OR-crop-weather Oregon Crop Weather Released: June 11, 2012 Week ending: June 10, 2012 OR-CW1112 OREGON CROP WEATHER NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE USDA, NASS, Oregon Field Office Phone: 503-326-2131 Released: June 11, 2012 Toll Free: 1-800-338-2157 Week ending: June 10, 2012 Email: nass-or@nass.usda.gov Volume: 11-12 Internet: www.nass.usda.gov/or Weather: Temperatures can't make up their mind, being more than 8 degrees below normal this past week, whereas they were above normal the week prior. The average temperature across the State came in about 52 degrees, with highs near 90 degrees in the southeast, and all 10 stations in the south central areas reporting lows below freezing. The week also brought considerable precipitation with 35 of the 43 stations reporting more than half an inch. Klamath County specifically reported hail and snow. The forecast looks a little brighter as Lane County reports that heat units would help a variety of crops. Field Crops: Haying slowed due to the wet in most areas of the State. The Sherman, Wasco county area received between an inch to an inch and a half this week. Puddles were standing in crops, even in direct seeded spring and winter plantings. Too wet for field work, but it all should be good for grain yields. In Umatilla County, the rain was great for the cereal crops, but harmful to hay producers. Many producers still had their first cutting down, and it has been down for 10 plus days allowing mold to start to accumulate on the hay. In Klamath County, potatoes and other crops were emerging. Farmers took advantage of the favorable forecast for temperatures next week and were dropping first cutting hay. In the south Willamette Valley, wheat disease pressure present. Spring wheat looked good. Early fescue varieties were pollinating heavily. Annual ryegrasses were pollinating also. Haylage was put up. Traditional hay behind on average cutting dates. Further north, bees remained in crimson clover fields. Grass for seed was ready for swathing. Winter wheat looked good, very little rust. Grass and alfalfa were ready for hay harvest, Field corn grew well. Red clover silage finished. Fruits and Nuts In southwest Oregon, tree fruit and vineyard development was still ahead of the past two late years for this date, despite the cool temperatures of the past week. Recent rains have made some extra orchard spraying necessary to keep fungicides on new growth. In the south Willamette Valley, strawberries were okay so far. Cherries had poor pollination. Pears were hit by fungus. Apples show a huge crop, with apple scab. Blueberries looked medium to very good but there was quite a bit of freeze and tip damage. Raspberry and blackberries looked like an excellent crop. Some flea beetle and cucumber beetle damage. This week the leaf rollers started inflicting damage to filbert and orchard crops. In the north Willamette Valley, strawberries were available at farmers markets, fruit stands, and commercial facilities. Wine grapes were leafing well and clusters forming well, filbert spraying ongoing. Hand thinning of summer pears continued in the lower and mid Hood River Valley. Pinot noir grape still at Eichhorn- Lorenz stages 12 through 15. In Wasco County, some early varieties of cherries have suffered some cracking due to the rain. Most varieties were unharmed by the rain. Harvest is predicted to start by the end of the week or early next week. Vegetables: Vegetables were about half seeded in Clackamas County. Cole crops doing okay; it just depends on when they were planted. Early plantings were thriving; late plantings were very slow to grow. Nurseries and Greenhouses: Planting bare root trees and shrubs, weeding and irrigating nursery crops as needed. Potted plants for vegetable gardens sold well. Livestock, Range and Pasture: Some livestock producers were still hauling water to their government allotments in Malheur County. Washington County pastures were clipped as growth out performed consumption. Weather was very good for forage growth. Soil Moisture - Week Ending 06/10/12 ------------------------------------------------------------------ : Very : : : : short : Short : Adequate : Surplus ------------------------------------------------------------------ : Percent : Topsoil : 0 7 86 7 Subsoil : 5 6 84 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Crop Progress - Week Ending 06/10/12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : This : Last : Last : 5 year Crop : week : week : year : average -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Alfalfa hay, first cutting : 71 65 36 58 Winter wheat headed : 89 69 70 86 : Days suitable for fieldwork : 4.1 6.0 5.0 4.