LA-WEATHER United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service, Louisiana Field Office Crop Weather Cooperating with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture & Forestry and the Louisiana State University Ag Center Louisiana Field Office · 5825 Florida Blvd · Baton Rouge, LA 70806 (225) 922-1362 · (225) 922-0744 FAX www.nass.usda.gov/la Released: April 28, 2008 Volume 08 No. 09 Days suitable for fieldwork: Soil moisture supplies: % very short, % short, % adequate and % surplus Field Crops Report Fruits, Vegetables, and Specialty Crops Report Livestock, Pasture, and Range Report Crop Progress Table PERCENT OF PROGRESS Current Last 5 YR CROP STAGE Week Week 2007 AVG Corn Emerged 99 96 99 97 Cotton Planted 49 18 17 33 Emerged 20 0 10 16 Hay First Cutting 22 14 12 13 Rice Planted 86 78 78 80 Emerged 69 59 65 65 Sorghum Planted 74 60 83 59 Emerged 54 31 68 41 Soybeans Planted 48 31 27 30 Emerged 20 0 15 18 Winter Wheat Headed 99 97 98 96 Turning Color 46 7 23 23 Land Preparation Spring plowing 89 84 91 91 Crop Condition Table CONDITIONS IN PERCENTAGES CROP VERY POOR POOR FAIR GOOD EXCELLENT Corn 0 2 17 62 19 Rice 0 3 20 72 5 Sugarcane 1 4 41 42 12 Wheat 0 1 23 60 16 Livestock 1 4 34 53 8 Vegetables 1 9 41 43 6 Pasture 3 11 35 45 6 Weather Information Table LOUISIANA OFFICE OF STATE CLIMATOLOGY, LSU, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA LOUISIANA WEATHER SUMMARY FROM 04/21/08 TO 04/27/08 AIR PRECIPITATION TEMPERATURE WEEKLY FOUR YR.TO MAX MIN AVE NRM TOTAL WEEKS DATE NORM 1. Northwest LSU-Bossier City 87 59 73 66 0.49 3.01 14.06 17.97 Minden 86 51 71 66 0.21 3.02 15.39 19.79 Mooringsport 84 56 72 MM 0.54 3.01 14.98 16.30 Extreme/Average 87 51 72 67 0.41 3.01 14.81 18.29 2. North-Central LSU-Calhoun 88 52 71 66 0.02 2.84 11.53 20.75 Homer/Hill Farm 86 53 70 65 0.16 2.95 13.58 19.97 ULM-Monroe 90 53 71 67 0.09 2.86 11.49 22.05 Colmubia Lock 88 (44) 68 MM 0.32 3.35 13.65 22.81 Extreme/Average 90 44 70 67 0.15 3.00 12.56 20.87 3. Northeast Lake Providence 86 54 69 66 0.40 3.04 16.80 23.07 LSU-St Joseph (91) 46 72 67 0.34 3.59 17.12 22.64 LSU-Winnsboro 91 53 72 67 0.89 4.12 17.37 22.02 Tallulah 86 55 70 66 0.50 3.64 18.78 22.52 Extreme/Average 91 46 71 67 0.53 3.60 17.52 22.48 4. West-Central Leesville 88 52 73 67 0.32 1.63 15.12 19.75 LSU-Rosepine 86 54 73 67 0.31 2.08 15.72 19.48 Natchitoches 86 50 71 67 0.00 7.81 20.02 19.62 Extreme/Average 88 50 72 67 0.21 3.84 16.95 19.58 5. Central Alexandria 86 56 73 68 0.78 3.71 19.66 21.33 Brusly 88 49 72 68 0.20 1.58 17.77 22.25 Bunkie 89 53 74 68 1.15 2.60 18.10 22.31 LSU-Alexandria 87 54 73 68 1.95 4.38 19.35 20.32 Extreme/Average 89 49 73 69 1.02 3.07 18.72 21.38 6. East-Central Franklinton 5SW 88 53 73 MM 1.13 2.86 15.97 MM.MM LSU-Baton Rouge 89 48 73 68 0.17 2.32 16.75 20.83 LSU-Clinton 88 47 70 67 0.13 2.88 19.04 22.96 LSU-Hammond 88 51 72 68 0.20 1.72 17.54 23.09 Slidell 85 55 71 69 0.66 7.89 21.89 21.81 Extreme/Average 89 47 72 69 0.46 3.53 18.24 22.87 7. Southwest De Ridder 88 53 73 68 2.00 4.14 21.78 20.03 Jennings 87 59 74 69 2.42 4.05 20.40 18.10 LSU-Crowley 89 59 74 70 1.45 2.20 18.05 18.84 Extreme/Average 89 53 74 70 1.96 3.46 20.08 18.32 8. South-Central Donaldsonville 86 53 73 69 0.66 1.90 13.29 20.51 LSU-Jeanerette 90 56 75 69 0.25 2.25 12.84 18.29 Morgan City 85 55 72 69 2.37 2.94 12.72 18.82 Extreme/Average 90 53 73 70 1.09 2.36 12.95 19.19 9. Southeast Galliano 84 56 72 70 2.90 3.33 20.54 20.08 Houma 88 52 73 70 0.75 2.46 11.42 19.13 Terrytown 3S 88 59 74 MM 3.95 8.39 24.51 MM.MM Reserve 85 56 72 69 0.80 2.78 16.41 22.27 Extreme/Average 88 52 73 70 2.10 4.24 18.22 20.62 State State Averages 91 44 72 68 0.98 3.38 17.06 20.44 M = Missing ( ) = Extremes Yr. To Date = Through May 4, 2008