poor Poor Fair Good Excellent --Percentages-- Corn 5 18 34 38 5 Soybeans 4 14 47 34 1 Sorghum 0 8 43 48 1 Cotton 2 14 41 40 3 Pasture 20 24 34 20 2 Apples 0 9 31 47 13 Hay 16 24 40 18 2 Peaches 0 11 56 33 0 Peanuts 1 7 44 45 3 Pecans 7 28 31 31 3 Tobacco 3 22 47 27 1 Watermelons 0 4 37 49 10 PASTURE CONDITION - DISTRICT* LEVEL June 11, 2006 Very Poor Poor Fair Good Excellent --Percentages-- Dist 1(NW) 11 19 48 22 0 Dist 2(NC) 0 19 48 24 9 Dist 3(NE) 59 23 15 3 0 Dist 4(WC) 24 14 26 28 8 Dist 5(C) 20 26 43 11 0 Dist 6(EC) 21 15 41 23 0 Dist 7(SW) 9 33 31 25 2 Dist 8(SC) 18 29 31 21 1 Dist 9(SE) 5 33 30 30 2 *A list of the counties in each of the nine Georgia Agricultural Statistics Districts is available at http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga/ctyests/districts.pdf. Soil Moisture Table Jun 11, 2006 Prev Year 5 Year Avg --Percentages-- Very Short 41 0 7 Short 36 2 19 Adequate 23 47 54 Surplus 0 51 20 SOIL MOISTURE - DISTRICT* LEVEL June 11, 2006 Very Short Short Adequate Surplus --Percentages-- Dist 1(NW) 26 48 26 0 Dist 2(NC) 19 42 37 2 Dist 3(NE) 59 32 9 0 Dist 4(WC) 46 52 2 0 Dist 5(C) 64 18 18 0 Dist 6(EC) 37 40 23 0 Dist 7(SW) 38 30 32 0 Dist 8(SC) 47 33 20 0 Dist 9(SE) 26 52 22 0 *A list of the counties in each of the nine Georgia Agricultural Statistics Districts is available at http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga/ctyests/districts.pdf. Weather Information Table GEORGIA WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING MIDNIGHT, SUNDAY JUNE 11, 2006 1/ 2006 Air Temperature Precipitation Totals Extreme Weekly Rain 30 60 Soil Location Max Min AvG Weekly Day Day Day Season Temp ALBANY 97 60 80 0.00 0 1.14 4.71 17.67 89 ALMA 97 59 78 0.00 0 2.43 5.36 19.97 79 ALPHARETTA 93 49 72 0.02 1 0.48 3.66 18.11 76 ARLINGTON 98 57 79 0.00 0 0.81 7.02 17.52 87 ATTAPULGUS 98 56 77 0.00 0 1.41 6.77 14.47 86 BLAIRSVILLE 88 44 67 0.00 0 3.33 7.13 19.89 73 BOWEN 97 58 77 0.00 0 1.01 3.38 14.48 86 BRUNSWICK 97 63 78 0.00 0 0.85 2.45 12.57 79 BYROMVILLE 96 57 77 0.00 0 0.85 6.54 17.76 82 BYRON 97 55 77 0.00 0 0.45 3.46 13.37 80 CAIRO 97 58 78 0.00 0 1.28 6.87 14.77 79 CALHOUN 93 47 70 0.14 1 2.95 6.78 18.66 75 CAMILLA 97 57 78 0.00 0 0.31 6.12 18.42 90 CLARKS HILL 98 52 74 0.00 0 3.54 6.65 16.95 78 COVINGTON 97 52 75 0.04 1 0.78 3.29 11.15 80 DAHLONEGA 90 48 71 0.01 1 1.53 3.94 15.33 73 DALLAS 95 51 73 0.01 1 0.40 4.72 21.05 76 DAWSON 98 54 77 0.00 0 0.71 3.66 11.40 79 DEARING 97 55 75 0.00 0 2.62 4.63 13.66 77 DEMPSEY 95 50 75 0.01 1 0.91 3.56 12.97 80 DIXIE 97 57 78 0.00 0 0.34 3.73 14.62 87 DULUTH 95 49 73 0.00 0 0.82 3.94 19.27 78 DUNWOODY 93 51 73 0.00 0 0.71 3.98 18.14 75 EATONTON 98 48 75 0.00 0 0.77 3.45 13.02 65 ELBERTON 98 52 75 0.00 0 1.89 3.90 15.04 78 ELLIJAY 89 45 67 0.00 0 1.61 6.22 22.61 76 FORT VALLEY 98 56 76 0.00 0 0.79 2.82 12.10 84 GAINESVILLE 91 55 74 0.00 0 0.78 3.38 15.80 83 GEORGETOWN 94 53 77 0.00 0 2.19 6.52 17.05 82 GRIFFIN 94 53 75 0.00 0 0.78 3.51 13.33 78 HOMERVILLE 99 53 76 0.00 0 1.64 3.42 13.24 82 JACKSONVILLE 97 54 77 0.00 0 0.49 4.73 12.53 83 JONESBORO 95 52 75 0.01 1 1.24 5.87 17.37 77 LAFAYETTE 93 47 72 0.00 0 1.63 6.36 17.42 77 MCRAE 98 51 77 0.00 0 0.25 4.16 17.27 87 MIDVILLE 96 57 76 0.00 0 2.95 5.01 13.41 83 NAHUNTA 98 56 77 0.00 0 3.64 5.38 12.82 82 NEWTON 97 55 77 0.00 0 0.77 7.45 19.97 85 PINE MOUNTAIN 94 51 73 0.01 1 0.83 4.35 16.01 78 PLAINS 98 57 78 0.00 0 1.28 4.22 17.73 86 ROME 94 50 71 0.62 2 1.59 5.72 18.67 77 ROOPVILLE 95 52 74 0.09 1 1.50 6.04 19.04 79 SASSER 95 56 76 0.00 0 0.35 5.13 14.60 85 SAVANNAH 97 53 76 0.53 2 1.79 3.83 14.77 82 SHELLMAN 97 59 78 0.00 0 0.86 3.71 12.26 87 SKIDAWAY 97 60 77 0.04 3 2.30 3.52 12.28 77 SNEADS 93 64 79 0.00 0 0.01 3.82 12.99 84 STATESBORO 