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Condition - Week Ending 06/10/12 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Very : : : : Crop : poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Winter wheat : 0 8 18 51 23 Range and pasture : 0 4 34 52 10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Western Oregon CLACKAMAS: Vegetables and row crops were about half seeded. Harvest of green chop and haylage continued as weather permitted. COLUMBIA: Cooler than predicted. More rain as well. All in all, not a great week farming wise. Almost no hay of any type cut yet. Grass hay getting mature and quality will decrease. No haying weather predicted for this week. COOS/CURRY: Lows were well below seasonal average for the period in both counties. Wet conditions prevailed all week in both Coos and Curry counties. Bottom pastures were continuing to see placement of feeder cattle as they continued to dry. First cutting haylage and green chop operations continued this week. Although cool and wet, grass was continuing to grow. Low temperatures at reporting stations were all below the 5-year average on the South Coast. High temperatures through the week ranged from 5.5 degrees below the 5-year average in Coos County, to 10.5 degrees above the 5-year average in southern Curry. Bandon (Coos and Northern Curry): Official Low temperature for the period was 39.78 degrees, 7.38 degrees below the 5-year average. High temperature for the period was 61.42 degrees, 5.49 degrees below the 5-year average. Precipitation for the period was 1.98 inches over 5 days, which is 1.41 inches above the 5-year average for the week. Weather year 2012 (began 10/1/2011) precipitation stands at 62.85 inches, 11.55 inches above the 5- year average. Average precipitation through the month of June is 57.48 inches. Brookings (Southern Curry): Low temperature for the period was 42.49 degrees, 4.49 degrees below the 5-year average. High temperature for the period was 77.7 degrees, 10.57 degrees above the 5-year average. Precipitation for the period was 1.82 inches, compared to a 5-year average of 0.92 inches. Weather year 2012 (began 10/1/2011) precipitation stands at 87.6 inches, 16.71 inches above the 5-year average. Historical average precipitation through June is 69.98 inches. DOUGLAS: A cool week with pretty widespread rains of 0.5-1 inch have recharged top soils and caused some delays in field work. The rain has damaged some hay that has been cut and swathed during the past 10 days. It does look like the weather for next week will include warmer and drier conditions that will help crops accelerate growth. Recent rains have made some extra orchard spraying necessary to keep fungicides on new growth. Tree fruit and vineyard development was still ahead of the past two late years for this date, despite the cool temperatures of the past week. JOSEPHINE: Overnight temperatures were 36-56, daytime 56-80, with 2 inches of rain. High overcast most of week with high dew point. Gusty winds at times during the week helped drying. Haying going on now that danger of precipitation done for a while. Busy for truck farmers. Nurseries slow due to inclement weather, most people need sunshine. Ideal weather for setting plants, no heat shock. LANE: Rain and soggy conditions made field work a challenge. No local dry hay possible. Pasture conditions were good with lots of feed. Ground work was slow for producers trying to get sweet corn planted. Wheat disease pressure present. Spring wheat looked good. Early fescue varieties pollinating heavily. Annual ryegrasses pollinating also. Haylage put up. Traditional hay behind on average cutting dates. Pastures looked okay. Heat