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 22, 2009 Volume 09 No. 38 Days suitable for fieldwork: 5.9 Soil moisture supplies: 4% very short, 2% short, 76% adequate, and 18% surplus Field Crops Report Dry weather improved harvest conditions for field crops. Cotton harvest reached ninety-six percent, behind the five-year average of one hundred percent. Soybean harvest climbed to ninety-nine percent, only one percent behind the five-year average of one hundred percent. Sugarcane producers continued to harvest sugarcane with fifty-two percent of sugarcane harvested, ahead of the five-year average of fifty percent. Wheat producers reported that fifty-two percent of winter wheat has been planted, behind the five-year average of sixty-four percent. Fruits, Vegetables, and Specialty Crops Report Vegetable producers marketed broccoli and greens. Citrus producers marketed satsumas. Crawfish producers caught small amounts of crawfish Livestock, Pasture, and Range Report Cattlemen continued to market calves and establish winter pastures. Crop Progress Table PERCENT OF PROGRESS Last CROP STAGE 2009 Week 2008 5 YR AVG Cotton Harvested 96 89 99 100 Pecans Harvested 62 47 64 67 Soybeans Harvested 99 96 100 100 Sweet Potatoes Harvested 80 63 95 97 Sugarcane Harvested 52 42 45 50 Winter Wheat Planted 54 24 75 64 Emerged 22 4 39 29 Crop Condition Table CONDITIONS IN PERCENTAGES CROP VERY POOR POOR FAIR GOOD EXCELLENT Sugarcane 1 9 36 38 16 Livestock 1 5 45 41 8 Vegetables 8 27 38 25 2 Pasture 3 16 44 35 2 Weather Information Table LOUISIANA OFFICE OF STATE CLIMATOLOGY, LSU, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA LOUISIANA WEATHER SUMMARY FROM 11/17/09 TO 11/22/09 AIR PRECIPITATION TEMPERATURE WEEKLY FOUR YR. TO MAX MIN AVG NRM TOTAL WEEKS DATE NORM 1. Northwest LSU-Bossier City 79 40 55 54 0.85 9.11 57.31 45.52 Minden 77 37 54 54 0.92 6.27 63.45 48.80 Mooringsport 78 39 55 MM 0.50 5.94 64.74 42.03 Extreme/Average 79 37 54 54 0.76 7.11 61.83 46.75 2. North-Central LSU-Calhoun 78 35 53 55 0.63 5.93 58.50 48.77 Homer/Hill Farm 76 (32) 51 53 0.92 7.41 68.46 49.27 ULM-Monroe 79 38 54 54 0.47 5.60 61.87 50.62 Columbia Lock 79 38 54 MM 1.00 5.31 52.83 52.04 Extreme/Average 79 32 53 54 0.76 6.06 60.42 49.93 3. Northeast Lake Providence 73 40 53 53 0.54 3.70 58.10 51.63 LSU-St Joseph 77 38 54 56 0.56 3.03 45.56 49.41 LSU-Winnsboro 78 38 54 55 0.45 3.88 50.57 49.35 Tallulah 76 38 54 54 0.34 2.89 56.31 51.06 Extreme/Average 78 38 54 55 0.47 3.38 53.32 50.33 4. West-Central Leesville 79 33 54 56 1.71 10.92 52.50 50.19 LSU-Rosepine 78 34 55 56 1.66 9.25 48.44 51.54 Natchitoches 80 41 55 55 1.07 6.83 56.96 47.68 Extreme/Average 80 33 55 56 1.48 9.00 52.63 48.99 5. Central Alexandria 79 39 55 57 1.64 6.71 48.77 53.45 Brusly MM MM MM 57 0.70 3.69 46.57 56.22 Bunkie 80 38 56 58 2.40 5.24 53.98 54.07 LSU-Alexandria (90) 37 56 56 2.07 8.04 48.91 52.23 Extreme/Average 90 37 56 58 2.04 6.66 51.45 53.57 6. East-Central Franklinton 5SW 77 36 54 MM 0.84 1.55 49.63 MM.MM LSU-Baton Rouge 79 38 56 58 1.19 3.28 43.34 54.94 Amite 79 34 54 57 0.95 2.81 47.49 58.96 LSU-Hammond 79 34 54 58 0.80 1.79 38.78 57.30 Slidell 76 37 55 59 0.46 2.88 48.65 56.56 Extreme/Average 79 34 55 58 0.85 2.46 45.58 57.44 7. Southwest DeRidder 79 35 54 57 1.54 6.79 53.59 53.18 Jennings 80 40 58 58 2.58 5.57 51.79 53.98 LSU-Crowley 79 39 57 59 1.98 6.15 57.48 53.74 Extreme/Average 80 35 56 60 2.03 6.17 54.29 54.73 8. South-Central Donaldsonville 79 37 56 60 0.88 2.71 57.40 55.62 LSU-Jeanerette 79 40 58 59 1.22 4.47 66.81 56.17 Morgan City 77 42 58 60 0.68 1.86 44.57 59.12 Extreme/Average 79 37 57 60 0.93 3.01 56.26 56.87 9. Southeast Galliano 78 41 58 61 0.45 4.92 54.34 60.22 Houma 80 39 58 61 0.68 1.56 37.83 58.00 Terrytown 3S 80 43 60 MM 0.46 2.03 55.68 MM.MM Reserve MM MM MM 60 M.MM M.MM 10.08 58.82 Extreme/Average 80 39 59 62 0.53 2.84 55.01 58.25 State Averages 90 32 55 58 1.19 5.25 54.30 53.31 M = Missing ( ) = Extremes Yr. To Date = Through November 22, 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.