ga-crop-weather State Georgia Crop Weather Week Ending Date June 16, 2008 Issue GA-CW2408 Agricultural Summary June 16, 2008 Scattered Showers Isolated showers throughout the state have allowed few farmers relief, 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 28% very short, 43% short, 48% adequate, and 1% surplus. Scattered showers brought some relief to drought stressed crops. Thunderstorms combined with high winds and hail caused some damage. Despite scattered showers, dry conditions continued to have a negative impact on crops. Hay cutting and bailing remained behind schedule. Other activities include dusting in soybeans and cotton, and peanut fungicide sprayings. County Extension Agents reported an average of 6.3 days suitable for fieldwork. Crop Progress for Week Ending 06/15/08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Stage : This Week : Prev Week : Prev Year : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn Silked : 56 29 61 56 Corn Dough : 12 3 13 15 Soybeans Planted : 80 70 63 77 Soybeans Emerged : 66 55 44 64 Soybeans Blooming : 1 0 0 1 Sorghum Planted : 71 65 69 73 Cotton Planted : 97 91 93 97 Cotton Squaring : 17 8 9 27 Cotton Setting Bolls : 0 0 0 1 Winter Wheat Harvested : 80 54 88 76 Peaches Harvested : 25 18 20 27 Peanuts Planted : 98 94 94 97 Peanuts Blooming : 22 9 12 28 Peanuts Pegging : 3 0 1 7 Watermelons Harvested : 10 3 9 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Condition for Week Ending 06/15/08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop :Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good :Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn : 4 15 34 38 9 Soybeans : 2 12 49 36 1 Sorghum : 2 10 58 29 1 Cotton : 3 9 48 36 4 Winter Wheat : 1 7 22 48 22 Range and Pasture : 10 25 40 23 2 Apples : 0 0 9 27 64 Hay : 8 24 40 26 2 Peaches : 8 4 22 66 0 Peanuts : 2 5 38 49 6 Pecans : 0 8 45 44 3 Tobacco : 0 5 26 59 10 Watermelons : 0 4 29 61 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 06/15/08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : This Week :Previous Week : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Very Short : 28 34 15 Short : 43 44 19 Adequate : 28 21 50 Surplus : 1 1 16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 06/15/08, by District -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District : Very Short : Short : Adequate : Surplus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : District 1 (NW) : 7 45 45 3 District 2 (NC) : 9 54 35 2 District 3 (NE) : 42 32 26 0 District 4 (WC) : 29 49 22 0 District 5 (C) : 41 44 15 0 District 6 (EC) : 48 39 13 0 District 7 (SW) : 27 32 40 1 District 8 (SC) : 23 41 35 1 District 9 (SE) : 23 48 29 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 06/15/08, by District -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District : Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : District 1 (NW) : 0 3 31 63 3 District 2 (NC) : 2 22 41 34 1 District 3 (NE) : 7 34 42 17 0 District 4 (WC) : 3 31 47 19 0 District 5 (C) : 22 22 41 11 4 District 6 (EC) : 16 41 35 5 3 District 7 (SW) : 15 25 43 14 3 District 8 (SC) : 5 29 45 21 0 District 9 (SE) : 8 16 29 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. Weather Summary for Week Ending 06/15/08, by Station Location ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Temperature : Precipitation : Location :-----------------:---------------------------------------:Soil : Max : Min : Avg :Weekly : Days :30 Day :60 Day : Season :Temp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Albany : 98 68 79 1.49 4 2.19 3.24 17.63 89 Alma : 96 66 78 0.36 2 2.11 7.05 20.29 82 Alpharetta : 97 67 78 0.58 3 2.27 5.17 20.90 82 Arlington : 98 65 78 0.33 2 0.84 1.76 14.04 87 Attapulgus : 94 67 77 1.91 3 2.53 4.88 26.78 89 Bowen : 97 66 78 0.96 2 1.55 2.24 14.41 88 Brunswick : 91 69 78 0.70 1 2.54 4.87 15.85 81 Byromville : 98 67 80 0.07 1 0.71 4.61 19.21 86 Byron : 98 66 80 0.56 2 2.05 4.21 19.10 83 Cairo : 95 68 78 1.80 5 1.95 5.79 26.15 81 Calhoun : 96 63 77 1.26 4 2.67 7.21 19.55 82 Pine Mountain : 96 65 77 0.45 2 1.21 3.90 18.07 81 Camilla : 96 63 77 2.85 4 4.40 5.26 25.85 89 Clarks Hill : 99 64 79 0.57 3 0.77 3.45 16.45 86 Cordele : 98 68 80 1.07 3 