ga-crop-weather State Georgia Crop Weather Week Ending Date May 24, 2010 Issue GA-CW2110 Agricultural Summary May 24, 2010 CROP CONDITIONS GENERALLY IMPROVED For the week ending May 23, 2010, spring planting continues to progress rapidly, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, Georgia Field Office. Daily average high temperatures ranged from the lower 80's to lower 90's. Low temperatures averaged from the upper 50's to mid 60's. Soil moisture conditions were rated at 1% very short, 21% short, 69% adequate, and 9% surplus. Precipitation fell across the state on Monday and Friday. The statewide average was nearly an inch. Winter wheat harvest was underway. Peanut and cotton planting has been ahead of schedule. Soybean and sorghum planting was approximately one-third complete. Peach harvest is also underway. Onion harvest was nearly three- quarters complete. Other activities for the week included cutting hay, routine care of livestock, fertilizing crops and weed control. County Extension Agents reported an average of 5.6 days suitable for fieldwork. Crop Progress for Week Ending 05/23/10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Stage : This Week : Prev Week : Prev Year : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn Silked : 12 5 2 2 Soybeans Planted : 33 20 29 32 Soybeans Emerged : 19 10 16 19 Sorghum Planted : 35 24 24 39 Cotton Planted : 65 46 51 61 Winter Wheat Harvested : 8 4 5 10 Onions Harvested : 72 36 74 75 Peaches Harvested : 4 3 7 7 Peanuts Planted : 56 34 49 54 Peanuts Blooming : 1 0 0 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Condition for Week Ending 05/23/10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop :Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good :Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn : 0 1 18 68 13 Winter Wheat : 1 11 48 36 4 Range and Pasture : 0 2 29 58 11 Hay : 0 2 27 58 13 Onions : 0 4 53 42 1 Peaches : 0 1 6 93 0 Tobacco : 0 3 32 54 11 Watermelons : 0 5 28 60 7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 05/23/10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : This Week :Previous Week : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Very Short : 1 1 19 Short : 21 22 27 Adequate : 69 71 46 Surplus : 9 6 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 05/23/10, by District -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District : Very Short : Short : Adequate : Surplus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : District 1 (NW) : 0 20 63 17 District 2 (NC) : 0 8 77 15 District 3 (NE) : 7 88 5 0 District 4 (WC) : 0 24 67 9 District 5 (C) : 0 11 78 11 District 6 (EC) : 0 37 62 1 District 7 (SW) : 8 52 40 0 District 8 (SC) : 0 15 67 18 District 9 (SE) : 0 8 88 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * A list of the counties in each of the nine Georgia Agricultural Statistics Districts is available at http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Georgia/Publications/County_Esti mates/index.asp. Pasture Condition for Week Ending 05/23/10, by District -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District : Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : District 1 (NW) : 0 0 6 67 27 District 2 (NC) : 0 0 14 67 19 District 3 (NE) : 0 4 19 75 2 District 4 (WC) : 0 1 33 48 18 District 5 (C) : 0 4 22 62 12 District 6 (EC) : 0 0 40 58 2 District 7 (SW) : 1 5 49 42 3 District 8 (SC) : 0 2 31 61 6 District 9 (SE) : 0 1 66 31 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * A list of the counties in each of the nine Georgia Agricultural Statistics Districts is available at http://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Georgia/Publications/County_Esti mates/index.asp. Weather Summary for Week Ending 05/23/10, by Station Location ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Temperature : Precipitation : Location :-----------------:-------------------------------------:Soil : Max : Min : Avg :Weekly : Days :30 Day :60 Day:Season :Temp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alapaha : 89 65 77 0.37 1 4.66 5.78 17.07 77 Albany : 91 68 80 0.37 1 6.65 8.79 20.78 87 Alma : 88 66 77 0.71 2 3.75 5.89 15.32 78 Alpharetta : 82 59 70 1.08 2 5.91 7.07 22.83 74 Arabi : 89 67 78 1.46 2 7.21 9.65 22.30 77 Arlington : 91 66 79 0.00 0 6.47 7.24 20.96 83 Atlanta : 82 63 73 1.04 3 6.11 7.22 16.67 NA Attapulgus : 89 66 78 0.12 2 11.18 12.45 25.66 83 Baxley : 87 64 75 1.50 3 8.75 10.06 19.49 82 Blairsville : 77 54 65 0.25 2 4.02 5.79 14.36 68 Blue Ridge : 77 56 66 0.34 3 6.61 9.41 18.85 71 Brunswick : 87 70 79 0.02 1 1.59 3.48 12.55 82 Byromville : 87 66 76 2.36 3 7.42 7.83 26.86 79 Byron : 86 63 74 1.91 3 5.92 6.56 19.07 76 Cairo : 89 68 79 0.44 1 8.42 9.98 21.70 76 Calhoun : 80 56 68 0.83 3 5.58 7.98 16.22 71 Camilla : 90 66 78 0.79 1 5.35 6.44 19.89 84 Cordele : 89 67 78 1.39 1 7.23 8.10 23.15 77 Covington : 82 59 71 0.43 1 4.36 5.84 16.69 75 Dahlonega : 78 56 67 0.35 3 7.38 9.10 