mi-crop-weather State Michigan Crop Weather Released October 29, 2012 Week Ending Date October 28, 2012 Issue MI-CW4412 Agricultural Summary Field Crops Five days were suitable for field work last week. Unusually warm temperatures and wet weather slowed harvest activities early in the week. Temperatures ranged from 2 to 3 degrees above normal in the Upper Peninsula and 4 to 7 degrees above normal in the Lower Peninsula. Precipitation ranged from 0.97 to 1.56 inches in the Upper Peninsula and 0.38 to 1.61 inches in the Lower Peninsula. Corn and soybean harvest continued at a steady pace with fall tillage following right behind harvest. Sugarbeet harvest was shut down from Monday through Friday because of the warm temperatures. Harvest did resume on Saturday for permanent pile storage. Dry bean harvest was complete. Winter wheat planting continued. Soil Moisture and Crop Condition Tables Soil moisture for week ending 10/28/12 --------------------------------------------- : Very : : : Stratum : short : Short :Adequate:Surplus --------------------------------------------- : Percent : Topsoil : 3 9 76 12 Subsoil : 17 20 60 3 --------------------------------------------- Crop condition for week ending 10/28/12 ----------------------------------------------------------- : Very : : : : Crop : poor : Poor : Fair : Good :Excellent ----------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn : 19 18 30 28 5 Pasture : 11 27 34 23 5 Winter Wheat : 0 1 26 59 14 ----------------------------------------------------------- Crop progress for week ending 10/28/12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : This : Last : Last : 5-year Crop : week : week : year : average ------------------------------------------------------------------------ : Days : Days Suitable for Fieldwork : 5 3 -- -- : : Percent : All hay, fourth cutting : 84 83 73 72 Corn, harvested : 57 48 29 41 Soybeans, harvested : 87 77 73 78 Sugarbeets, harvested : 35 27 39 47 Winter wheat, planted : 91 87 86 90 Winter wheat, emerged : 75 49 62 65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 10/28/12 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 : 61 19 2,328 2,276 1.69 2.36 3.68 19.30 Marquette : 63 24 2,240 2,204 2.53 2.94 4.62 23.49 Stephenson : 67 20 2,639 2,476 0.70 1.15 3.28 16.52 Western UP : 67 15 2 2,363 2,209 2,031 1.56 2.14 3.54 18.25 22.27 2.57 : Cornell : 65 27 2,521 2,459 0.95 1.91 4.73 18.25 Sault St Marie : 73 31 2,358 2,256 0.74 1.25 4.57 17.04 Eastern UP : 73 27 3 2,347 2,204 1,782 0.97 1.77 4.70 20.73 21.29 2.57 : Beulah : 76 30 2,801 2,645 0.81 2.04 7.83 24.13 Lake City : 78 26 2,609 2,520 0.97 1.28 4.17 27.44 Old Mission : 79 33 2,668 2,495 0.46 0.87 4.83 20.70 Pellston : 81 25 2,488 2,404 0.41 0.65 4.53 20.00 Northwest : 81 25 5 2,593 2,468 2,331 0.63 1.07 5.36 22.59 20.63 2.75 : Alpena : 77 29 2,595 2,430 0.19 1.19 3.78 18.15 Houghton Lake : 76 27 2,763 2,664 0.81 1.24 3.41 21.51 Rogers City : 79 33 3,428 2,262 0.26 1.07 4.42 18.27 Northeast : 79 27 4 2,727 2,474 2,252 0.38 0.96 3.32 19.03 20.19 2.40 : Fremont : 75 29 2,905 2,784 1.55 3.21 6.21 19.54 Hart : 74 29 2,800 2,656 0.83 2.60 5.83 20.62 Muskegon : 76 31 3,220 3,082 2.12 3.45 6.47 19.35 West Central : 76 29 4 2,895 2,763 2,551 1.19 2.75 5.73 19.51 20.81 2.94 : Alma : 77 30 2,915 2,775 1.12 1.84 4.21 25.27 Big Rapids : 77 30 2,801 2,637 0.47 1.21 3.30 24.01 Central : 77 29 6 2,876 2,721 2,637 0.98 1.61 4.02 21.81 21.35 2.59 : Bad Axe : 77 38 2,834 2,701 1.25 2.36 4.01 20.07 Pigeon : 76 38 2,774 2,656 0.83 1.12 3.44 12.28 Saginaw : 79 32 3,159 3,013 0.90 1.37 3.13 26.23 Standish : 77 30 2,909 2,597 0.91 1.32 7.07 23.02 East Central : 79 30 6 2,857 2,730 2,653 0.97 1.52 3.82 20.37 19.05 2.41 : Fennville : 78 31 2,971 2,837 2.38 3.38 5.98 20.19 Grand Rapids : 78 33 3,350 3,202 1.92 2.85 5.81 21.45 Holland : 80 35 3,083 3,923 4.29 5.60 9.50 25.42 South Bend, IN : 78 33 3,458 3,336 0.37 1.41 3.49 23.26 Watervliet : 78 31 3,169 3,060 1.39 2.27 4.86 19.48 Southwest : 81 29 4 3,145 3,098 2,905 1.61 2.90 5.58 20.56 22.25 2.99 : Belding : 77 29 2,933 2,810 1.32 1.96 5.16 16.97 Coldwater : 79 32 3,232 3,080 0.28 1.41 2.56 15.15 Lansing : 78 30 3,219 3,026 0.93 1.66 3.82 18.98 South Central : 79 29 6 3,050 2,938 2,849 0.85 1.88 4.11 18.93 21.30 2.41 : Detroit : 78 37 3,559 3,399 0.32 0.91 2.11 15.82 Flint : 79 35 3,254 3,105 0.79 1.45 2.79 21.33 Romeo : 75 38 3,055 2,952 0.43 0.94 2.01 17.03 Tipton : 77 34 3,122 3,060 0.21 1.06 1.90 13.47 Toledo, OH : 77 36 3,208 3,106 0.39 0.99 2.21 15.10 Southeast : 79 29 7 3,172 3,096 2,846 0.42 1.13 2.37 16.37 20.25 2.33 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.