ga-crop-weather State Georgia Crop Weather Week Ending Date August 8, 2010 Issue GA-CW3210 Agricultural Summary August 9, 2010 SCATTERED SHOWERS Scattered showers brought much needed rain to some parts of the state, according to the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, Georgia Field Office. Daily average high temperatures were in the lower to upper 90's. Low temperatures were in the low 70's. Soil moisture conditions were rated at 18% very short, 45% short, 37% adequate, and 0% surplus. Signs of stress have been seen in some crops due to the high temperatures. Army worms continued to be a problem in some fields. Almost all of the corn crop are in the dent stage, over half is mature, and several fields have been harvested. Over three-quarters of the soybean crop has bloomed and nearly one-half is setting pods. Several fields of sorghum have been harvested. Virtually all of the cotton is setting bolls and some of the cotton bolls are starting to open. Almost one-half of the tobacco crop has been harvested. Other activities for the week included routine care of livestock and applying fungicides and insecticides to cotton and peanuts. County Extension Agents reported an average of 6.1 days suitable for fieldwork. Crop Progress for Week Ending 08/08/10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Stage : This Week : Prev Week : Prev Year : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn Dent : 95 87 86 85 Corn Mature : 73 49 54 50 Corn Harvested for Grain : 13 4 5 5 Soybeans Blooming : 82 66 75 74 Soybeans Setting Pods : 48 30 40 42 Sorghum Harvested : 12 7 0 4 Cotton Setting Bolls : 96 85 79 86 Cotton Bolls Opening : 7 NA 0 1 Peaches Harvested : 93 87 97 93 Peanuts Pegging : 99 94 90 94 Tobacco Harvested : 42 32 40 49 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Condition for Week Ending 08/08/10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop :Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good :Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn : 1 6 28 55 10 Soybeans : 5 14 42 34 5 Sorghum : 2 10 45 38 5 Cotton : 6 15 32 36 11 Range and Pasture : 4 17 46 31 2 Hay : 4 16 46 32 2 Peanuts : 2 9 35 42 12 Pecans : 0 6 42 43 9 Tobacco : 0 7 21 56 16 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 08/08/10 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : This Week :Previous Week : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Very Short : 18 21 14 Short : 45 47 36 Adequate : 37 32 45 Surplus : 0 0 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 08/08/10, by District -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District : Very Short : Short : Adequate : Surplus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : District 1 (NW) : 21 49 30 0 District 2 (NC) : 3 47 50 0 District 3 (NE) : 20 28 52 0 District 4 (WC) : 13 57 30 0 District 5 (C) : 21 50 29 0 District 6 (EC) : 7 34 59 0 District 7 (SW) : 23 45 31 1 District 8 (SC) : 32 35 32 1 District 9 (SE) : 12 41 46 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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 08/08/10, by District -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District : Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : District 1 (NW) : 0 22 66 12 0 District 2 (NC) : 0 4 60 35 1 District 3 (NE) : 7 13 39 38 3 District 4 (WC) : 5 12 42 39 2 District 5 (C) : 10 11 38 36 5 District 6 (EC) : 0 9 41 49 1 District 7 (SW) : 3 26 49 20 2 District 8 (SC) : 0 38 41 20 1 District 9 (SE) : 1 12 42 37 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * 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 08/08/10, by Station Location ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Temperature : Precipitation : Location :-----------------:-------------------------------------:Soil : Max : Min : Avg :Weekly : Days :30 Day :60 Day:Season :Temp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alapaha : 94 73 84 0.59 2 3.55 7.11 29.38 84 Albany : 97 76 86 0.18 2 3.33 7.63 30.94 92 Alpharetta : 92 73 82 0.09 2 5.39 7.92 34.12 85 Arabi : 94 74 84 1.90 3 4.05 6.13 30.71 87 Atlanta : 92 74 83 1.14 2 4.55 6.46 27.80 NA Attapulgus : 94 75 84 0.43 3 2.29 7.11 34.82 90 Baxley : 94 72 83 0.14 2 4.72 9.15 33.86 91 Brunswick : 93 77 85 2.08 2 6.86 8.61 22.73 87 Byron : 94 73 83 0.46 1 6.10 11.23 32.28 87 Cairo : 93 75 84 0.83 2 4.45 7.55 31.40 85 Cordele : 95 75 85 0.14 3 3.25 4.28 31.06 88 Covington : 91 73 82 0.19 2 4.30 7.05 29.71 83 Dallas : 92 73 82 0.48 2 2.38 4.31 28.38 86 Danielsville : 92 72 82 0.84 2 1.97 5.90 29.09 89 Dawson : 95 74 85 2.08 3 5.96 9.75 36.25 86 Dearing : 94 75 84 0.01 1 5.36 13.88 32.19 88 Dixie : 94 74 84 0.36 1 3.20 11.11 35.30 88 Douglas : 94 74 84 0.51 4 3.29 9.07 27.86 88 Dublin : 95 74 85 1.29 3 3.97 8.76 28.46 87 Dunwoody : 93 73 83 0.16 1 4.16 7.87 30.46 84 Eatonton : 91 73 82 1.88 2 6.78 12.64 39.16 84 Elberton : 94 74 84 2.53 1 3.06 5.82 24.46 89 Ellijay : 90 69 80 0.44 2 4.41 5.79 31.04 85 Gainesville : 89 71 80 0.94 3 3.81 6.04 29.61 