22.31 71 Dallas : 80 60 70 1.87 4 5.36 5.96 17.96 74 Danielsville : 82 59 71 0.87 2 5.42 6.18 16.82 77 Dawson : 90 64 77 0.76 1 6.48 8.89 25.26 79 Dearing : 84 63 74 0.54 2 3.50 5.16 15.43 76 Dixie : 91 67 79 0.03 2 4.85 6.76 21.02 82 Douglas : 87 66 77 0.61 3 5.00 5.59 16.58 80 Dublin : 86 64 75 0.79 5 5.06 5.96 18.14 79 Dunwoody : 81 59 70 1.28 5 6.14 7.24 20.49 71 Eatonton : 83 61 72 2.56 3 7.25 8.53 22.24 75 Elberton : 83 61 72 1.12 4 3.52 4.43 16.40 75 Ellijay : 78 55 67 0.80 3 6.49 8.94 21.48 73 Gainesville : 79 59 69 0.52 3 5.44 7.23 21.57 74 Georgetown : 90 64 77 0.16 2 5.56 6.42 21.50 82 Griffin : 83 62 72 2.10 3 5.69 6.69 20.48 73 Hatley : 87 67 77 1.31 5 6.67 8.95 21.66 78 Homerville : 89 65 77 0.51 3 4.34 5.25 17.07 80 Jeffersonville : 84 63 74 2.91 4 3.96 4.24 22.05 78 Johns Creek : 82 60 71 1.09 4 8.68 9.79 23.85 73 Jonesboro : 83 61 72 0.75 2 4.24 5.71 19.98 76 Lake Seminole : 88 70 79 0.42 4 8.48 9.73 21.37 81 Midville : 86 65 75 1.12 3 3.76 4.22 17.78 80 Moultrie : 89 68 78 0.29 2 4.72 5.65 15.35 84 Nahunta : 90 65 78 0.04 4 1.78 3.36 19.15 82 Newton : 91 66 79 0.13 2 6.08 7.27 20.34 83 Odum : 89 64 76 0.27 4 2.63 4.98 17.41 81 Ossabaw : 85 68 76 0.80 2 2.05 3.16 14.91 76 Pine Mountain : 84 61 73 1.50 4 5.69 6.69 20.84 76 Plains : 88 65 77 0.01 1 6.11 6.56 23.52 82 Roopville : 84 60 72 1.36 3 7.13 8.01 21.29 75 Rome : 82 59 70 1.19 4 6.21 8.61 21.45 72 Sasser : 89 66 77 0.75 1 5.53 7.62 21.63 77 Savannah : 88 66 77 1.30 4 3.07 5.06 16.84 79 Shellman : 91 66 79 0.00 0 4.49 6.15 20.31 89 Skidaway : 84 68 76 2.19 2 3.82 5.48 17.23 76 Sparta : 83 62 72 2.09 3 4.63 6.21 20.99 76 Statesboro : 86 65 75 0.44 4 5.90 7.33 19.27 83 Tennille : 84 63 74 1.36 3 3.83 4.02 16.66 77 Tifton : 88 68 78 0.95 2 6.91 8.98 21.77 78 Tiger : 77 53 65 0.32 2 7.35 9.19 27.35 72 Unadilla : 86 65 75 3.28 3 10.02 10.81 24.11 78 Valdosta : 91 69 80 0.24 1 3.20 4.74 19.44 79 Vienna : 87 66 76 1.49 3 7.89 8.95 23.97 78 Vidalia : 87 66 77 0.59 4 5.31 6.73 19.17 78 Wat-UGA : 81 61 71 1.30 3 6.05 6.86 20.01 75 Williamson : 83 60 71 1.81 3 5.96 7.02 21.30 75 Woodbine : 89 66 78 0.21 1 1.81 2.78 12.86 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 May 23, 2010 DISTRICT 1 - NORTHWEST No comments available. DISTRICT 2 - NORTH CENTRAL Vineyard spraying; routine care of livestock and poultry. DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST No comments available. DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL Putting in hay; small grain harvest began; begin planting soybeans; routine care of livestock. DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL We have finally gotten close to 95% of our spring planting completed. We received .20, .55 and .11 of an inch of rainfall on May 16th, 17th, and 18th respectively. Many farmers are busy in the hay fields this week. Many areas got up to 1/2 inch of rain on Monday. DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL Areas of the county are getting too dry to continue planting. Scattered, pop-up showers have allowed planting to continue in other areas of the county. Planting has been in "high gear". A large number of acres of cotton, peanuts and a few soybeans have been planted the last 2 weeks. About 40% of county got another .5" of rain on May 7 which enabled many growers to continue planting. A good bit of cotton is being planted in dry dirt now. Peanuts seem to have been planted early and before cotton so much of that acreage is done. Several cotton fields putting on true leaves and some peanut fields have hand-width growth. Stands are good in almost all cases. Wheat continues to dry and we will harvest pretty much on time (around end of May) instead of the 10-12 day delay as anticipated earlier. Bermuda grass is coming along well. A lot of sprigging was done this spring as more land is put into grass. This correlates with the low-level expansion of county cow numbers. No corn disease problems as yet. DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST Conditions are getting dry. We have missed the last two precipitation opportunities. Less rain this time than 2 weeks ago, good planting conditions, peanuts are still being planted and soybeans are starting to get planted as well. Wheat crop is getting close to harvest. Early planted cotton is coming along okay. DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL Getting dry. Planting away cotton and peanuts. Irrigation of corn. Cutting hay. Applying chemicals and fertilizers. Picking blueberries. Great news a sawmill and poultry plant is going to help our poor economy. Planting of major crops is in full swing. Scattered rains delayed some planting. Crop conditions are holding steady. Most watermelon fields have nutrient deficiency problems related to heavy rains and not applying enough fertilizer during the early season. Growers are working to quickly resolve the problem and make a decent crop before July 4. DISTRICT 9 - SOUTHEAST No comments available.