ga-crop-weather State Georgia Crop Weather Week Ending Date September 23, 2007 Issue GA-CW3807 Agricultural Summary September 24, 2007 SHOWERS DELAY COTTON AND PEANUT HARVEST Southern areas of the State received scattered rain showers this week, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office. Average high temperatures were in the 80's most of the week. Average lows ranged from the upper 50's to the lower 70's. Soil moisture conditions were rated at 21% very short, 35% short, 39% adequate, and 5% surplus. Showers that fell across southern Georgia this week delayed cotton and peanut harvest. Cotton producers were worried about cotton boll rot showing up. Northern Georgia did not receive any significant rainfall this week and crop conditions declined. Some cattlemen were feeding hay to livestock. Dryland peanuts needed water to facilitate digging. There were heavy armyworm infestations in some pastures and hayfields. Producers planted small grains and pastures for winter grazing. Other activities included checking peanut maturity, grading peanuts, cutting and baling hay, and mowing tobacco stalks. County Extension Agents reported an average of 6.0 days suitable for fieldwork. Crop Progress for Week Ending 09/23/07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Stage : This Week : Prev Week : Prev Year : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn Harvested for Grain : 86 81 92 89 Soybeans Dropping Leaves : 13 11 35 35 Soybeans Harvested : 0 NA 1 1 Sorghum Harvested : 16 15 47 42 Cotton Bolls Opening : 54 42 85 77 Cotton Harvested : 1 0 9 7 Winter Wheat Planted : 0 NA 1 1 Apples Harvested : 37 30 33 38 Peanuts Dug : 6 4 9 22 Peanuts Combined : 2 1 4 12 Rye Planted : 6 4 10 9 Other Small Grains Planted : 1 NA 5 5 Tobacco Harvested : 93 89 100 100 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Condition for Week Ending 09/23/07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop :Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good :Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Soybeans : 6 13 36 38 7 Sorghum : 9 11 35 42 3 Cotton : 7 14 32 38 9 Range and Pasture : 24 25 32 17 2 Apples : 66 12 13 9 0 Hay : 26 29 28 16 1 Peanuts : 5 10 32 40 13 Pecans : 5 8 27 42 18 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 09/23/07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : This Week :Previous Week : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Very Short : 21 22 12 Short : 35 35 26 Adequate : 39 39 48 Surplus : 5 4 14 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 09/23/07, by District -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District : Very Short : Short : Adequate : Surplus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : District 1 (NW) : 62 29 9 0 District 2 (NC) : 25 68 7 0 District 3 (NE) : 82 18 0 0 District 4 (WC) : 16 46 34 4 District 5 (C) : 13 48 39 0 District 6 (EC) : 23 28 49 0 District 7 (SW) : 27 28 41 4 District 8 (SC) : 4 22 57 17 District 9 (SE) : 0 8 83 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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 09/23/07, by District -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District : Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : District 1 (NW) : 48 43 9 0 0 District 2 (NC) : 17 45 38 0 0 District 3 (NE) : 74 26 0 0 0 District 4 (WC) : 38 24 29 9 0 District 5 (C) : 13 25 52 10 0 District 6 (EC) : 15 29 47 9 0 District 7 (SW) : 23 27 28 16 6 District 8 (SC) : 2 8 42 42 6 District 9 (SE) : 0 0 11 83 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. Weather Summary for Week Ending 09/23/07, by Station Location ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Temperature : Precipitation : Location :-----------------:---------------------------------------:Soil : Max : Min : Avg :Weekly : Days :30 Day :60 Day : Season :Temp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Albany : 88 60 74 2.31 3 5.52 9.24 30.86 82 Alma : 89 63 74 1.91 4 6.34 14.12 29.52 78 Alpharetta : 92 52 71 0.00 0 1.83 2.25 20.88 75 Arlington : 90 55 72 0.26 1 2.58 8.63 28.70 78 Attapulgus : 90 58 74 1.00 2 3.81 8.79 20.07 79 Blairsville : 86 49 68 0.06 1 2.92 6.31 27.00 73 Williamson : 85 53 71 0.26 2 4.60 6.11 26.25 75 Bowen : 87 59 73 1.77 3 7.69 10.20 25.46 85 Brunswick : 86 66 76 2.30 4 6.21 12.42 28.79 80 Byromville : 87 56 71 0.83 2 7.26 10.68 28.76 77 Byron : 88 55 71 2.12 2 8.41 11.36 30.82 76 Cairo : 89 60 75 0.65 1 5.18 10.10 25.98 79 Calhoun : 92 49 72 0.00 0 2.90 4.59 17.93 75 Pine Mountain : 86 