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: December 3, 2007				 Volume 07 No. 40



Days suitable for fieldwork: 4.5
Soil moisture supplies: 26% short, 64% adequate and 
10% surplus


Field Crops Report
Many areas of the state received rainfall last week.  Sugarcane producers 
were busy harvesting with 71 percent of the harvest complete.  Reports 
indicated that sugar recovery was above 200 pounds per ton.  Winter wheat 
producers were busy planting.  The recent rainfall helped the wheat crop 
with reports of excellent stands.  

Fruits, Vegetables and Specialty Crops
Vegetable producers were busy harvesting greenhouse and field tomatoes and 
cabbage.  Strawberry producers were harvesting and spraying fungicides to 
control diseases.  Citrus producers were selling satsumas.  Crawfish 
producers were testing traps for marketable crawfish.
 
Livestock, Pasture and Range Report
Cattlemen were fertilizing ryegrass pastures.  Livestock conditions were 
generally good with 92 percent in fair or better condition.  



              
		  PERCENT OF PROGRESS
CROP	   STAGE   Current Week   Last Week    2006    5 YR AVG
Pecans	
	Harvested	85	    80		77	  80
Sugarcane	
	Harvested	71	    60		56	  66
Winter Wheat	
	Planted		90	    70		85	  84





                  CONDITIONS IN PERCENTAGES
ITEM	VERY POOR	POOR	FAIR	GOOD	EXCELLENT
Sugarcane   0		 4	 19	 47	   30
Livestock   0		 8	 33	 55	    4
Vegetables  4		28	 40	 26	    2
Pasture	    3		21	 43	 31	    2

This is the final weekly Crop Weather Report for 2007.
Our weekly Crop Weather will resume in March 2008.


Special thanks to all the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service 
parish offices for providing weekly crop progress and conditions 
reports and to the Louisiana Office of State Climatology for the 
weekly temperature and precipitation data.


      LOUISIANA OFFICE OF STATE CLIMATOLOGY, LSU, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA
            LOUISIANA WEATHER SUMMARY FROM 11/26/07 TO 12/02/07

			 AIR	       PRECIPITATION	
		      TEMPERATURE    WEEKLY FOUR  YR.TO	
		   MAX	MIN AVG	NRM  TOTAL  WEEKS DATE	NORM
1. Northwest
   LSU-Bossier City 71  36  50  51   0.80   2.76  42.26  47.02             
   Minden           70  33  49  51   1.35   3.38  48.99  50.58             
   Mooringsport     71  38  50  MM   0.51   3.23  47.42  43.72             
   Extreme/Average  71  33  50  51   0.89   3.12  46.22  48.35             

2. North-Central
   LSU-Calhoun      71  31  49  52   0.62   2.03  39.96  50.38             
   Homer/Hill Farm  71  34  49  50   1.34   3.43  42.58  51.06             
   ULM-Monroe       72 (30) 48  51   0.88   1.87  36.08  52.42             
   Colmubia Lock    73  34  49  MM   0.76   1.75  40.68  53.85             
   Extreme/Average  73  30  49  52   0.90   2.27  39.83  51.63             

3. Northeast
   Lake Providence  70  35  50  50   1.43   4.10  44.27  53.43             
   LSU-St Joseph    74  36  53  53   1.32   1.99  47.25  51.21             
   LSU-Winnsboro    74  33  52  52   0.62   1.39  47.97  51.15             
   Tallulah         70  32  50  51   1.31   2.43  36.74  52.95             
   Extreme/Average  74  32  51  52   1.17   2.48  46.50  52.13             

4. West-Central
   Leesville        74  30  52  53   0.69   3.10  44.31  52.09             
   LSU-Rosepine     73  36  55  53   1.74   5.73  56.39  53.44             
   Natchitoches     74  36  50  52   0.80   2.15  35.02  49.36             
   Extreme/Average  74  30  52  53   1.08   3.66  45.24  50.74             

5. Central
   Alexandria       74  31  52  54   0.98   4.70  46.64  55.45             
   Brusly           76  36  56  55   2.04   3.36  52.33  57.76             
   Bunkie           74  38  55  55   0.69   4.63  50.09  56.07             
   LSU-Alexandria   76  38  55  53   0.95   2.92  48.28  54.47             
   Extreme/Average  76  31  55  55   1.17   3.90  50.23  55.49             

6. East-Central
   Franklinton 5SW  73  37  55  MM   0.55   0.84  33.38  MM.MM                  
   LSU-Baton Rouge  75  37  56  56   1.44   2.64  50.85  56.64             
   LSU-Clinton      73  36  55  54   2.55   3.72  42.17  57.89             
   LSU-Hammond      74  32  54  55   0.36   0.68  43.31  59.00             
   Slidell          73  34  56  56   0.32   0.42  45.30  58.29             
   Extreme/Average  75  32  55  56   1.04   1.66  43.21  59.18             

7. Southwest
   De Ridder        74  36  55  55   1.69   5.99  65.27  55.14             
   Jennings         75  39  56  56   1.37   5.21  57.52  55.76             
   LSU-Crowley      74  40  56  56   3.31   7.35  63.35  55.42             
   Extreme/Average  75  36  56  57   2.12   6.18  62.05  56.50             

8. South-Central
   Donaldsonville   77  39  56  57   0.43   1.04  48.76  57.22             
   LSU-Jeanerette   78  40  58  57   1.72   2.99  55.32  57.67             
   Morgan City      76  44  59  58   0.36   0.60  45.45  60.87             
   Extreme/Average  78  39  58  58   0.84   1.54  49.84  58.51             

9. Southeast
   Galliano         74  44  59  59   2.40   2.49  47.20  61.73             
   Houma           (79) 38  58  59   0.36   0.55  55.67  59.57             
   Terrytown 3S     75  49  60  MM   1.62   1.67  60.71  MM.MM                  
   Reserve          76  40  57  57   0.42   1.03  67.07  60.47             
   Extreme/Average  79  38  59  59   1.20   1.44  57.66  59.93             

State
   State Averages   79  30  54  55   1.22   3.12  49.87  55.05             
             
         
M = Missing	( ) = Extremes	   Yr. To Date = Through December 2, 2007