Mississippi Crop Progress & Condition Report Week Ending: September 16, 2012 Released: September 17, 2012 Issue CW3613 This report is best viewed using a monospace font. According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service in Mississippi, there were 6.3 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sunday, September 16, 2012. Most of the state had little precipitation last week, which allowed fields to dry sufficiently for harvesting. Harvest of soybeans, sorghum, rice, and sweet potatoes progressed rapidly while fields were dry. There are some reports of ryegrass winter grazing being planted. The condition of sweet potatoes has declined due to the wet weather. Soil moisture was rated 1 percent very short, 14 percent short, 77 percent adequate, and 8 percent surplus. Crop progress for week ending September 16, 2012 --------------------------------------------------------------------- : This : Last : Last : 5-year Crop : week : week : year : average --------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Corn, harvested : 96 92 95 86 Cotton, open bolls : 87 82 83 79 Cotton, harvested : 9 2 9 9 Hay-Warm Season, harvested : 94 92 92 92 Peanuts Dug : 16 13 3 7 Peanuts, harvested : 11 8 1 7 Rice, mature : 99 96 95 94 Rice, harvested : 81 71 62 52 Sorghum, coloring : 100 100 100 100 Sorghum, mature : 99 97 96 96 Sorghum, harvested : 79 52 68 70 Soybeans, turning color : 86 82 85 85 Soybeans, dropping leaves : 73 68 66 67 Soybeans, harvested : 58 36 27 35 Sweet Potatoes, harvested : 26 10 42 31 Winter Wheat, harvested : 0 -- 3 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop condition for week ending September 16, 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------- : Very : : : : Item : poor : Poor : Fair : Good :Excellent ------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Cotton : 2 7 25 46 20 Livestock : 0 1 17 75 7 Pasture : 0 2 14 70 14 Peanuts : 0 1 27 52 20 Soybeans : 6 9 18 48 19 Sweet Potatoes : 0 17 30 32 21 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments "Harvest is progressing rapidly. Seventy five to eighty percent of soybean and rice crops have been harvested and we are almost midway with cotton picking. Peanut harvesting just underway for the few peanut growers we have in the county." -- Anthony Bland, Tunica "Fields are just drying up, so equipment can be run. Some cotton is leaning from the storm. Peanuts look real good. Word is, we have some real good yields on corn. Pastures are really growing and hay turnout is good in most cases. Some ryegrass being planted for winter grazing." -- Lee Taylor, Forrest "Farmers rushing to harvest hay. Some ryegrass winter grazing being planted. Most corn was harvested before the storm. Some scattered showers appearing last week. More rain expected today, up to 90% chance. Most soybeans in the mid pod fill stage. Some pastures are really weedy from excess moisture and chicken litter." -- Lee Taylor, Lamar "Despite rain forecasts of 10 to 20%, areas of the county have received afternoon rainfall daily that is keeping them out of the soybean fields and hay fields." -- Ann H. Davis, Wilkinson "Growers had a good week of harvesting all crops and fall tillage. Still watering some soybeans." -- Don Respess, Quitman "Harvest progress was very good in favorable weather." --Ernest Flint, Attala "This past week, the weather cooperated to allow farmers to get caught up harvesting the crops that were ready and now those farmers can concentrate on field work. We still have just a little late rice left and we are more than halfway finished with soybeans." -- Laura Giaccaglia, Bolivar "Cotton is maturing fast and much of it has been defoliated. I expect to see pickers come out in force in the next few days. Soybean harvest is going well as soybeans mature. I would say we are about halfway through with them and the yields have been respectable." -- Jimbo Burkhalter, Tallahatchie "Cotton defoliation is going out everywhere with consideration with picker scheduling. Stinkbugs are in late soybeans. Some burndown is going out on harvested ground to try to lower pigweed numbers." -- Stephen Winters, Grenada "Good