1.60 4.28 18.80 87 Covington : 98 67 80 1.07 3 2.71 3.95 16.30 85 Dahlonega : 94 63 75 0.67 3 1.77 6.58 24.24 79 Dallas : 96 65 78 0.66 2 1.46 4.53 18.51 81 Dawson : 98 67 78 1.76 5 2.16 4.35 18.29 85 Dearing : 99 67 81 0.33 2 2.10 4.14 20.15 83 Dempsey : 97 64 78 0.89 5 1.45 3.67 13.53 85 Dixie : 95 64 75 2.85 6 3.55 4.66 22.75 85 Dublin : 98 66 79 2.59 3 3.97 6.35 21.07 84 Duluth : 97 60 76 1.92 3 3.40 6.60 20.55 80 Dunwoody : 96 66 78 0.52 4 1.41 5.42 19.87 80 Eatonton : 97 65 78 0.89 4 4.32 5.69 21.39 86 Elberton : 100 66 80 0.73 5 1.16 4.03 17.00 84 Ellijay : 93 60 74 0.07 1 2.19 5.98 16.87 82 Fort Valley : 98 65 79 1.36 2 1.81 4.22 17.14 85 Gainesville : 96 66 79 0.84 3 1.15 4.29 20.65 86 Georgetown : 97 66 79 0.35 4 0.46 1.65 19.40 91 Homerville : 96 63 77 2.52 5 3.47 4.68 24.41 83 Jonesboro : 99 67 79 0.74 3 0.90 3.09 16.43 83 Jeffersonville : 98 65 79 1.93 1 3.37 6.06 21.95 86 Lafayette : 93 62 76 0.32 3 1.23 5.24 21.18 80 McRae : 97 65 79 0.35 3 1.44 5.37 21.02 87 Midville : 72 27 49 0.76 1 4.94 8.77 8.77 53 Savannah : 97 66 79 0.17 1 0.72 2.71 11.69 83 Skidaway : 92 69 78 1.96 5 2.78 5.06 15.81 82 Sneads : 90 72 78 1.66 6 1.79 3.74 24.93 87 Statesboro : 98 63 78 0.33 3 1.22 4.38 19.28 88 Tiger : 93 61 73 0.21 1 1.31 6.68 25.40 88 Valdosta : 97 67 78 2.21 5 3.10 4.37 21.00 81 Vidalia : 98 68 79 0.57 3 1.79 3.51 17.15 86 Roopville : 96 67 78 0.64 2 1.30 5.39 20.91 82 Watkinsville : 98 66 79 1.10 5 2.02 5.75 17.63 83 Woodbine : 95 65 76 1.27 4 4.36 7.61 20.74 82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 15, 2008 DISTRICT 1 - NORTHWEST Still getting those afternoon showers. DISTRICT 2 - NORTH CENTRAL Scattered showers did not relieve drought conditions, rain badly needed. DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST Storms in areas over the weekend brought much needed rains. Dry conditions persist. Without significant rainfall crops will suffer greatly. First cut of hay was poor quality and no quantity. Second cut is already lagging behind schedule. Scattered thunder storms on Sunday night gave parts of the county minor/temporary relief. DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL The county needs rain! DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL Needing rain! Extremely hot temperatures. Wheat harvest in full swing. Some hay producers harvesting hay. Things are looking very bleak in terms of rainfall. We are in desperation mode as it relates to rainfall. We need rain as many of our farmers have found it too dry to plant. Drought continuing. Extreme heat causing stress to livestock and producers alike. Hay production already behind normal. Not enough rains to grow summer perennials. We need rain! DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL Wheat yields very good, test weights even better. Very hot and very dry, two pop-up thunderstorms made rain for a few growers but it came with high winds blowing down trees and corn. One grower had lightning set a wheat field on fire. Stands look good, even dry land but heat and dry conditions are keeping the cotton and peanuts slowed while allowing weeds to get away from us. Pre-emerge herbicides did very little on dry land due to not being activated by rain. Soybeans and some remaining cotton acres following wheat being "dusted in" to make insurance deadline. Just barely starting on peanut fungicide sprays. Hard to tell if weed problems are due to dry weather or resistance. Have been hand spraying and flagging suspect weeds. Very scattered rains. Some areas received a nice amount Sunday 6/15, while other areas remain bone dry. DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST Scattered afternoon showers have created a hit or miss situation that continues to allow dryland crops, pasture and hay fields to suffer in approximately 40% of the county. Several showers brought relief to stressed crops from drought and heat. A few areas have received little rain. Overall crops improved this week. DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL Wind and scattered hail damage to cotton and soybeans. Some light showers have occurred this week; however, dry conditions are having negative impact on crops and forages. DISTRICT 9 - SOUTHEAST No comments available.