mi-crop-weather State Michigan Crop Weather Released June 4, 2012 Week Ending Date June 3, 2012 Issue MI-CW2312 Agricultural Summary Field Crops Four days were suitable for field work last week. Gentle, steady rainfall Thursday night through Saturday morning brought needed moisture to fields. Corn planting was complete in all but the most northern reaches of the State. Emergence was excellent and fields looked good. Growers in southern Michigan began to side-dress Nitrogen and apply herbicides. Soybean planting was nearly complete and stands looked very good. The sugarbeet crop was in excellent shape and was nearly at row closure in the Saginaw Valley and Thumb. Dry bean planting continued and farmers expected to plant more steadily once fields allowed for traffic after last weekend's rain. Wheat continued to be in very good shape. Early planted potatoes filled the rows in southern Michigan. Fruit Tree fruit are difficult to find in many areas, which makes growth stage assessment difficult. Apples ranged from 11--14 mm in the northwest to 1.5- 2.0 inches in the south. Coddling moth catches remained high, and oblique banded leafroller numbers increased. Tart cherries ranged from 13 to 16 mm. Fruit began yellowing in the southwest. Sweet cherries were 12 to 13 mm in the northwest. Cherry growers were assessing which blocks have large enough crops to warrant harvesting. Juice grape bloom began. Grape berry moth traps increased substantially. Wine grapes in the northwest had 10 to 16 inch shoots. Peaches were about 1.25 inch in diameter in the southwest; green peach aphid populations increased. Strawberry harvest was well underway in the south; fruit size and quality have been excellent. Most of the crop was petal fall in the Grand Rapids area. Blueberries were in the green fruit stage. Many were irrigating. Pears ranged from 14 mm to 1.25 inches. Some varieties have no fruit. Japanese plums were about 1.0 inch in diameter in the southwest. Vegetables Cool, dry weather limited vegetable progress early in the week, and then rains toward the weekend slowed fieldwork in some areas. Asparagus harvest was past the halfway point in the west central region. The carrot crop looked better than average. In the west central, winter squash planting was complete, and processing zucchini planting was wrapping up. In the southwest, harvest of summer squash, zucchini, and cucumbers under tunnels should begin soon. Direct seeding to the open field continued. Pepper and eggplant transplanting continued. Celery planting continued at an average pace. The onion crop continued to advance. Tomatoes under tunnels have 1 to 2 inch fruit in the southwest. Transplants continued to be set out. Sweet corn continued to emerge. Soil Moisture and Crop Condition Tables Soil moisture for week ending 06/03/12 --------------------------------------------- : Very : : : Stratum : short : Short :Adequate:Surplus --------------------------------------------- : Percent : Topsoil : 4 21 62 13 Subsoil : 3 19 74 4 --------------------------------------------- Crop condition for week ending 06/03/12 ----------------------------------------------------------- : Very : : : : Crop : poor : Poor : Fair : Good :Excellent ----------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : All Hay : 3 14 31 43 9 Corn : 0 3 19 60 18 Oats : 1 4 30 51 14 Pasture : 2 8 37 42 11 Soybeans : 1 4 23 60 12 Winter Wheat : 2 7 24 53 14 ----------------------------------------------------------- Crop progress for week ending 06/03/12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : This : Last : Last : 5-year Crop : week : week : year : average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Days : Days Suitable for Fieldwork : 4 6 -- -- : : Percent : All hay, first cutting : 58 45 18 28 Corn, planted : 99 97 78 93 Corn, emerged : 95 80 55 76 Dry beans, planted : 27 7 12 17 Oats, headed : 29 10 1 6 Soybeans, planted : 95 81 45 75 Soybeans, emerged : 72 49 22 48 Winter wheat, headed : 96 85 48 59 Winter wheat, turning yellow: 5 1 0 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 06/03/12 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 : 78 32 389 309 0.56 1.61 2.50 5.65 Marquette : 83 31 378 286 1.13 1.46 2.39 5.49 Stephenson : 84 36 493 345 1.22 2.33 2.79 4.80 Western UP : 84 30 -1 424 296 329 0.56 1.49 2.15 4.86 5.88 3.61 : Cornell : 82 32 398 304 1.64 2.04 2.42 3.86 Sault St Marie : 83 36 360 295 1.53 1.53 1.85 3.12 Eastern UP : 86 26 -1 374 276 230 1.82 2.18 2.57 4.17 5.68 3.26 : Beulah : 90 39 499 411 1.07 2.01 2.06 7.71 Lake City : 87 37 493 403 2.36 3.83 4.20 9.65 Old Mission : 89 38 435 338 2.08 3.59 3.69 8.27 Pellston : 89 31 434 375 1.61 1.78 2.19 4.60 Northwest : 90 31 -2 444 366 392 1.50 2.44 2.68 6.96 5.57 3.03 : Alpena : 90 38 435 324 1.80 2.17 2.49 5.10 Houghton Lake : 87 38 513 436 1.88 2.80 2.83 7.72 Rogers City : 93 42 362 259 2.36 2.50 2.65 4.85 Northeast : 93 32 -1 450 359 366 2.10 2.64 2.84 6.14 5.52 2.90 : Fremont : 88 42 565 479 0.92 1.05 1.41 4.53 Hart : 86 41 512 423 0.49 1.20 1.34 4.80 Muskegon : 89 46 585 496 0.77 0.80 1.61 5.05 West Central : 89 37 -1 541 452 448 0.62 0.96 1.27 5.08 6.15 2.94 : Alma : 90 42 549 434 1.97 2.58 3.05 5.80 Big Rapids : 80 40 522 414 2.49 2.74 3.53 8.69 Central : 91 40 -1 546 439 487 1.77 2.15 2.65 5.93 6.23 3.36 : Bad Axe : 91 46 478 391 1.45 2.00 2.67 5.09 Pigeon : 90 46 484 405 0.83 1.08 1.33 3.00 Saginaw : 91 44 604 475 1.15 3.06 4.13 6.29 Standish : 89 46 518 389 1.17 2.22 2.83 5.56 East Central : 91 43 0 497 414 466 1.18 2.06 2.70 5.22 5.52 3.08 : Fennville : 88 44 550 483 0.76 1.09 1.67 6.10 Grand Rapids : 91 45 645 544 1.48 1.54 2.64 6.66 Holland : 93 45 513 577 0.67 0.76 2.20 6.38 South Bend, IN : 95 47 722 597 0.78 0.78 1.09 4.51 Watervliet : 92 46 627 530 0.91 1.14 1.96 5.60 Southwest : 95 40 -1 617 535 524 0.88 1.03 1.82 5.67 6.79 3.55 : Belding : 90 40 564 469 0.95 1.26 2.07 5.10 Coldwater : 91 45 680 553 0.41 0.41 0.88 3.30 Lansing : 92 43 629 498 1.36 1.45 2.06 5.95 South Central : 92 40 -1 598 499 525 1.12 1.23 1.84 5.49 6.50 3.57 : Detroit : 95 49 718 569 0.76 1.19 1.70 4.26 Flint : 93 47 658 525 0.75 0.94 2.00 8.97 Romeo : 83 46 595 456 0.50 0.61 0.90 4.80 Tipton : 93 45 656 537 0.61 0.71 0.87 3.30 Toledo, OH : 94 46 649 523 0.60 0.85 1.55 4.47 Southeast : 96 40 2 645 527 499 0.65 0.89 1.57 4.73 6.42 3.36 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.