units would help a variety of crops. More rain. Strawberry season started. The orange fungus, Pacific coast cedar rust, has been harsh on Bartlett, Comice, Bosc pears; serviceberry and quince plants this wet year. Cole crops doing okay; the warm season plants; it just depends on when they were planted as to how well they were doing. Early plantings were thriving; late plantings were very slow to grow. Strawberries were okay so far. Cherries had poor pollination. Pears were hit by fungus. Apples show a huge crop, with apple scab. Blueberries looked medium to very good but seeing quite a bit of freeze and tip damage. Raspberry and blackberries looked like an excellent crop. Some flea beetle and cucumber beetle damage. This week the leaf rollers started inflicting damage to filbert and orchard crops. WASHINGTON: Bees remain in crimson clover fields, grass for seed ready for swathing, winter wheat looking good, very little rust, grass and alfalfa ready for hay harvest, field corn growing well. Red clover silage finished. Strawberries were available at farmers markets, fruit stands, and commercial facilities. Wine grapes were leafing well and clusters forming well, filbert spraying ongoing. Heavy run on potted plants for vegetable garden planting. Sweet corn was up and planting continued, irrigation started as needed. Planting bare root trees and shrubs, weeding and irrigating nursery crops as needed. Pastures were clipped as growth out performed consumption. Weather was very good for forage growth. High temperature 65.7 degrees, low temperature 39.2 degrees. One inch rainfall, some hail and wind. YAMHILL: Cherry fruit fly emergence began on June 1st. Eastern Oregon HARNEY: Nearly 0.5 inches of precipitation was received in the Burns area. Temperatures were on average 10 to 15 degrees cooler than normal for this time of year with freezing temperatures occurring 5 of 7 mornings during the week. HOOD RIVER: Rainy, windy conditions predominated most of the week. Hand thinning of summer pears continued in the lower and mid Hood River Valley. Pinot noir grape still at Eichhorn-Lorenz stages 12 through 15. KLAMATH: Another week of cool temperatures. Tempertures in the 50s and low 60s during most of the week. Freezing temperature at night caused farmers to run frost protection. Nearly 1 inch of precipitation during the first part of the week brought a mixture of rain hail and even a little snow. Potatoes and other crops were emerging. Farmers took advantage of the favorable forecast for temperatures next week and were dropping first cutting hay. LAKE: Received some precipitation during the week with currently 84 percent of normal for the water year. Some livestock producers were still hauling water to their government allotments. MALHEUR: North Malheur County had mostly cool weather with 0.24 inches of rain. High temperatures were from 87 to 66 and low temperatures from 49 to 41, windy off and on. Farming activity continues as weather permitted. W/E 6- 3 - 12. SHERMAN: Whole area received between an inch to an inch and a half this week. Puddles were standing in crops, even in direct seeded spring and winter plantings. Too wet for field work, so farmers just enjoying it make more grain. Some rye pulling and some fence work but limited outside activities. UMATILLA: More rain this week was great for the cereal crops, but harmful to hay producers. Many producers still have their first cutting down, and it has been down for 10 plus days allowing mold to start to accumulate on the hay. Cherry harvest was right around the corner but with the rain, producers have had to hire helicopters to come in and dry off the cherries to prevent splitting. Cherry yields appear to be good though, as long as fruit quality can remain high. Over wintering onions have lots of seed heads. Spuds looked good. WALLOWA: Good moisture this week, we need warmer temperatures. WASCO: Cool, rainy weather predominated the week giving everyone fits. Cherry tour was cold and windy! Some early varieties of cherries have suffered some cracking due to the rain. Growers hoping the rain will stop and sunny weather will return. We'll see how that works. Wheat and hay growers would love to see some sunshine also. Wheat in the south county could use the heat units! Rain on two days last week caused minor damage to some of the early cherry varieties in The Dalles area. Most varieties were unharmed by the rain. Harvest is predicted to start by the end of the week or early next week. UNION/BAKER: Rain storms all week. Cold and wet! Weather data for selected stations in Oregon, Week ending: June 10, 2012 (as of 11:00 am) 1/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ : : Growing : Last week precip. 