mi-crop-weather State Michigan Crop Weather Released April 23, 2012 Week Ending Date April 22, 2012 Issue MI-CW1712 Agricultural Summary Field Crops Report Field Crops Five days were suitable for field work last week. Freeze events and colder than normal temperatures last week have generally slowed widespread planting. Growers in the Southeast were the exception where some additional corn and a few soybean acres were planted. Growers have made excellent progress in preparing fields for planting. Wheat growth is still ahead of normal due to the warm weather in March. Wheat in the southwest was in Feekes 7.0. Some nitrogen application injury was noted and appeared worse than normal due to cool temperatures. Sugarbeet emergence was aided by the warm rains Friday. Very little replanting is anticipated at this time. Fruit, Vegetable, and Specialty Crops Report Fruit Phenology moved slowly, and overnight temperatures in the twenties caused more frost damage. Apple bloom continued, and severe bloom damage was noted in some orchards. Tart cherry bloom ended in the southwest and began in the northwest. Growers of juice grapes will assess whether the potential for a reduced crops warrants a full spray program. Wine grapes had far less bud damage than Concords, because most of the varieties develop later, and they are generally on better sites. Some peach fruit bud damage occurred; oriental fruit moth catches increased. Pears were at petal fall to early shuck in the southeast. In strawberry fields without sprinklers for freeze protection, many flowers had frost damage. Blueberries were in late pink bud to first bloom. Plums ranged from in shuck to early fruit set. Many emerging canes and leaves on raspberries were burned from freezes. Vegetables In the West Central, asparagus harvest is anticipated for next week if frost damage does not kill emerged spears. Planting of asparagus crowns continues. Onion and celery planting under row covers continues. In the Southwest, cabbage looks very good. No tomatoes have been planted except a few under plastic tunnels. The processing tomato growers plan to plant in about a week. Soil Moisture and Crop Condition Tables Soil moisture for week ending 04/22/12 --------------------------------------------- : Very : : : Stratum : short : Short :Adequate:Surplus --------------------------------------------- : Percent : Topsoil : 2 12 76 10 Subsoil : 2 12 80 6 --------------------------------------------- Crop condition for week ending 04/22/12 ----------------------------------------------------------- : Very : : : : Crop : poor : Poor : Fair : Good :Excellent ----------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Oats : 0 1 40 47 12 Pasture : 3 7 40 42 8 Winter Wheat : 2 7 26 52 13 ----------------------------------------------------------- Crop progress for week ending 04/22/12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : This : Last : Last : 5-year Crop : week : week : year :average 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Days : Days Suitable for Fieldwork : 5 6 -- -- : : Percent : Corn, planted : 11 5 1 6 Oats, planted : 74 70 14 37 Oats, emerged : 44 23 2 11 Sugarbeets, planted : 100 98 13 55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ 5 Year Avg (2008-12). Contact Information U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service Michigan Field Office P.O. Box 26248 Lansing, MI 48909-6248 517-324-5300; or 800-453-7501 Fax 517-324-5299 email: nass-mi@nass.usda.gov Web Page: http:/www.nass.usda.gov/mi Weather Information Table Michigan Weather Summary for Week Ending 04/22/12 1/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : :Cumulative growing: : Temperature : degree days 2/ : Precipitation :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : : : : : : : : Normal Station : : :Departure: : : :This:Last :Last : Since :------------- :Maximum :Minimum : from :2012 :2011 :Normal:week: two :four :April 1: Since : For : : : normal : : : : :weeks:weeks: :April 1:month ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ironwood : 52 27 41 32 1.12 1.67 1.96 1.84 Marquette : 56 21 36 35 0.95 1.79 2.22 2.14 Stephenson : 63 25 83 42 1.07 1.09 1.33 1.20 Western UP : 64 18 -5 56 33 46 1.06 1.47 1.75 1.64 1.65 2.28 : Cornell : 60 22 36 27 0.74 0.88 1.13 1.12 Sault St Marie : 63 21 34 17 0.56 1.08 1.33 1.22 Eastern UP : 63 20 -2 37 21 20 0.73 0.92 1.21 1.17 1.81 2.43 : Beulah : 60 27 80 53 2.00 2.99 3.52 3.14 Lake City : 62 23 96 45 1.65 2.13 2.43 2.18 Old Mission : 66 25 58 45 2.12 2.33 2.61 2.53 Pellston : 67 20 66 46 1.27 1.42 1.48 1.47 Northwest : 67 20 -5 68 44 60 1.83 2.21 2.49 2.36 1.92 2.69 : Alpena : 70 21 62 33 0.96 1.33 1.42 1.40 Houghton Lake : 64 24 97 48 1.13 1.72 2.02 1.85 Rogers City : 69 24 39 17 1.31 1.37 1.51 1.43 Northeast : 70 19 -4 72 36 55 1.10 1.47 1.59 1.53 1.84 2.52 : Fremont : 67 29 110 58 0.69 1.72 2.32 1.90 Hart : 67 27 89 54 0.94 1.96 2.52 2.26 Muskegon : 69 33 108 55 0.40 1.43 2.73 2.05 West Central : 69 23 -3 97 54 75 0.87 1.62 2.43 2.00 2.15 3.16 : Alma : 67 31 104 40 0.66 1.79 2.29 1.84 Big Rapids : 67 28 98 40 1.42 1.56 2.11 1.75 Central : 67 28 -3 103 46 83 1.07 1.69 2.24 1.84 2.03 3.07 : Bad Axe : 73 30 74 44 0.40 0.72 0.80 0.72 Pigeon : 70 29 72 47 0.86 0.97 1.03 0.99 Saginaw : 69 30 107 55 0.59 1.37 1.56 1.38 Standish : 70 30 93 41 0.83 1.20 1.40 1.21 East Central : 73 29 -4 83 46 81 0.71 1.14 1.33 1.15 1.67 2.55 : Fennville : 68 31 105 68 0.64 1.62 2.33 1.98 Grand Rapids : 67 31 123 74 0.43 1.70 2.74 2.37 Holland : 62 35 71 105 0.00 1.61 2.19 1.85 South Bend, IN : 78 34 160 97 0.29 0.87 1.21 0.91 Watervliet : 71 33 130 73 0.50 1.59 2.09 1.82 Southwest : 78 26 -2 121 76 97 0.43 1.56 2.18 1.84 2.31 3.41 : Belding : 68 29 110 57 0.91 1.57 2.28 1.80 Coldwater : 76 33 135 70 0.27 0.82 1.24 0.89 Lansing : 68 30 120 63 0.43 1.61 2.16 1.79 South Central : 76 28 -2 115 62 97 0.49 1.29 2.06 1.61 2.17 3.19 : Detroit : 77 35 139 69 0.40 1.24 2.71 1.43 Flint : 70 31 134 65 0.17 0.78 1.27 0.80 Romeo : 72 29 108 58 0.46 1.29 1.77 1.29 Tipton : 74 33 133 70 0.32 0.67 2.43 0.93 Toledo, OH : 73 32 130 63 0.31 0.95 1.62 1.09 Southeast : 77 27 0 128 65 89 0.34 0.92 1.72 1.10 2.22 3.21 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Issued by the USDA, NASS, Michigan Field Office in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Commerce, Michigan State University Cooperative Extension Service, Agricultural Meteorologist, Department of Geography, and Crop Advisory Team ALERTS. 2/ Growing degree days (GDD) is the sum of daily mean temperatures minus 50 per day, 86 maximum and 50 minimum. The GDD is accumulative from April 1.