ga-crop-weather State Georgia Crop Weather Week Ending Date June 10, 2007 Issue GA-CW2307 Agricultural Summary June 11, 2007 IMPROVED CONDITIONS IN SOME AREAS The state experienced hot temperatures and scattered showers this week, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office. Highs averaged from the upper 80's to the mid-90's. Average lows were in the 60's. Scattered showers brought some relief from the drought, but many areas of the state remained dry. Topsoil moisture conditions were rated at 34% very short, 32% short, 33% adequate, and 1% surplus. Areas of the state that received considerable rainfall from Tropical Storm Barry last week coupled with scattered showers this week, reported some improvement in crop conditions. One county in central Georgia reported that dusted in cotton and peanuts were making stands of 85-90%. Areas that have not received as much rain, especially the northwest and southwest corners of the state, have seen little to no improvement. Farmers across the state agreed that much more rain was needed for crops, pastures, and hayfields to show significant recovery from the drought. Insect pressure on cotton remained high due to dry conditions. Growers reported little disease pressure in vegetables. Planting of soybeans, cotton, and peanuts continued. Other activities included feeding hay to livestock and spraying tobacco for worms. County Extension Agents reported an average of 5.8 days suitable for fieldwork. Crop Progress for Week Ending 06/10/07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Stage : This Week : Prev Week : Prev Year : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn Silked : 47 22 47 43 Corn Dough : 6 3 10 10 Soybeans Planted : 49 32 78 75 Soybeans Emerged : 31 21 65 61 Sorghum Planted : 63 54 73 71 Cotton Planted : 88 74 95 96 Cotton Squaring : 5 2 21 22 Winter Wheat Harvested : 79 55 84 69 Peaches Harvested : 11 8 17 24 Peanuts Planted : 88 73 91 96 Peanuts Blooming : 6 2 15 21 Peanuts Pegging : 0 NA 5 5 Watermelons Harvested : 4 1 4 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Condition for Week Ending 06/10/07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop :Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good :Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn : 20 26 27 25 2 Soybeans : 4 17 53 26 0 Sorghum : 12 32 38 18 0 Cotton : 10 25 41 23 1 Range and Pasture : 43 31 21 5 0 Apples : 77 14 9 0 0 Hay : 47 34 15 4 0 Peaches : 75 12 12 1 0 Peanuts : 5 17 54 23 1 Pecans : 13 25 35 22 5 Tobacco : 4 20 41 33 2 Watermelons : 6 14 39 35 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 06/10/07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : This Week :Previous Week : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Very Short : 34 62 14 Short : 32 20 23 Adequate : 33 17 46 Surplus : 1 1 16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 06/10/07, by District -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District : Very Short : Short : Adequate : Surplus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : District 1 (NW) : 86 14 0 0 District 2 (NC) : 60 37 3 0 District 3 (NE) : 86 14 0 0 District 4 (WC) : 72 26 2 0 District 5 (C) : 2 48 49 1 District 6 (EC) : 8 39 52 1 District 7 (SW) : 41 34 25 0 District 8 (SC) : 7 34 59 0 District 9 (SE) : 15 20 59 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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. Pasture Condition for Week Ending 06/10/07, by District -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District : Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : District 1 (NW) : 63 29 8 0 0 District 2 (NC) : 52 34 13 1 0 District 3 (NE) : 83 17 0 0 0 District 4 (WC) : 66 25 9 0 0 District 5 (C) : 28 35 37 0 0 District 6 (EC) : 19 51 28 2 0 District 7 (SW) : 60 20 12 8 0 District 8 (SC) : 24 26 32 18 0 District 9 (SE) : 2 48 40 10 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 Summary for Week Ending 06/10/07, by Station Location ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Temperature : Precipitation : Location :-----------------:---------------------------------------:Soil : Max : Min : Avg :Weekly : Days :30 Day :60 Day : Season :Temp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Due to technical difficulties, NASS is unable to publish weather data for the week ending June 10 on June 11, 2007. When the weather data become available, we will send an updated release to all subscribers. *Weather data are supplied by the 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 at www.georgiaweather.net. DISTRICT COMMENTS June 10, 2007 DISTRICT 1 - NORTHWEST We are still missing out on scattered showers. We only have a 20% chance this weekend and looking slimmer. Ponds, creeks and wells are drying up. If some rains do not come soon things will become critical here. DISTRICT 2 - NORTH CENTRAL No comments available. DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST Recent scattered thunder storms did not help, 1/2" in 10 minutes then gone. You couldn't even tell it had rained once the sun came back out. DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL It is dry again. Scattered rainfall around the county, primarily in the upper 1/3 of the county. Amounts ranged from 2/10ths to 1.5 inches. Two thirds of the county received from 0 to 2/10ths of an inch. The drought continues. Peaches are a total loss in the county. No rain. Nothing new to add, it's all been said. Some more light rain during the week. Crop, pasture and hayfield conditions improved very slightly due to the recent rain. Hay feeding continues for livestock and some cattlemen selling animals due to shortage of feed stuffs. DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL Scattered showers have helped green pastures and hayfields up but, there's still no appreciable increase in volume of forage available to livestock. We've gotten several showers, however we're still significantly behind the eight ball. Thankful for the rains. Small grain harvesting continues. Planting continues. DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL Good rain, wheat harvest underway with yields low due to drought and killing freeze. Permanent pasture and hay still have long way to recover from drought. Dusted in peanuts and cotton making 85-90% stands. Scattered rain. Need more. Hot temperatures. DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST Received 0.7" rainfall. Soybean and cotton planting continues. Received .2-6 inches rain in northern part of the county. Remainder of county still no rains for over 7 weeks. Pastures and hayfields remain dismal. Stand development poor on dryland fields. Insect pressure on cotton high due to dry conditions. Subsoil moisture levels continue to drop. We need more rain in most of the county. DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL On Saturday we got 3.3 inches and on Tuesday got 0.9 inches. Helped, but not enough. Monday many growers began planting peanuts and corn. Applying fertilizer to pastures and hay fields. Spraying tobacco for worms and laying by. Rain gave relief from threat of fire and helped with Roundabout fire in swamp. Corn data has changed due to corn being planted last week for silage. It rained approx. 2.5 inches last weekend and 1 inch since. Received from 3 to 4 inches of rain. This was a reprieve from disaster. Rain was good and wide spread and can slow with very little run off--however we still need more timely rains to break the drought. Little disease pressure in vegetables. Vegetable yields are good, prices are holding. Rain showers benefit crop conditions tremendously. DISTRICT 9 - SOUTHEAST We did get rain, but we are so short, so late. I think this crop year is a bust. The rain has made a lot of difference in all of the crops that were not too far gone. Especially the cow pastures in the surrounding counties. Rain has improved crop conditions significantly.