ga-crop-weather State Georgia Crop Weather Week Ending Date October 27, 2008 Issue GA-CW4308 Agricultural Summary October 27, 2008 COOL TEMPERATURES The state experienced cool temperatures and little rainfall during the week, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office. Daily average high temperatures were in the low 70's most of the week. Average lows were in the 40's. Soil moisture conditions were rated at 5% very short, 26% short, 59% adequate, and 10% surplus. Due to cool weather, some growers began digging late planted peanuts. The cool temperatures slowed maturing of some late cotton. Some growers welcomed rain late in the week, which improved soil moisture conditions. The moisture was needed to plant winter grazing and fall grains. Harvest continued for cotton and peanuts. Some growers reported good yields for cotton and peanuts. Other activities included planting small grains and cutting and baling hay. County Extension Agents reported an average of 5.2 days suitable for fieldwork. Crop Progress for Week Ending 10/26/08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Stage : This Week : Prev Week : Prev Year : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Soybeans Dropping Leaves : 88 77 81 87 Soybeans Harvested : 17 10 14 18 Sorghum Harvested : 68 66 43 60 Cotton Bolls Opening : 98 95 94 96 Cotton Harvested : 35 26 28 41 Winter Wheat Planted : 11 8 14 14 Winter Wheat Emerged : 4 1 4 6 Apples Harvested : 43 42 58 80 Peanuts Dug : 85 74 71 84 Peanuts Combined : 70 56 54 70 Pecans Harvested : 11 6 12 12 Rye Planted : 41 32 50 50 Other Small Grains Planted : 36 27 42 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Condition for Week Ending 10/26/08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop :Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good :Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Soybeans : 5 13 48 30 4 Cotton : 5 12 46 30 7 Range and Pasture : 7 20 50 22 1 Apples : 0 0 31 42 27 Hay : 8 24 48 19 1 Pecans : 3 14 46 31 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 10/26/08 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : This Week :Previous Week : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Very Short : 5 10 10 Short : 26 32 33 Adequate : 59 57 52 Surplus : 10 1 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 10/26/08, by District -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District : Very Short : Short : Adequate : Surplus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : District 1 (NW) : 12 46 42 0 District 2 (NC) : 8 40 51 1 District 3 (NE) : 4 37 59 0 District 4 (WC) : 3 20 70 7 District 5 (C) : 0 31 58 11 District 6 (EC) : 16 14 67 3 District 7 (SW) : 6 18 52 24 District 8 (SC) : 0 13 58 29 District 9 (SE) : 3 21 74 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. Pasture Condition for Week Ending 10/26/08, by District -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District : Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : District 1 (NW) : 0 22 55 23 0 District 2 (NC) : 6 11 59 23 1 District 3 (NE) : 10 27 45 18 0 District 4 (WC) : 4 15 61 20 0 District 5 (C) : 19 25 36 20 0 District 6 (EC) : 17 10 59 14 0 District 7 (SW) : 4 31 47 14 4 District 8 (SC) : 1 8 50 40 1 District 9 (SE) : 1 24 55 19 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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 10/26/08, by Station Location ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Temperature : Precipitation : Location :-----------------:-------------------------------------:Soil : Max : Min : Avg :Weekly : Days :30 Day :60 Day:Season :Temp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alapaha : 76 43 66 3.84 3 6.14 7.05 39.89 67 Albany : 79 45 69 4.24 2 4.86 6.48 44.60 67 Alma : 75 47 68 4.21 1 8.09 8.82 42.86 66 Alpharetta : 73 39 62 0.70 2 3.46 3.79 31.90 85 Arabi : 76 42 67 2.11 3 3.85 5.11 35.54 66 Arlington : 81 42 67 3.84 2 4.79 4.79 38.79 66 Atlanta : 72 43 68 0.75 1 3.10 3.16 28.09 NA Attapulgus : 75 47 66 3.48 2 3.71 4.35 63.11 72 Baxley : 75 43 57 4.45 1 7.66 8.41 43.45 66 Blairsville : 70 31 63 0.80 3 2.13 2.54 34.05 61 Blue Ridge : 69 31 58 1.98 2 4.20 4.63 41.56 66 Brunswick : 76 49 66 3.41 2 5.85 7.41 38.32 71 Byromville : 76 41 68 3.03 2 4.08 4.48 42.98 64 Byron : 74 40 66 0.06 1 3.54 3.88 34.84 63 Cairo : 78 47 65 2.62 3 3.07 4.97 59.13 70 Calhoun : 73 32 69 1.56 2 3.27 4.66 33.43 61 Camilla : 79 45 61 2.98 2 4.24 4.65 52.12 67 Clarks Hill : 