ga-crop-weather State Georgia Crop Weather Week Ending Date August 23, 2009 Issue GA-CW3409 Agricultural Summary August 24, 2009 CONTINUED SCATTERED SHOWERS Scattered showers continued to provide assistance to farmers, in some areas of the State, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office. Daily average high temperatures were in the high 80's. Average lows ranged from the upper 60's to low 70's. Soil moisture conditions were rated at 4% very short, 27% short, 61% adequate, and 8% surplus. The scattered rains helped to replenish soil moisture; however, some areas were still short. There have been reports of army worms in pasture, hay fields and cotton. Growers were still waiting for corn to dry naturally, to avoid paying high drying costs. Other activities included spraying crop fields and pastures, feeding livestock and cutting hay between storms. County Extension Agents reported an average of 5.3 days suitable for fieldwork. Crop Progress for Week Ending 08/23/09 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Stage : This Week : Prev Week : Prev Year : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn Mature : 84 74 82 84 Corn Harvested for Grain : 29 16 25 29 Soybeans Blooming : 95 89 89 92 Soybeans Setting Pods : 72 59 66 72 Sorghum Harvested : 1 0 23 13 Cotton Setting Bolls : 97 92 96 98 Cotton Bolls Opening : 4 1 10 14 Apples Harvested : 12 7 9 11 Tobacco Harvested : 64 52 63 75 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Condition for Week Ending 08/23/09 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop :Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good :Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn : 1 11 37 43 8 Soybeans : 1 7 38 49 5 Sorghum : 1 8 43 46 2 Cotton : 2 8 32 46 12 Range and Pasture* : 4 11 35 44 6 Apples : 0 4 11 35 50 Hay : 4 11 37 42 6 Peanuts : 0 4 26 55 15 Pecans : 0 3 37 44 16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * District level data are available in the web release at http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga/ Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 08/23/09* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : This Week :Previous Week : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Very Short : 4 2 16 Short : 27 33 31 Adequate : 61 58 46 Surplus : 8 7 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * District level data are available in the web release at http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga/ Weather Summary for Week Ending 08/23/09, by Station Location ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Temperature : Precipitation : Location :-----------------:-------------------------------------:Soil : Max : Min : Avg :Weekly : Days :30 Day :60 Day:Season :Temp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alapaha : 90 70 80 0.18 3 2.12 5.27 35.56 82 Albany : 91 72 81 1.99 2 6.80 11.68 39.66 86 Alma : 91 72 81 0.82 3 5.43 8.42 37.09 82 Alpharetta : 87 67 77 1.48 6 2.55 8.18 32.00 80 Arabi : 89 70 79 1.67 3 8.15 10.88 39.36 83 Arlington : 90 68 79 2.00 3 7.09 11.32 40.31 82 Atlanta : 85 68 77 1.63 4 3.40 4.80 23.90 NA Attapulgus : 88 70 79 0.38 6 4.58 8.26 35.47 85 Baxley : 90 70 80 0.55 3 4.36 6.42 34.26 85 Blairsville : 81 63 72 1.20 6 4.48 8.59 31.77 78 Blue Ridge : 80 65 73 3.15 6 3.74 5.62 37.72 77 Byromville : 89 70 79 1.36 5 4.59 7.20 31.67 82 Byron : 89 70 79 0.83 3 3.87 5.20 31.35 82 Cairo : 90 72 81 0.67 2 4.23 8.52 33.69 81 Calhoun : 85 66 76 3.25 5 6.78 8.51 34.36 79 Camilla : 90 70 80 1.86 2 6.19 12.13 40.54 84 Cordele : 89 70 79 2.83 5 8.83 11.54 31.90 81 Covington : 88 65 76 1.25 5 3.57 5.60 36.47 81 Dahlonega : 84 65 74 1.81 6 4.05 6.91 38.11 78 Dallas : 84 67 75 2.93 4 5.24 7.60 30.48 80 Danielsville : 88 68 78 0.77 5 2.14 2.64 26.66 85 Dawson : 89 69 79 4.11 6 8.63 12.17 37.27 82 Dearing : 91 70 81 0.08 1 4.29 7.02 31.56 84 Dixie : 90 70 80 0.46 2 2.56 6.86 30.36 84 Douglas : 88 71 80 0.87 3 5.29 7.74 36.36 83 Dublin : 91 71 81 0.46 5 3.07 3.54 26.08 84 Dunwoody : 85 65 75 0.83 4 2.61 5.14 32.34 80 Eatonton : 90 67 78 1.52 6 4.63 6.07 35.15 82 Elberton : 92 68 80 0.08 2 2.46 4.35 32.88 84 Ellijay : 82 63 73 2.63 5 4.87 6.49 27.19 80 Gainesville : 85 68 77 2.00 5 4.77 5.54 34.11 81 Griffin : 87 68 78 0.58 4 2.19 5.64 32.16 80 Hatley : 89 70 79 0.25 2 5.68 8.03 31.59 82 Homerville : 89 67 78 0.11 3 4.31 9.77 41.81 83 Jeffersonville : 88 68 78 2.33 5 7.24 8.13 28.26 82 Johns Creek : 86 62 74 3.19 6 5.68 10.09 33.04 80 Jonesboro : 88 68 78 0.81 5 2.55 5.63 32.27 82 Lake Seminole : 86 74 80 0.46 4 3.84 10.16 33.20 83 Midville : 91 71 81 1.00 3 6.53 8.95 31.84 83 Moultrie : 89 71 80 2.94 4 6.73 9.89 38.96 84 Nahunta : 91 71 81 1.41 4 4.13 10.78 41.40 84 Newton : 90 70 80 1.57 2 5.42 11.40 41.85 84 Odum : 91 71 81 0.55 5 5.90 8.78 36.95 85 Ossabaw : 89 74 82 2.13 2 8.22 17.49 39.42 82 Pine Mountain : 85 67 76 0.75 4 3.97 6.55 35.26 81 Roopville : 85 68 76 1.25 3 3.44 4.82 29.79 80 Rome : 86 68 77 1.27 5 5.78 7.94 41.82 80 Sasser : 88 69 79 1.26 5 5.73 8.39 33.88 81 Savannah : 90 73 81 2.05 4 11.00 15.95 42.34 85 Shellman : 90 70 80 2.83 3 7.90 13.24 34.14 85 Skidaway : 88 73 81 1.67 4 9.80 15.80 39.89 81 Sparta : 90 68 79 0.00 0 2.09 3.16 30.36 84 Statesboro : 91 72 81 0.03 2 4.34 7.55 27.15 87 Tennille : 89 65 77 0.90 2 6.02 8.58 37.86 82 Tifton : 88 72 80 3.27 3 7.19 13.78 42.37 81 Tiger : 83 64 73 3.05 6 5.70 6.46 39.82 79 Unadilla : 88 69 78 0.88 3 5.20 6.56 29.15 83 Valdosta : 90 73 82 0.41 4 4.86 10.00 35.39 83 Vienna : 89 70 80 1.06 2 4.22 6.13 33.25 83 Vidalia : 91 72 82 0.51 4 3.43 7.66 33.95 84 Wat-UGA : 88 68 78 0.33 3 2.72 4.00 28.25 84 Williamson : 87 68 77 0.34 2 3.46 5.35 30.50 82 Woodbine : 90 72 81 3.38 5 10.00 17.65 41.58 83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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.