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: August 23, 2009 Volume 09 No. 25 Days suitable for fieldwork: 4.4 Soil moisture supplies: 8% very short, 14% short, 60% adequate and 18% surplus Field Crops Report Scattered showers fell across the state. Rice producers continued to harvest with yields reported to be good. Soybean producers remained busy with application of fungicides and continued to harvest early maturing varieties. Sugarcane producers remained busy with planting. Sorghum producers continued to harvest. Sugarcane producers scouted fields and sprayed for borers. Fruits, Vegetables, and Specialty Crops Report Vegetable producers planted fall crops. Citrus producers scouted for insects. Livestock, Pasture, and Range Report Cattlemen continued to harvest hay. Crop Progress Table PERCENT OF PROGRESS Last CROP STAGE 2009 Week 2008 5 YR AVG Corn Mature 100 96 100 100 Harvested 49 39 53 61 Cotton Setting Bolls 100 100 99 100 Bolls Opening 47 18 43 40 Hay Second Cutting 78 71 87 86 Rice Headed 99 97 99 99 Ripe 81 64 76 84 Harvested 44 31 43 59 Sorghum Turning Color 99 98 100 98 Harvested 48 35 49 55 Soybeans Blooming 100 100 100 100 Setting Pods 99 97 96 98 Turning Color 47 43 47 54 Dropping Leaves 24 19 32 36 Sugarcane Planted 30 22 21 28 Crop Condition Table CONDITIONS IN PERCENTAGES CROP VERY POOR POOR FAIR GOOD EXCELLENT Corn 4 20 36 38 2 Cotton 1 14 35 44 6 Rice 1 2 17 56 24 Sorghum 4 23 49 24 0 Soybeans 6 16 38 35 5 Sugarcane 5 7 28 44 16 Livestock 2 7 39 47 5 Vegetables 8 21 40 30 1 Pasture 5 13 35 40 7 Weather Information Table LOUISIANA OFFICE OF STATE CLIMATOLOGY, LSU, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA LOUISIANA WEATHER SUMMARY FROM 08/17/09 TO 08/23/09 AIR PRECIPITATION TEMPERATURE WEEKLY FOUR YR. TO MAX MIN AVG NRM TOTAL WEEKS DATE NORM 1. Northwest LSU-Bossier City 96 62 83 82 0.78 9.47 36.10 33.95 Minden 94 61 81 81 0.51 6.88 35.47 36.35 Mooringsport 95 65 83 MM 0.44 7.52 37.01 30.01 Extreme/Average 96 61 82 82 0.58 7.96 36.19 34.61 2. North-Central LSU-Calhoun 95 62 81 82 0.17 3.63 28.33 37.04 Homer/Hill Farm 92 (56) 78 81 0.63 6.04 31.74 36.43 ULM-Monroe 95 61 82 82 1.19 3.85 28.05 38.55 Columbia Lock 94 60 81 MM 1.14 7.96 32.30 40.25 Extreme/Average 95 56 81 81 0.78 5.37 30.11 37.66 3. Northeast Lake Providence 94 61 81 81 1.90 5.22 35.06 39.81 LSU-St Joseph 93 61 81 82 1.39 6.90 32.22 38.46 LSU-Winnsboro 93 61 81 81 0.82 7.43 34.37 38.03 Tallulah 93 62 81 81 0.58 5.19 38.67 39.65 Extreme/Average 94 61 81 82 1.17 6.19 35.32 38.92 4. West-Central Leesville 95 63 81 81 1.87 4.12 28.72 37.43 LSU-Rosepine 95 63 81 81 1.12 3.37 28.86 38.29 Natchitoches 95 63 82 83 0.42 5.11 31.32 36.28 Extreme/Average 95 63 81 81 1.14 4.20 29.63 36.87 5. Central Alexandria (97) 66 83 83 0.27 3.67 31.76 39.35 Brusly 92 65 80 81 1.07 2.54 28.52 43.00 Bunkie 96 64 82 82 1.09 3.32 33.34 40.52 LSU-Alexandria 96 64 82 81 0.34 1.90 33.05 37.76 Extreme/Average 97 64 82 82 0.69 2.86 31.64 39.75 6. East-Central Franklinton 5SW 92 64 81 MM 0.66 5.26 30.98 MM.MM LSU-Baton Rouge 92 65 81 81 0.60 3.00 28.33 41.90 LSU-Clinton MM MM MM 81 M.MM 2.14 24.96 42.77 LSU-Hammond 93 64 81 81 2.49 3.81 23.99 44.14 Slidell 94 68 81 82 2.89 6.74 29.50 43.11 Extreme/Average 94 64 81 82 1.66 4.70 28.20 44.11 7. Southwest DeRidder 96 67 83 82 0.46 3.91 32.08 39.55 Jennings 93 68 83 81 3.14 5.43 31.93 38.71 LSU-Crowley 93 69 83 82 1.01 4.13 36.17 39.76 Extreme/Average 96 67 83 82 1.54 4.49 33.39 39.80 8. South-Central Donaldsonville 90 68 81 82 2.63 4.96 34.64 41.49 LSU-Jeanerette 91 68 81 81 2.69 5.94 38.97 41.74 Morgan City 91 59 81 81 4.06 6.48 29.88 43.39 Extreme/Average 91 59 81 82 3.13 5.79 34.50 42.29 9. Southeast Galliano 90 70 82 82 0.71 5.24 32.01 44.95 Houma 92 73 82 82 1.07 4.30 25.53 43.60 Terrytown 3S 93 73 83 MM 3.88 10.33 38.48 MM.MM Reserve MM MM MM 81 M.MM MM.MM 10.08 44.79 Extreme/Average 93 70 82 83 1.89 6.62 32.01 43.54 State State Averages 97 56 82 82 1.33 5.14 32.14 39.89 M = Missing ( ) = Extremes Yr. To Date = Through August 23, 2009 The Louisiana Crop-Weather Summary is published weekly beginning the second week of March and ending the first week of December by USDA National Agriculture Statistics Service's Louisiana Field Office. Subscription is free to respondents and cooperators, $12.00 annually to all others. For free automatic e-mail subscription to this publication, go to our homepage at http://www.nass.usda.gov/la and click on "Subscribe to LA reports" on the right hand side of the page. Choose the reports you want to receive, and complete the form.