69 36 62 0.63 2 4.60 7.95 29.64 63 Cordele : 76 41 68 1.41 2 4.26 5.02 30.94 65 Covington : 74 41 63 0.40 2 4.12 4.53 27.80 61 Dahlonega : 72 37 66 0.68 2 3.21 3.56 46.46 59 Dallas : 71 39 64 0.92 1 2.63 3.79 33.00 60 Danielsville : 74 40 63 0.19 2 4.76 8.70 31.94 62 Dawson : 77 42 62 3.62 2 4.59 7.39 48.80 66 Dearing : 74 41 63 0.95 1 4.62 6.85 37.33 65 Dixie : 78 47 66 3.40 3 6.00 6.81 48.53 68 Douglas : 76 48 66 2.09 1 4.69 5.85 36.99 66 Dublin : 76 48 63 2.36 1 3.84 4.27 34.54 66 Dunwoody : 71 39 69 0.76 1 3.20 3.44 36.60 61 Eatonton : 75 36 67 0.82 3 4.89 7.08 38.29 62 Elberton : 74 38 66 0.07 1 4.48 5.87 32.45 62 Ellijay : 71 32 61 0.91 2 2.18 2.36 39.48 60 Ft Valley : 74 40 62 2.71 2 4.88 6.23 37.17 62 Gainesville : 75 39 63 0.52 2 2.53 3.30 35.05 64 Georgetown : 77 42 64 3.38 2 6.16 9.37 46.25 61 Griffin : 72 39 59 1.18 3 4.36 6.31 32.66 63 Hatley : 75 39 62 2.10 3 4.93 5.57 32.18 65 Homerville : 78 41 66 2.39 2 3.80 5.80 45.96 68 Jeffersonville : 74 41 65 2.10 2 2.99 3.84 34.83 64 Johns Creek : 73 37 66 0.92 2 3.43 4.52 33.87 63 Jonesboro : 74 39 63 1.03 2 4.97 5.19 32.65 62 Lafayette : 72 34 67 1.05 3 2.63 3.81 36.32 61 Lake Seminole : 75 53 67 2.03 2 2.27 3.37 51.54 70 Mcrae : 76 37 66 3.81 1 5.26 6.35 41.00 67 Midville : 75 40 66 1.60 1 2.10 3.13 34.17 65 Moultrie : 77 47 68 3.65 2 5.04 7.17 41.75 66 Nahunta : 76 44 66 3.02 2 4.93 5.18 34.80 69 Newton : 81 43 68 3.75 3 4.42 4.46 43.26 67 Odum : 76 45 66 3.48 1 5.02 5.43 NA 67 Ossabaw : 75 52 69 0.02 2 8.28 10.33 39.69 67 Pine Mountain : 73 43 65 0.14 1 3.44 4.82 35.81 63 Plains : 74 42 66 3.11 2 3.88 5.49 40.92 61 Roopville : 73 38 67 0.09 2 3.06 3.55 35.46 61 Rome : 74 36 62 1.49 1 3.04 4.51 32.20 61 Sasser : 79 42 67 3.43 2 4.31 6.33 NA 64 Savannah : 77 42 71 3.01 1 8.44 9.30 37.05 67 Shellman : 76 45 63 3.27 2 3.92 6.74 44.54 66 Skidaway : 74 48 66 2.79 2 13.94 14.81 45.00 64 Sparta : 73 37 65 0.95 2 3.67 8.40 NA 62 Statesboro : 75 41 66 2.76 1 4.15 4.88 34.80 64 Tennille : 75 39 59 1.48 1 2.64 3.09 33.30 64 Tifton : 76 45 67 4.55 2 6.41 6.79 43.76 66 Tiger : 72 31 66 1.59 2 5.69 5.22 46.11 60 Ty Ty : 76 43 70 4.67 2 5.95 7.94 43.32 66 Unadilla : 75 41 66 1.86 1 1.28 4.35 27.96 63 Valdosta : 78 49 70 2.69 3 3.48 5.87 44.87 70 Vienna : 75 41 62 2.09 1 4.73 5.28 32.80 65 Vidalia : 74 48 64 3.74 2 6.97 7.83 41.56 65 Wat-UGA : 74 40 64 0.12 2 3.91 4.75 26.90 62 Williamson : 72 36 64 1.40 3 4.83 5.53 33.17 61 Woodbine : 78 48 68 2.32 3 7.13 8.75 51.53 71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 October 26, 2008 DISTRICT 1 - NORTHWEST No comments available. DISTRICT 2 - NORTH CENTRAL Rain late in the week improved soil moisture conditions. DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST No comments available. DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL No comments available. DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL Some welcome rain late in the week. Small grain planting continues and many hay producers trying to get their last cutting of hay harvested. We have been fortunate to have cooler temperatures, yet minimum rainfall. Rain came! 2.5 inches around the county. More or less. A welcome sign. Peanut, soybean and cotton harvesting continues. Late cotton slow to open. Small grains for cattle being planted. Rain brightened outlook for everyone! DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL Good rain Friday and Saturday. Most cotton defoliated and peanuts can be finished in another 10 days after we dry out. Soybean harvest will undoubtedly be Thanksgiving or after. Yields are pretty good. Dry land cotton 550 - 800, dry land peanuts about 3,000 lb/A, irrigated yields are near 3 bale cotton, and 5,300 lb/A peanuts. DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST Rain began on Thursday night and is expected to end Friday afternoon. As of Friday noon most of county has received 2 inches of rainfall. Moisture was needed to plant winter grazing. Peanut harvest nearly complete, cotton harvest is slightly behind schedule. DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL Due to cool weather farmers are digging late planted peanuts. Picking peanuts that went thru recent rains. Defoliating and picking cotton. Cool weather has stopped cotton maturity also. Planting small grains for grain and grazing. Mowing cotton stalks and baling peanut hay. Rain and wet soil is delaying peanut and cotton harvest. DISTRICT 9 - SOUTHEAST Three inches of rain fell on most of the county on Friday.