54 71 0.37 2 5.76 7.68 31.10 76 Camilla : 90 58 75 0.73 2 3.47 9.10 29.01 79 Clarks Hill : 92 54 72 0.99 2 3.43 6.27 22.67 77 Cordele : 87 54 72 0.79 3 2.74 8.10 27.96 78 Covington : 86 57 71 0.00 0 2.65 4.01 23.94 75 Dahlonega : 88 55 69 0.00 0 1.17 3.26 23.30 73 Dallas : 86 55 72 0.00 0 2.19 4.40 22.81 75 Dawson : 88 58 74 0.80 1 2.16 3.91 18.42 78 Dearing : 92 56 72 0.13 2 1.78 3.03 19.68 78 Dempsey : 85 57 71 0.48 1 5.07 6.15 21.45 75 Dixie : 88 62 74 2.48 2 10.41 16.96 42.41 79 Dublin : 86 56 72 0.02 1 3.30 5.53 31.49 78 Duluth : 89 53 71 0.01 1 2.24 3.81 25.31 75 Dunwoody : 88 53 72 0.00 0 2.44 5.18 27.17 74 Eatonton : 89 54 71 0.01 1 6.16 9.56 26.90 76 Elberton : 93 58 73 0.00 0 1.32 2.42 22.24 76 Ellijay : 88 51 69 0.00 0 2.11 4.42 18.91 74 Rome : 90 51 72 0.00 0 2.52 3.05 17.35 76 Fort Valley : 89 58 72 1.34 2 7.51 9.97 25.88 75 Gainesville : 89 57 71 0.00 0 2.07 2.29 20.10 77 Georgetown : 89 55 73 0.30 2 3.22 8.90 32.72 77 Griffin : 85 55 71 0.09 1 5.09 6.70 24.29 75 Homerville : 91 58 74 1.88 4 3.85 9.35 29.00 79 Jonesboro : 87 56 72 0.03 1 4.07 6.14 22.75 76 Jeffersonville : 86 56 71 0.15 2 5.60 7.35 28.56 78 Lafayette : 89 52 71 0.00 0 4.38 6.51 21.05 75 McRae : 89 55 72 0.50 3 6.71 10.63 29.72 78 Midville : 90 58 72 0.21 1 4.20 5.84 26.34 77 Newton : 91 59 74 0.63 2 1.74 9.99 26.07 82 Sasser : 85 57 72 1.13 2 3.72 7.16 29.35 77 Savannah : 90 63 74 1.16 3 11.06 16.18 35.43 78 Skidaway : 81 62 72 3.70 3 18.45 25.74 44.76 75 Sneads : 87 66 76 0.40 2 1.32 6.11 16.30 78 Statesboro : 89 59 72 0.56 3 5.09 9.52 32.27 77 Tifton : 87 59 73 1.70 4 6.11 9.56 26.77 78 Tiger : 87 47 65 0.01 1 4.66 9.35 38.76 74 Valdosta : 90 62 75 0.77 3 5.65 9.80 29.95 78 Vidalia : 89 61 73 0.49 3 5.72 11.38 34.17 78 Roopville : 86 54 71 0.02 1 3.99 7.35 26.88 75 Watkinsville : 91 56 72 0.00 0 2.53 3.22 20.18 77 Woodbine : 91 63 76 1.78 4 5.65 12.33 32.69 80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 September 23, 2007 DISTRICT 1 - NORTHWEST No comments available. DISTRICT 2 - NORTH CENTRAL Despite no rain, light cuttings of hay being made around the county. Drought continues to worsen with crop condition continuing to decline - some cattlemen feeding hay - corn silage yield disappointing. Forage crops that are getting spotty rains are also coming in with high nitrate levels. Some as high as 25,000 ppm which will not allow it to be fed to cattle or sheep or goats. DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST No comments available. DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL Desperately need rain. Lot of hay rolled last week. Soil moisture conditions getting worse again after a brief bit of cooler temperatures and increased scattered showers. DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL No rain this week. Heavy armyworm infestations in some pastures and hayfields. Small grain and winter grazing planting underway. Our weather conditions have remained consistent with recent weeks. A lot of hay cut and baled this past week. Armyworms continue to be a problem in many fields in our area. Scattered rain and sprinkles. Cattle producers beginning to plant winter grazing. Rains fell on much of the county last Thursday and Friday helping out our pastures and hayfields. A second cutting of summer grass hay is underway. DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL Great soybean potential, cotton worse than thought, peanuts very good, need a late freeze! Cooler temperatures and scattered showers. DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST Moisture limited. Dryland peanuts need water to facilitate digging operation. Moisture needed to promote final cutting of hay fields. We received 0.98" of rainfall. Last high quality hay harvesting. Peanut digging started. Topsoil moisture continues to decline. Effects of high temperatures earlier are showing up on soybean and peanut reproduction. Adequate rains still have not occurred. Needed rain, but worried about cotton boll rot and affecting peanut digging. Cutting hay. Mowing tobacco stalks and harrowing. Mowing around fields getting ready for harvest. Checking peanuts for maturity. DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL Rains bring relief to crops. Rainy conditions for this weekend will slow harvest of cotton and peanuts. Early peanut grades running 70-71 for AP-3, earliest planted 02-C were dug Friday and then combined on Monday grades were 71-73. Rained 7 tenths of an inch on early Friday morning. DISTRICT 9 - SOUTHEAST Some rain on Wednesday and Thursday.