4/ : Season cum. precipitation 5/ : Air temperature 2/ : degree days 3/ :-------------------------------------------------------------- Station :-------------------------------:-----------------: Total : : : Total : : Pct. : : Low : High : Avg. :DFN 6/ : Total :DFN 6/ : inches :DFN 6/ :Days 7/: inches :DFN 6/ : normal :Days 7/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ COASTAL AREAS : Astoria : 42 62 53 -4 21 -19 2.03 1.40 6 68.67 6.16 110 172 Bandon 8/ : 40 61 52 -4 17 -19 1.98 1.56 5 63.49 6.76 112 167 Crescent City : 42 59 53 -3 26 -16 1.14 0.74 5 57.37 -5.83 91 121 Florence : 39 64 52 -5 13 -33 2.15 1.50 5 70.39 -2.54 97 156 North Bend : 43 63 54 -3 28 -17 1.68 1.23 5 38.54 -22.48 63 123 Tillamook : 41 64 53 -3 23 -12 1.70 0.86 5 59.67 -23.75 72 171 WILLAMETTE : VALLEY : Aurora 8/ : 41 71 55 -6 33 -37 1.40 0.98 5 42.94 4.47 112 174 Corvallis : 37 71 54 -6 28 -38 0.97 0.62 4 45.11 4.48 111 167 Detroit Lake 8/ : 38 71 50 -7 12 -33 3.52 2.93 6 96.20 32.08 150 162 Eugene : 36 71 54 -7 32 -41 0.95 0.55 5 40.86 -6.13 87 134 Hillsboro : 37 69 54 -7 27 -42 1.46 1.11 5 30.70 -4.42 87 147 McMinnville : 39 70 55 -6 36 -33 1.02 0.74 3 39.30 -2.10 95 150 Portland : 46 69 56 -7 44 -40 1.90 1.49 5 37.90 4.15 112 150 Salem : 38 70 55 -6 34 -35 1.02 0.67 5 43.73 6.67 118 143 SW VALLEYS : Grants Pass : 41 73 57 -8 51 -51 0.64 0.50 5 26.93 -3.11 90 118 Medford : 40 80 58 -7 57 -43 0.92 0.78 5 16.09 -1.66 91 93 Roseburg : 43 77 57 -6 49 -34 0.84 0.62 6 28.74 -2.48 92 127 NORTH CENTRAL : Condon : 35 64 49 -9 10 -45 1.76 1.48 4 13.56 1.26 110 90 Echo 8/ : 39 79 57 -10 48 -58 0.90 0.76 3 7.64 -0.47 94 88 Heppner : 33 65 51 -11 20 -60 1.56 1.29 5 11.62 -0.76 94 80 Hermiston : 42 78 57 -9 51 -55 1.30 1.16 4 8.44 0.33 104 75 Madras 8/ : 34 71 50 -11 7 -62 1.00 0.79 5 7.82 -1.17 87 83 Moro : 33 65 50 -10 6 -59 0.75 0.61 4 9.78 -0.22 98 80 Parkdale 8/ : 38 69 51 -10 15 -59 1.08 0.87 4 45.52 15.90 154 147 Pendleton : 40 74 54 -11 28 -70 0.98 0.82 4 11.37 0.59 105 81 Prairie City 8/ : 34 71 50 -11 7 -62 1.00 0.79 5 7.82 -1.17 87 83 The Dalles : 46 76 57 -3 54 -14 0.79 0.65 4 12.55 1.18 110 92 SOUTH CENTRAL : Agency Lake 8/ : 31 71 47 -10 1 -42 0.80 0.59 5 13.69 -0.95 94 83 Bend : 30 69 48 -8 7 -37 0.06 -0.15 1 8.82 -1.28 87 40 Burns : 26 72 47 -10 8 -37 0.45 0.24 5 8.63 0.23 103 71 Christmas Valley 8/ : 23 73 45 -15 - -67 0.31 0.03 5 5.40 -5.31 50 73 Klamath Falls : 30 72 48 -12 3 -60 0.89 0.69 3 7.29 -4.88 60 68 Klamath Falls 8/ : 30 73 47 -13 3 -60 0.75 0.55 3 8.68 -3.49 71 86 Lakeview 8/ : 25 69 45 -13 - -52 0.36 0.06 3 7.67 -6.40 55 84 Lorella 8/ : 27 73 47 -13 1 -62 0.67 0.47 3 8.56 -3.61 70 79 Redmond : 31 73 50 -8 12 -42 0.41 0.20 3 7.65 0.48 107 57 Worden 8/ : 25 70 46 -14 - -63 0.60 0.40 2 7.49 -4.68 62 69 NORTHEAST : Baker City : 32 74 49 -10 11 -49 1.33 0.98 3 7.20 -1.32 85 74 Joseph : 34 78 47 -6 15 -11 0.98 0.51 6 12.05 -9.85 55 113 La Grande : 36 72 52 -9 19 -53 0.08 -0.28 1 10.50 -4.58 70 88 Imbler 8/ : 33 71 50 -10 16 -46 1.52 1.13 5 15.85 -5.27 75 104 SOUTHEAST : Ontario : 38 89 59 -9 63 -52 0.21 0.00 1 7.72 -0.93 89 63 Rome : 27 85 52 -10 26 -58 0.22 -0.06 2 5.71 -1.17 83 54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1/ Summary based on NWS data. Copyright 2012: AWIS, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2/ Air temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. 3/ Growing degree days base-50 degrees Fahrenheit. 4/ Precipitation (rain or melted snow/ice) in inches. 5/ Season cumulative precipitation starts September 1, 2011. 6/ DFN=Departure from normal (using 1961-1990 normal period). 7/ Precipitation days = Days with precipitation of 0.01 inch or more. 8/ Agri-Met weather stations.