LA-WEATHER

United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service, Louisiana Field Office
Crop Weather
Cooperating with the Louisiana Department of Agriculture
Louisiana Field Office · 5825 Florida Blvd · Baton Rouge, LA 70806
(225) 922-1362 · (225) 922-0744 FAX   www.nass.usda.gov/la


Released: July 23, 2007				 Volume 07 No. 21



Days suitable for fieldwork: 3.4 
Soil moisture supplies:1% very short, 1% short, 57% adequate 
and 41% surplus

Field Crops Report
Scattered showers received throughout the state continued to
 hamper field work. Heavy showers halted preparation for harvesting
 rice. Corn conditions improved slightly.  Cotton pest populations 
began to slow down.  Soybean condition declined due to heavy rainfall. 
 Aerial blight and Cercospora were identified in soybean fields.
Sugarcane producers prepared land and sprayed 
for borers.  Planting of sweet potatoes was completed. 

Fruits, Vegetables and Specialty Crops
Vegetable production slowed due to heavy rains.
Citrus producers continued scouting for insects and diseases. 
 
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report
First cutting of hay was completed. Cattlemen were fertilizing pastures 
and marketing heavy calves.  Pastures were responding well to heavy rainfall. 
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		PERCENT OF PROGRESS
CROP	   STAGE   Current Week   Last Week    2006    5 YR AVG

Corn	  Dough		93	     89		95        92
	 Mature		38	     31  	48	  42
Cotton	 Squaring	99	     99		99	  99
	 Setting Bolls	79	     74		82	  85
Hay	 Second Cutting	50	     43		56	  39
Peaches	 Harvested	81	     75	        79	  83
Rice	 Headed		82	     60		75        77
Sorghum	 Headed		96	     92		92	  89
	 Turning Color	46	     25         55	  43
Soybeans Turning color   1            1         13         4







                  CONDITIONS IN PERCENTAGES
ITEM	VERY POOR	POOR	FAIR	GOOD	EXCELLENT
Corn	    0		 7	 16	 56	  21
Cotton	    0		 0	 11	 86	   3
Rice	    0		 5	 31	 57	   7
Sorghum	    0		 0	  8	 59	  33
Soybeans    1		 7	 26	 55	  11
Sugarcane   0		 0	 28	 47	  25
Livestock   0		 1       17	 70	  12
Vegetables  5		16	 34	 41	   4
Pasture	    1		 4	 19	 61	  15






      LOUISIANA OFFICE OF STATE CLIMATOLOGY, LSU, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
            LOUISIANA WEATHER SUMMARY FROM 07/16/07 TO 07/22/07

			 AIR	       PRECIPITATION	
		      TEMPERATURE    WEEKLY FOUR  YR.TO	
		   MAX	MIN AVG	NRM  TOTAL  WEEKS DATE	NORM


1. Northwest
   LSU-Bossier City 93  70  81  83   0.24  10.53  34.30  30.80             
   Minden           91  68  80  82   1.01   9.84  39.04  33.41             
   Mooringsport     91  70  81  MM   0.43   9.07  35.07  27.46             
   Extreme/Average  93  68  81  83   0.56   9.81  36.14  31.46             

2. North-Central
   LSU-Calhoun      93  66  80  83   0.10   7.68  30.97  33.71             
   Homer/Hill Farm (95) 67  80  82   0.03   9.76  35.34  33.38             
   ULM-Monroe       94 (62) 79  83   2.22   9.15  25.69  35.53             
   Winnfield        MM  MM  MM  82   M.MM   M.MM  MM.MM  35.64             
   Extreme/Average  95  62  80  83   0.78   8.86  30.67  34.40             

3. Northeast
   Lake Providence  93  67  79  82   3.04  10.75  28.75  36.71             
   LSU-St Joseph    92  66  80  83   3.10  12.69  29.46  34.96             
   LSU-Winnsboro    92  66  80  82   2.42  11.04  34.79  34.83             
   Tallulah         MM  MM  MM  82   0.12   7.55  23.13  36.33             
   Extreme/Average  93  66  80  83   2.76  11.87  32.13  35.65             

4. West-Central
   Leesville        92  68  80  82   0.34   6.24  28.59  33.60             
   LSU-Rosepine     91  69  80  82   0.38   7.26  34.62  33.96             
   Natchitoches     91  68  79  84   2.67   7.79  27.07  32.70             
   Extreme/Average  92  68  79  82   1.13   7.10  30.09  33.18             

5. Central
   Alexandria       93  73  81  83   2.04   4.64  29.82  34.91             
   Brusly           92  70  79  81   0.54   3.57  33.10  36.72             
   Bunkie           92  70  81  83   4.99  13.25  34.41  36.77             
   LSU-Alexandria   92  65  78  82   2.50   6.79  31.28  33.64             
   Extreme/Average  93  65  80  83   2.52   7.15  33.76  35.44             

6. East-Central
   Bogalusa         94  67  79  82   0.54   7.47  27.90  39.09             
   LSU-Baton Rouge  92  70  79  82   0.91   5.94  33.66  36.05             
   LSU-Clinton      91  69  78  81   0.38   5.34  28.87  37.36             
   LSU-Hammond      92  70  80  82   1.26   3.33  28.84  37.27             
   Slidell          91  70  79  82   1.58   5.61  30.54  36.77             
   Extreme/Average  94  67  79  82   0.93   5.54  30.24  38.24             

7. Southwest
   De Ridder        90  70  80  82   1.22   8.52  39.47  35.10             
   Jennings         89  71  79  82   1.34   7.91  32.46  33.77             
   LSU-Crowley      92  72  81  82   0.11   5.40  35.48  34.43             
   Extreme/Average  92  70  80  83   0.89   7.28  35.80  34.41             

8. South-Central
   Donaldsonville   92  71  80  82   3.01   6.58  32.03  35.45             
   LSU-Jeanerette   93  71  81  82   2.78   6.13  36.05  35.37             
   Morgan City      95  72  81  82   1.55   5.05  25.32  35.66             
   Extreme/Average  95  71  81  83   2.45   5.92  31.13  35.70             

9. Southeast
   Galliano         91  71  81  82   2.57   6.04  25.92  37.40             
   Houma            94  70  81  83   4.40   6.77  30.27  36.35             
   NO Audubon Park  MM  MM  MM  83   M.MM   6.83  MM.MM  MM.MM           
   Reserve          92  69  81  82   1.77  11.32  44.31  39.18             
   Extreme/Average  94  69  81  83   2.91   8.04  33.50  36.93             

State

   State Averages   95  62  80  83   1.67   7.88  32.84  35.16   


M = Missing	( ) = Extremes	   Yr. To Date = Through July 22, 2007