98 57 77 0.05 1 0.95 2.90 10.40 86 TIFTON 95 61 78 0.00 0 0.64 4.23 16.90 77 TIGER 88 46 68 0.01 1 3.97 7.70 21.25 74 VALDOSTA 97 64 80 0.00 0 0.53 2.63 13.02 76 VIDALIA 99 59 79 0.00 0 0.52 2.66 11.28 83 WATKINSVILLE 96 53 75 0.00 0 0.86 4.54 18.74 80 WILLIAMSON 94 50 74 0.00 0 0.68 2.94 11.68 80 WOODBINE 99 58 77 0.00 0 1.12 2.98 10.60 82 1/ Weather data supplied by Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network (AEMN) and the office of the State Climatologist, University of Georgia. For detailed Georgia weather data visit the AEMN homepage, www.georgiaweather.net. NA - not available. District Highlights These comments are written by the Georgia County Extension Agents, and have been compiled and edited by the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service. DISTRICT COMMENTS June 11, 2006 DISTRICT 1 - NORTHWEST Getting very dry. DISTRICT 2 - NORTH CENTRAL Hay fields that have been cut recently are totally brown, no greening up present. DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST Very dry throughout the county. DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL Prolonged drought conditions have reduced pasture and hay quality, as well as productivity. Drought and heat continues, pastures and hayfields continue to deteriorate, some corn beyond help. Peanuts, cotton and soybeans need a rain now. DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL Critical drought! Crop, pasture and hayfield conditions continue to decline with each passing day. Livestock producers continue heavy feeding for livestock. Most all hay that has been cut this year, has been or will be fed due to very poor pasture conditions. Wheat harvest continues. Some wells are going dry and pond and stream levels continue to decline. We have been going through several extensive dry periods. We need rainfall in large amounts. Need rain! Drought conditions continue. Some rains last Friday evening gave some temporary relief. Some livestock producers are beginning to feed hay as grass gives out. Hay supplies are limited in some cases. Continued very dry! Still no rain this week. Conditions very dry. Reaching critical stage. We are desperately short of rainfall. We are in serious condition concerning pastures, forage and hay. DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL Got showers over much of the county, thrips still hurting young cotton, peanut stands skippy, watering corn nearly every day as tassels/silks come out in last 6-10 days. Pasture/hay grass growing slowly. Dry, dry, dry! DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST Dry! Dry! Dry! Wilt symptoms showing on all crops. Peanut plantings continue. DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL Critical! We need rainfall desperately. Irrigation of corn, pastures, hayfields, tobacco and some fields in order to be able to finish up planting. Pre herbicides have not worked well due to lack of moisture and soil insecticides needed moisture to work at their best. Applying burndown herbicides to peanuts. Plowing some tobacco. Spraying tobacco for budworms. TSWV is still taking toll on tobacco. A good 2" rain would solve a lot of ills. Need rain to finish planting non-irrigated crops. Hot and dry. Need rain. Vegetable prices are very weak. Hot and dry. Need rain. Rain needed badly!! DISTRICT 9 - SOUTHEAST Still in a drought. Watermelon harvest in full swing. Sweet corn harvest in full swing. Find agricultural statistics for your county, State, and the Nation at www.usda.gov/nass/. Media Contact: S. Radley Edwards, Acting Director USDA-NASS Georgia Field Office Phone: 706-546-2236 E-mail: nass-ga@nass.usda.gov Website: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga