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: September 24, 2007				 Volume 07 No. 30



Days suitable for fieldwork: 6
Soil moisture supplies: 6% very short, 23% short, 64% adequate and 
7% surplus

Field Crops Report
Much of the state experienced dry conditions last week.  Sweet potato 
producers were harvesting.  Soybean producers were scouting their fields 
for stinkbugs.  Some soybean growers were spraying defoliant, while many 
others were already busy harvesting.  Some soybean producers who have 
harvested reported above normal disease and insect damage, but yields were 
still in the 40-50 bushels per acre range in many areas.  Corn and rice 
harvests were nearing completion.  Cotton producers were harvesting, but the 
harvest was well behind the 5-year average.  Sugarcane producers were 
getting their equipment ready for harvest.

Fruits, Vegetables and Specialty Crops
Vegetable producers continued working fall crops.  Crawfish producers were 
flooding their ponds for the new crawfish season.
 
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report
Drier weather conditions allowed the second cutting of hay to near 
completion.  Livestock conditions remained good.

              
		  PERCENT OF PROGRESS
CROP	   STAGE   Current Week   Last Week    2006    5 YR AVG
Corn	Harvested	98	     95		100	100
Cotton	Bolls Opening	91     	     86		 99	 93
	Harvested	 7	      2		 39	 24
Hay	Second Cutting	99	     98		 98	 97
Rice	Ripe	       100	     99		100	100
	Harvested	97	     91		 96	 94
Sorghum	Harvested	94	     92		100	 96
Soybeans	
	Turning Color	93	     90		 94	 84
	Dropping Leaves	86	     78		 86	 70
	Harvested	50	     37		 72	 51
Sugarcane	
	Planted		90	     74		 87	 92
Sweet Potatoes	
	Harvested	20	     16		 34	 32




                  CONDITIONS IN PERCENTAGES
ITEM	VERY POOR	POOR	FAIR	GOOD	EXCELLENT
Cotton	    0		 8	 32	 56	    4
Soybeans    1		 7	 30	 56	    6
Sugarcane   0		 3	 35	 42	   20
Livestock   0		 3	 27	 63	    7
Vegetables  6		28	 44	 21	    1
Pasture	    2		11	 41	 41	    5




      LOUISIANA OFFICE OF STATE CLIMATOLOGY, LSU, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
            LOUISIANA WEATHER SUMMARY FROM 09/17/07 TO 09/23/07

			 AIR	       PRECIPITATION	
		      TEMPERATURE    WEEKLY FOUR  YR.TO	
		   MAX	MIN AVG	NRM  TOTAL  WEEKS DATE	NORM
1. Northwest
   LSU-Bossier City(93) 58  76  75   0.00   1.14  36.69  36.92             
   Minden           91  59  75  74   0.15   1.68  44.07  39.94             
   Mooringsport     91  58  76  MM   0.00   1.47  41.51  33.34             
   Extreme/Average  93  58  76  75   0.05   1.43  40.76  37.88             

2. North-Central
   LSU-Calhoun      90  56  74  75   0.07   2.69  34.62  40.36             
   Homer/Hill Farm  90  60  77  74   0.03   2.60  37.17  40.25             
   ULM-Monroe       91  59  76  75   0.12   1.75  29.89  41.88             
   Colmubia Lock    89  57  74  MM   0.02   4.14  35.00  43.53             
   Extreme/Average  91  56  75  75   0.06   2.80  34.17  41.23             

3. Northeast
   Lake Providence  88  57  74  75   0.18   5.04  35.02  42.69             
   LSU-St Joseph    91  59  77  76   0.66   5.26  40.90  41.62             
   LSU-Winnsboro    91  59  75  75   0.22   5.24  42.17  40.91             
   Tallulah         90  58  75  75   0.15   4.91  31.05  42.83             
   Extreme/Average  91  57  75  75   0.30   5.11  39.36  41.93             

4. West-Central
   Leesville        91  56  75  75   0.00   3.91  36.28  41.66             
   LSU-Rosepine     89  60  74  76   0.03   6.24  43.61  42.68             
   Natchitoches     90  55  74  76   0.00   1.51  30.08  39.48             
   Extreme/Average  91  55  74  75   0.01   3.89  36.66  40.56             

5. Central
   Alexandria       91 (53) 76  77   0.00   5.66  39.15  43.50             
   Brusly           89  58  75  76   0.02   7.26  44.60  47.91             
   Bunkie           90  60  76  76   0.05   4.52  40.52  44.80             
   LSU-Alexandria   93  57  76  76   0.03   7.14  41.94  42.28             
   Extreme/Average  93  53  76  77   0.03   6.15  42.35  44.18             

6. East-Central
   Franklinton 5SW  88  62  76  MM   0.00   2.51  26.82  MM.MM                  
   LSU-Baton Rouge  90  59  77  77   0.43   4.07  42.34  46.97             
   LSU-Clinton      89  59  75  76   0.00   3.92  34.02  47.52             
   LSU-Hammond      89  59  76  76   0.00   3.74  37.89  49.41             
   Slidell          89  61  76  77   0.00   3.33  35.79  48.75             
   Extreme/Average  90  59  76  77   0.11   3.77  38.67  49.26             

7. Southwest
   De Ridder        90  62  77  77   0.00  10.97  54.17  44.24             
   Jennings         91  63  77  77   0.00   9.48  50.61  44.60             
   LSU-Crowley      90  63  78  77   0.17   8.24  51.00  44.89             
   Extreme/Average  91  62  77  77   0.06   9.56  51.93  45.47             

8. South-Central
   Donaldsonville   88  64  76  77   0.00   5.61  42.48  47.31             
   LSU-Jeanerette   89  63  76  77   0.00   7.87  48.26  47.92             
   Morgan City      89  66  79  78   0.00   4.15  38.02  50.56             
   Extreme/Average  89  63  77  78   0.00   5.88  42.92  48.37             

9. Southeast
   Galliano         88  64  78  78   0.00   5.15  37.96  51.89             
   Houma            92  60  78  78   0.00   5.29  42.73  50.41             
   Terrytown 3S     90  66  80  MM   0.00   5.30  46.96  MM.MM                  
   Reserve          89  64  78  77   0.00   9.13  58.22  50.79             
   Extreme/Average  92  60  78  79   0.00   6.22  46.47  50.15             

State
   State Averages   93  53  76  76   0.07   5.34  42.13  44.59             

 
M = Missing	( ) = Extremes	   Yr. To Date = Through September 23, 2007