88 Georgetown : 95 74 84 2.15 4 4.99 8.64 34.13 88 Griffin : 92 74 83 0.05 1 5.12 6.34 28.71 83 Homerville : 95 73 84 1.34 4 5.03 10.01 41.36 87 Johns Creek : 94 73 83 0.00 0 2.02 3.98 30.42 83 Jonesboro : 93 74 83 0.15 3 1.74 3.33 23.98 88 Midville : 92 75 84 1.20 2 5.70 9.83 27.95 85 Moultrie : 94 75 84 0.34 3 2.68 9.55 29.29 92 Nahunta : 95 72 83 0.62 4 6.60 11.09 27.47 87 Newton : 96 75 85 1.32 4 2.68 7.39 30.79 89 Odum : 95 73 84 0.42 4 3.60 6.73 27.75 90 Ossabaw : 92 76 84 3.71 3 10.62 11.79 30.78 84 Pine Mountain : 94 73 83 0.05 3 4.27 5.83 28.16 86 Roopville : 96 73 84 0.60 3 3.63 7.37 29.97 85 Rome : 95 74 84 0.69 3 5.52 6.20 30.28 84 Sasser : 94 74 84 0.39 3 3.36 6.34 28.82 87 Savannah : 95 75 85 1.11 4 5.34 10.16 28.28 87 Sparta : 92 73 82 0.87 3 5.85 9.56 32.18 85 Statesboro : 93 74 84 1.13 3 5.38 10.20 28.28 89 Tennille : 93 73 83 0.41 2 4.90 9.03 31.48 86 Tiger : 85 66 75 2.38 5 3.15 7.98 41.97 82 Valdosta : 95 76 86 0.04 2 4.37 7.02 31.19 85 Vienna : 95 74 84 1.29 3 3.03 4.91 31.19 86 Vidalia : 95 75 85 3.48 2 7.72 13.22 34.04 87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *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 August 8, 2010 DISTRICT 1 - NORTHWEST No comments available. DISTRICT 2 - NORTH CENTRAL Armyworms are hitting pastures and hayfields. Scattered showers brought much needed rain to parts of the county this week, some areas saw heavy rain downfall. DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST Extremely dry weather limits pastures and hay. Landscapes showing tremendous drought stress after moist spring evaporates. Late week storms desperately needed in most areas. DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL Armyworms continue to be a problem. Scattered showers in the county continue to pop up in the same areas, so we've seen an abundance of rainfall in some areas and none in others. Rainfall has been extremely variable; some spots received an inch and half mile down the road, none. Armyworms continue to attack hayfields and pastures. Dry, hot week. Armyworms remain active in spots through county; soybeans beginning to bloom; need rain. DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL It has been too hot to see any sizable progress in field work. It has been ultra hot despite rainfall of 2.09, 0.01 and .55. We are seeing our corn crop take a turn for the worse. Scattered rains; heat still taking toll; Second fall armyworm infestation occurring; silage harvest complete; corn harvest ongoing. Heat Stress continues. Fall armyworms arrived in force last week. Populations of 12-15 per square foot common over much of the county. DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL Rain continues to come in varying amounts. Thus crop conditions are highly variable. Caterpillar infestations have been heavy in all crops. Armyworms are a major problem in Hay Fields at this time. They showed up over three weeks ago. White mold has been significant in peanuts in our area. We changed fungicides to manage the disease and the results seem very positive. Corn harvest started in earnest, earliest I've seen in seven years. Heat units seem to have all crops speeded up. Corn may not be exceptional for yield contest but it is very good "across the board". Could very well average over 200 bushels countywide. Peanuts continue to look great. Beans and cotton are 'iffy'. Rain in the right places in the next ten days could make a lot of difference in yield for those two crops. Loppers and a few earworms in soybeans, stink bugs in cotton and TBW still coming through in 555. Beginning to pick up some white mold and CBR in peanuts but not bad. Lots of downy mildew in soybeans. DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST Some areas are very dry while others have good to excellent moisture. Good rains were received early in the week. This broke severe drought conditions in the northern part of the county. Parts of the county received several showers this week. Seems like the areas receiving the rain are the ones that have been getting a little and the areas missing the showers are the ones that have missed them all season. Dry conditions continue to cause cotton, peanuts, and tobacco to wilt. Some Cotton Bolls have been opening for two weeks now. DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL Need rain badly. Cropping tobacco. Crop is maturing faster than they can harvest. Losing some yield and quality. Cutting hay. Worms showing up in hay. Cotton and Peanuts stressing due to lack of moisture. Irrigation ongoing where possible. Applying fungicides and insecticides to cotton and peanuts and some micronutrients. Insects showing up in peanuts. Cotton is being hit by stinkbugs. Overall crops look good if only we can get some rain to improve yield and quality. Dry and HOT. The rains have been spotted in the county. We still need a good long rain. The hot weather has speed up crop mature rates on peanuts and cotton. DISTRICT 9 - SOUTHEAST No comments available.