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: November 5, 2007				 Volume 07 No. 36



Days suitable for fieldwork: 6.6
Soil moisture supplies: 14% very short, 23% short, 61% adequate and 2% surplus


Field Crops Report
Much of the state experienced dry conditions last week.  Many producers made 
excellent progress with crop harvest and other field work.  Cotton harvesting 
continued, remaining ahead of the 5 year average.  Soybean harvest was near 
completion.  Sugarcane harvest made good progress with reports of good sugar 
recovery.  Rice producers continued harvesting the ratoon crop with reports of 
good yields.  Wheat planting made excellent progress with the dry conditions.


Fruits, Vegetables and Specialty Crops
Vegetable producers were busy working and selling fall crops.  Citrus producers
continued picking satsumas.  Crawfish producers were flooding their ponds and 
monitoring water quality.

 
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report
Pastures conditions were beginning to decline due to the dry conditions.  
Cattlemen were planting ryegrass, but rain was needed.



              
		  PERCENT OF PROGRESS
CROP	   STAGE   Current Week   Last Week    2006    5 YR AVG
Cotton	
	Harvested	95	     90		96	  90
Pecans	
	Harvested	58	     46		37	  38
Soybeans
	Harvested	99	     96		99	  91
Sugarcane	
	Harvested	33	     28		24	  34
Sweet Potatoes	
	Harvested	87	     73		83	  83
Winter Wheat	
	Planted		35	     13		 0	  26





                  CONDITIONS IN PERCENTAGES
ITEM	VERY POOR	POOR	FAIR	GOOD	EXCELLENT
Sugarcane   0		 4	 25	 50	   21
Livestock   1		 5	 36	 54	    4
Vegetables  3		18	 50	 28	    1
Pasture	    8		12	 47	 32	    1







      LOUISIANA OFFICE OF STATE CLIMATOLOGY, LSU, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
            LOUISIANA WEATHER SUMMARY FROM 10/29/07 TO 11/04/07

			 AIR	       PRECIPITATION	
		      TEMPERATURE    WEEKLY FOUR  YR.TO	
		   MAX	MIN AVG	NRM  TOTAL  WEEKS DATE	NORM
1. Northwest
   LSU-Bossier City 81  43  61  60   0.00   1.52  39.54  42.79             
   Minden           79  43  59  59   0.00   1.26  45.61  45.56             
   Mooringsport     78  43  59  MM   0.00   2.38  44.19  39.08             
   Extreme/Average  81  43  60  60   0.00   1.72  43.11  43.79             

2. North-Central
   LSU-Calhoun      80  41  59  60   0.00   2.99  37.93  46.04             
   Homer/Hill Farm  80  43  60  58   0.00   1.40  39.15  46.06             
   ULM-Monroe       81  40  59  60   0.00   2.36  34.21  47.63             
   Colmubia Lock    80  46  60  MM   0.00   2.40  38.93  49.03             
   Extreme/Average  81  40  60  60   0.00   2.29  37.56  46.98             

3. Northeast
   Lake Providence  79  45  60  60   0.00   4.13  40.17  48.60             
   LSU-St Joseph    83  45  62  61   0.00   2.89  45.27  46.42             
   LSU-Winnsboro    82  45  61  60   0.00   1.88  46.58  46.25             
   Tallulah         79  45  60  60   0.00   3.02  35.36  47.96             
   Extreme/Average  83  45  61  61   0.00   2.98  44.01  47.28             

4. West-Central
   Leesville        83  42  62  61   0.00   3.85  41.08  47.01             
   LSU-Rosepine     83  48  65  62   0.00   5.04  50.66  48.42             
   Natchitoches     82  43  62  61   0.00   1.40  32.87  44.95             
   Extreme/Average  83  42  63  61   0.00   3.43  41.54  46.11             

5. Central
   Alexandria       83  39  62  63   0.00   2.27  41.94  50.01             
   Brusly           81 (32) 62  62   0.00   2.51  48.97  53.59             
   Bunkie           82  46  64  63   0.00   4.50  45.46  50.66             
   LSU-Alexandria   83  48  65  61   0.00   2.17  45.40  48.44             
   Extreme/Average  83  32  63  62   0.00   2.86  46.61  50.22             

6. East-Central
   Franklinton 5SW  81  44  64  MM   0.00   4.73  32.56  MM.MM            
   LSU-Baton Rouge (85) 49  66  63   0.00   4.57  48.21  52.05             
   LSU-Clinton      79  41  62  62   0.00   2.51  38.45  53.23             
   LSU-Hammond      83  43  64  63   0.00   3.96  42.38  54.41             
   Slidell          80  45  65  64   0.00   8.10  44.88  53.41             
   Extreme/Average  85  41  65  63   0.00   4.77  42.01  54.41             

7. Southwest
   De Ridder        82  49  65  63   0.00   4.49  59.28  50.06             
   Jennings         84  51  67  64   0.00   0.87  52.31  50.79             
   LSU-Crowley      85  51  67  64   0.00   1.95  56.00  50.67             
   Extreme/Average  85  49  66  64   0.00   2.44  55.86  51.61             

8. South-Central
   Donaldsonville   80  47  65  64   0.00   3.60  47.72  52.85             
   LSU-Jeanerette   83  50  66  64   0.00   2.90  52.33  53.53             
   Morgan City      81  53  67  65   0.00   4.89  44.85  56.03             
   Extreme/Average  83  47  66  65   0.00   3.80  48.30  54.02             

9. Southeast
   Galliano         80  49  67  66   0.00   5.54  44.34  57.33             
   Houma            85  46  66  66   0.00   9.04  55.22  55.22             
   Terrytown 3S     82  52  68  MM   0.23  10.57  58.69  MM.MM             
   Reserve          MM  MM  MM  64   0.00   4.79  66.04  55.86             
   Extreme/Average  85  46  67  66   0.08   8.38  52.75  55.24             

State
   State Averages   85  32  63  63   0.01   3.66  46.39  50.25             
             
         
M = Missing	( ) = Extremes	   Yr. To Date = Through November 4, 2007