ga-crop-weather State Georgia Crop Weather Week Ending Date June 2, 2008 Issue GA-CW2208 Agricultural Summary June 2, 2008 TIMELY SHOWERS Isolated showers throughout the State have allowed some relief to farmers, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office. Daily average high temperatures fluctuated between the high 80's and low 90's. Average lows were in the 60's most of week. Soil moisture conditions were rated at 13% very short, 40% short, 43% adequate, and 4% surplus. The scattered showers have resulted in a slight improvement to soil moisture. Additional rain is needed for the areas that have showed drought stress. Pasture and hayfield conditions continue to improve. Wheat continued to mature and the harvest gathered intensity. The blueberry crop looks good. Other activities included side dressing nitrogen and spraying tobacco. County Extension Agents reported an average of 6.1 days suitable for fieldwork. Crop Progress for Week Ending 06/01/08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Stage : This Week : Prev Week : Prev Year : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn Silked : 10 3 17 15 Corn Dough : 0 NA 2 1 Soybeans Planted : 55 43 30 54 Soybeans Emerged : 39 26 19 39 Sorghum Planted : 57 49 52 55 Cotton Planted : 82 68 69 84 Cotton Squaring : 2 0 1 5 Winter Wheat Harvested : 23 8 47 37 Onions Harvested : 90 84 99 90 Peaches Harvested : 10 6 7 14 Peanuts Planted : 85 67 67 83 Peanuts Blooming : 3 NA 2 4 Watermelons Harvested : 0 NA 1 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Condition for Week Ending 06/01/08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop :Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good :Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn : 1 8 33 47 11 Soybeans : 1 5 53 39 2 Sorghum : 1 7 45 44 3 Cotton : 1 10 46 40 3 Winter Wheat : 1 5 23 45 26 Range and Pasture : 3 14 45 35 3 Apples : 0 0 4 26 70 Hay : 2 13 41 41 3 Peaches : 0 15 26 59 0 Peanuts : 1 4 39 52 4 Pecans : 0 4 42 50 4 Tobacco : 0 3 28 59 10 Watermelons : 0 4 39 55 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 06/01/08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : This Week :Previous Week : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Very Short : 13 12 24 Short : 40 35 29 Adequate : 43 49 40 Surplus : 4 4 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 06/01/08, by District -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District : Very Short : Short : Adequate : Surplus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : District 1 (NW) : 5 19 70 6 District 2 (NC) : 2 42 41 15 District 3 (NE) : 4 43 53 0 District 4 (WC) : 5 42 53 0 District 5 (C) : 10 38 46 6 District 6 (EC) : 9 58 33 0 District 7 (SW) : 44 31 25 0 District 8 (SC) : 20 41 37 2 District 9 (SE) : 1 52 47 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. Pasture Condition for Week Ending 06/01/08, by District -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District : Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : District 1 (NW) : 0 1 39 57 3 District 2 (NC) : 2 14 21 45 18 District 3 (NE) : 2 5 48 45 0 District 4 (WC) : 1 17 47 35 0 District 5 (C) : 3 20 40 32 5 District 6 (EC) : 6 12 56 26 0 District 7 (SW) : 9 23 50 15 3 District 8 (SC) : 2 18 52 27 1 District 9 (SE) : 7 18 31 44 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 06/01/08, by Station Location ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Temperature : Precipitation : Location :-----------------:---------------------------------------:Soil : Max : Min : Avg :Weekly : Days :30 Day :60 Day : Season :Temp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Albany : 97 63 79 0.15 1 0.88 3.57 15.99 88 Alma : 94 58 76 0.42 2 4.76 8.18 19.92 78 Alpharetta : 89 57 72 0.44 2 3.45 6.48 20.32 75 Arlington : 95 60 78 0.00 0 1.04 2.73 13.71 83 Attapulgus : 94 60 78 0.00 0 1.76 6.47 24.57 88 Bowen : 94 57 77 0.02 1 0.46 2.81 13.00 