harvest conditions this past week allowed growers to really cover some acres. Most corn acres have been harvested with the exception of really late planted acres. Soybean harvest is ahead of schedule with most of the early planted acres out and growers waiting on later planted acres to mature. More defoliation went out on cotton this week. A couple of growers on the south end of the county picked a few acres this week and I expect more to follow suit this coming week." -- Preston Aust, Humphreys "Good harvest weather was enjoyed by producers this past week with many finishing and starting fall field work. I have had some calls related to budgets for next year already." -- Strider McCrory, Sunflower "Harvest is progressing and yields are holding up. This has been a very good year so far." -- Lester Stephens, Washington "Peanut harvest will start in the next several days along with soybean and cotton harvest. It has been really dry over the last week." -- Reid Nevins, Lowndes "Hay yields have been superb and most have had final cutting. Soybeans continue to look good, but harvest has not gotten into full swing yet." -- Charlie Bush, Simpson "We could not have asked for better fall weather this week. It gave us an opportunity to dry out from the 16 plus inches of rain we received last week from Hurricane Isaac." -- Eddie M. L. Smith, Pearl River "Soybean harvest progressing. Yields are good so far. Corn is cut." -- Carolyn Conger, Covington Mississippi Weather Summary for Week Ending September 16, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------- : : : : Air Temperature : Precipitation : :------------------------------------------- Division/Station :Max:Min:Avg:Norm:DFN:One : DFN :Rain:Four : : : : : : :Week: :Days:Weeks: --------------------------------------------------------------- Upper Delta : Clarksdale :88 55 75 75 0.00 -0.70 0 1.38 Cleveland :90 56 76 77 -1 0.00 -0.76 0 1.73 Lambert 5E :94 55 77 0.00 -0.77 0 1.07 Tunica 2 :90 57 75 75 0.05 -0.58 1 11.72 Extreme Average :94 55 76 75 1 0.01 -0.71 0 4.84 North-Central : Batesville 2SW :90 53 74 74 0.00 -0.77 0 0.82 Hickory Flat :87 50 71 73 -2 0.00 -0.96 0 3.01 Holly Springs 4 :87 50 71 72 -1 0.00 -0.84 0 2.99 Independence 1w :86 53 72 74 -2 0.00 -0.84 0 2.60 University :88 52 72 73 -1 0.00 -0.88 0 6.47 Extreme Average :90 50 72 74 -2 0.00 -0.84 0 3.18 Northeast : Fulton 3W :85 53 70 76 -6 0.00 -0.98 0 5.22 Pontotoc Exp :86 56 71 75 -4 0.00 -0.98 0 2.42 Booneville :84 55 70 73 -3 0.00 -0.91 0 3.43 Tupelo 2 :84 56 72 0.02 1 2.99 Corinth City :86 54 71 75 -4 0.00 -1.03 0 1.30 Verona Exp :88 54 73 75 -2 0.00 -0.99 0 2.18 Extreme Average :88 53 71 74 -3 0.00 -0.97 0 2.92 Lower Delta : Belzoni :87 59 75 76 -1 0.30 -0.34 1 3.30 Moorhead :91 59 75 77 -2 0.00 -0.81 0 0.62 Rolling Fork :90 59 77 76 1 0.00 -0.70 0 4.88 Yazoo City 5NNE :94 59 78 77 1 0.15 -0.48 1 3.22 Extreme Average :94 59 76 77 -1 0.11 -0.59 1 3.01 Central : Canton : 76 0.00 -0.70 0 0.63 Forest 3S :85 52 72 76 -4 0.00 -0.90 0 5.07 Winona 5E :87 52 71 72 -1 0.00 -0.88 0 1.13 Extreme Average :87 52 71 75 -4 0.00 -0.84 0 3.10 East-Central : Columbus :88 55 74 76 -2 0.00 -0.89 0 1.13 Louisville :86 56 73 74 -1 0.00 -0.89 0 1.54 Macon 2E :85 57 71 75 -4 0.00 -0.88 0 5.51 State University:88 57 73 75 -2 0.00 -0.84 0 3.32 Extreme Average :88 55 73 75 -2 0.00 -0.88 0 2.23 Southwest : Crystal Springs :87 56 74 77 -3 0.00 -1.06 0 9.18 Natchez :88 54 74 77 -3 0.00 -0.88 0 6.12 Vicksburg :88 56 74 0.00 0.00 0 7.58 Woodville 4 :87 56 75 78 -3 0.00 -1.31 0 7.65 Extreme Average :88 54 74 77 -3 0.00 -0.91 0 7.63 South-Central : Collins :86 56 72 76 -4 0.00 -0.98 0 8.44 Columbia :91 59 75 77 -2 0.00 -0.98 0 14.77 Monticello :91 56 75 77 -2 0.00 -0.91 0 11.00 Raleigh :86 52 71 0.00 0 7.05 Extreme Average :91 52 73 77 -4 0.00 -0.98 0 10.32 Southeast : Hattiesburg :88 58 73 78 -5 0.00 -1.05 0 11.20 Laurel :89 58 75 77 -2 0.00 -1.05 0 10.81 Newton Exp :87 55 72 75 -3 0.00 -0.84 0 4.94 Waynesboro 2w :90 57 75 76 -1 0.00 -1.12 0 10.47 Extreme Average :90 55 74 77 -3 0.00 -0.98 0 9.36 State Averages :94 50 73 76 -3 0.01 -0.86 0 5.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DFN = Departure from Normal.