87 Brunswick : 95 62 75 0.38 2 3.38 4.45 14.70 77 Byromville : 95 58 76 0.01 1 3.68 7.52 19.14 81 Byron : 92 56 74 0.80 2 2.12 5.69 18.30 77 Cairo : 94 61 78 0.00 0 2.97 6.76 24.35 78 Calhoun : 88 55 71 1.21 6 4.55 7.45 18.28 75 Pine Mountain : 90 62 74 0.00 0 2.82 5.87 17.62 77 Camilla : 95 60 78 0.00 0 2.03 5.49 23.00 87 Clarks Hill : 93 53 72 0.08 1 1.85 4.10 15.88 79 Cordele : 94 60 77 0.09 1 2.28 6.31 17.73 82 Covington : 90 57 73 0.00 0 2.36 5.18 15.23 77 Dahlonega : 84 53 69 1.06 3 4.39 7.31 23.57 73 Dallas : 88 59 73 0.02 2 2.63 5.87 17.80 75 Dawson : 95 60 77 0.26 2 1.43 4.85 16.53 81 Dempsey : 90 58 74 0.00 0 2.32 4.87 12.64 79 Dixie : 95 58 77 0.00 0 1.05 3.43 19.38 84 Dublin : 93 56 75 0.00 0 2.96 5.27 18.22 79 Duluth : 89 56 72 0.07 2 3.53 6.42 18.63 73 Dunwoody : 88 56 72 0.13 2 3.09 6.43 19.35 74 Eatonton : 89 54 72 0.01 1 4.21 6.93 20.49 78 Elberton : 93 56 73 0.00 0 2.70 6.16 16.27 76 Ellijay : 85 57 69 1.04 5 3.77 7.31 16.73 74 Fort Valley : 93 58 75 0.00 0 1.77 4.85 15.78 80 Gainesville : 88 56 72 0.05 1 2.70 5.27 19.81 78 Georgetown : 96 61 79 0.00 0 0.25 4.45 18.98 86 Homerville : 95 54 75 0.00 0 1.46 7.51 21.83 80 Jonesboro : 91 59 74 0.00 0 1.66 4.58 15.69 77 Jeffersonville : 91 56 74 0.01 1 3.20 6.39 19.85 79 Lafayette : 87 58 71 0.48 5 3.04 6.12 20.83 71 McRae : 94 53 75 0.04 1 3.13 6.45 20.58 81 Newton : 97 60 79 0.03 1 0.77 2.68 16.41 88 Savannah : 95 55 74 0.37 1 2.21 3.76 11.44 78 Skidaway : 95 61 74 0.13 4 2.60 4.00 13.73 75 Sneads : 92 67 79 0.00 0 1.29 5.44 23.23 84 Statesboro : 93 53 73 0.50 2 1.93 7.04 18.74 81 Tiger : 85 52 68 0.53 4 3.97 7.81 25.19 76 Valdosta : 94 61 78 0.00 0 1.41 4.74 18.56 78 Vidalia : 94 57 76 0.67 2 2.38 4.09 16.41 80 Roopville : 90 58 73 0.02 1 3.30 7.40 20.27 77 Watkinsville : 90 57 73 0.45 2 3.08 6.74 16.53 76 Woodbine : 96 57 74 0.01 1 2.71 5.81 17.53 78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 1, 2008 DISTRICT 1 - NORTHWEST No comments available. DISTRICT 2 - NORTH CENTRAL Widely scattered showers this week did little to improve soil moisture, many hay fields cut this week. DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST Very widely scattered and spotty showers have given some areas about 0.1 inch of rain. It seems showers keep missing the county. DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL Cotton and soybean replants. Cool temperatures are slowing down cotton development. Getting dry. DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL More rain this week. Small grains damaged to some extent from hail last week. Pasture and hayfield conditions continue to improve. We have gotten around 0.12 of an inch of rain over the last seven days. Planting is going well. Some areas are starting to show drought stress. Some areas getting spotty rains. DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL Still getting timely showers to keep planting and getting good stands. Wheat is very close to harvest, should be cutting quite a bit by middle of next week. Yield potential is good even though weather laid wheat down in many places and we may loose 10-15% in a few fields. Oats have been harvested with good yields. Will have some late cotton and peanuts behind wheat but mostly soybeans. DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST Northern half of the county received from 0.5 to 1.5 inches of rainfall Thursday p.m. DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL Sidedressing nitrogen and spraying for budworms in tobacco. Grasshoppers doing a fair amount of damage. Wrapping up planting peanuts and replanting some cotton fields. Cutworms and grasshoppers reducing stands of cotton. Hayfields, corn and tobacco needs rainfall. Some replanting of peanuts. Dry weather getting critical for germination of late planted crops. Harvesting wheat and wheat straw. Blueberry crop looks good. Drier conditions prevail and cause more crop stress. DISTRICT 9 - SOUTHEAST We need some rain!