in-crop-weather State Indiana Crop Weather Week Ending Date August 11, 2002 Issue IN-CW3202 Agricultural Summary Another week of dry weather hindered development of major crops, according to the Indiana Agricultural Statistics Service. Corn and soybeans continue to deteriorate from lack of rain. A few isolated areas received some showers during the week. Cooler temperatures arrived which helped relieve some of the stress on crops and livestock. Farmers remain very concerned about grain fill in corn and pod set in soybeans. Spider mites are a problem in some fields. Reporters indicate many farmers will not get third or fourth cuttings of hay this year. The most critical areas for soil moisture deficiency is in the northeast, east central, southwest and south central regions of the state. Field Crops Report There were 6.9 days suitable for fieldwork. Corn condition is rated 28 percent good to excellent compared with 31 percent last week and 73 percent last year at this time. Ninety-five percent of the corn acreage has silked compared with 100 percent last year and 97 percent for the 5-year average. Thirty-five percent of the corn acreage has reached the dough stage compared with 74 percent last year and 59 percent for the average. Nine percent of the corn acreage has reached the dent stage compared with 28 percent last year and 15 percent for the average. Soybean condition is rated 33 percent good to excellent compared with 38 percent last week and 67 percent a year earlier. Eighty-seven percent of the soybean acreage is blooming compared with 99 percent last year and 95 percent for the 5-year average. Fifty-two percent of the soybean acreage is setting pods compared with 83 percent last year and 72 percent for the average. Other activities during the week included scouting fields, spraying, cutting and baling hay, moving grain to market, cutting silage, repairing equipment, mowing roadsides, cleaning grain bins, hauling manure and taking care of livestock. Livestock, Pasture and Range Report Pasture condition is rated 10 percent good, 29 percent fair, 32 percent poor and 29 percent very poor. Pastures are drying up and in poor condition in most areas of the state. Third cutting of alfalfa hay is 24 percent complete compared with 66 percent last year and 47 percent for the average. Livestock are in mostly good condition and welcomed the cooler weather during the week. Crop Progress Table -------------------------------------------------------- : This : Last : Last : 5-Year Crop : Week : Week : Year : Avg -------------------------------------------------------- Percent Corn Silked 95 87 100 97 Corn in Dough 35 18 74 59 Corn in Dent 9 NA 28 15 Soybeans Blooming 87 78 99 95 Soybeans Podding 52 35 83 72 Alfalfa Third Cutting 24 NA 66 47 Crop Condition Table -------------------------------------------------------- : Very : : : : Excel- Crop : Poor : Poor : Fair : Good : lent -------------------------------------------------------- Percent Corn 16 22 34 26 2 Soybean 11 20 36 31 2 Pasture 29 32 29 10 0 Soil Moisture & Days Suitable For Fieldwork Table ------------------------------------------------------- : This : Last : Last : Week : Week : Year ------------------------------------------------------- Percent Topsoil Very Short 44 33 11 Short 43 43 30 Adequate 13 23 55 Surplus 0 1 4 Subsoil Very Short 35 26 11 Short 43 43 32 Adequate 22 31 55 Surplus 0 0 2 Days Suitable 6.9 6.5 6.3 Contact information --Ralph W. Gann, State Statistician --Bud Bever, Agricultural Statistician E-Mail Address: nass-in@nass.usda.gov http://www.nass.usda.gov/in/index.htm Other Agricultural Comments And News PRELIMINARY DISTRICT ESTIMATES AUGUST 2002 |Planted Acres|Harvested Acres| Yield | Production District | 2001 | 2002 | 2001 | 2002 |2001 |2002| 2001 | 2002 Thousands Thousands Bushels Thousands Corn NW 918 920 883 890 149 133 131,427 118,289 NC 752 720 728 700 154 112 112,316 78,346 NE 560 520 538 500 143 109 77,039 54,462 WC 713 680 705 670 156 140 109,688 93,736 C 1,205 1,120 1,195 1,110 165 131 196,676 145,310 EC 470 450 463 440 159 105 73,518 46,168 SW 787 650 778 640 162 124 126,280 79,305 SC 200 165 192 155 149 105 28,540 16,264 SE 195 175 188 165 154 131 29,036 21,600 State 5,800 5,400 5,670 5,270 156 124 884,520 653,480 Soybeans NW 760 780 759 778 48 44 36,140 34,524 NC 670 660 669 658 50 41 33,252 27,162 NE 640 640 639 638 46 39 29,592 25,019 WC 677 700 676 698 50 45 33,488 31,694 C 1,200 1,170 1,198 1,165 53 42 62,937 49,292 EC 530 580 529 578 51 38 26,824 22,070 SW 686 700 685 698 46 37 31,359 25,932 SC 195 210 194 208 47 35 9,020 7,298 SE 242 260 241 259 47 38 11,298 9,889 State 5,600 5,700 5,590 5,680 49 41 273,910 232,880 Wheat NW 15 22 14 18 65 54 904 975 NC 38 30 36 28 65 53 2,333 1,471 NE 73 59 72 59 67 54 4,803 3,197 WC 29 28 28 25 64 49 1,798 1,230 C 52 43 49 40 74 54 3,606 2,168 EC 39 27 38 26 70 56 2,672 1,452 SW 117 108 109 102 63 51 6,874 5,187 SC 19 17 17 16 59 43 1,003 680 SE 18 16 17 16 64 50 1,087 800 State 400 350 380 330 66 52 25,080 17,160 Source: Indiana Agricultural Statistics Service Weather Information Table Week Ending Sunday August 11, 2002 --------------------------------------------------------------- | Past Week Weather Summary Data |--------------------------------- Station | Air | | Avg | Temperature | Precip. |4 in. |---------------|-----------|Soil |Hi |Lo |Avg|DFN|Total |Days|Temp ------------------------------------------------------------- Northwest (1) | Chalmers_5W | 94 51 70 -3 0.04 1 Valparaiso_AP_I | 93 52 71 -1 0.42 1 Wanatah | 94 47 71 -1 0.39 1 82 Wheatfield | 93 52 70 -2 0.00 0 Winamac | 93 53 71 -1 0.10 1 79 North Central(2)| Plymouth | 92 47 69 -4 0.00 0 South_Bend | 91 51 72 -1 0.06 1 Young_America | 92 53 71 -2 0.24 1 Northeast (3) | Columbia_City | 91 51 69 -3 0.00 0 80 Fort_Wayne | 93 53 71 -3 0.05 1 West Central (4)| Greencastle | 92 50 71 -5 0.08 1 Perrysville | 92 54 72 -2 0.00 0 80 Spencer_Ag | 94 53 73 -1 0.00 0 Terre_Haute_AFB | 94 54 73 -2 0.06 1 W_Lafayette_6NW | 95 51 71 -2 0.00 0 81 Central (5) | Eagle_Creek_AP | 94 57 75 +0 0.00 0 Greenfield | 94 55 73 -1 0.10 1 Indianapolis_AP | 96 59 76 +3 0.00 0 Indianapolis_SE | 94 54 72 -3 0.00 0 Tipton_Ag | 93 52 71 -2 0.00 0 82 East Central (6)| Farmland | 96 49 71 -2 1.36 1 76 New_Castle | 92 52 70 -2 0.11 1 Southwest (7) | Evansville | 97 56 78 +1 0.00 0 Freelandville | 95 57 76 +2 0.00 0 Shoals | 99 56 76 +2 0.00 0 Stendal |100 57 78 +3 0.00 0 Vincennes_5NE | 97 56 76 +2 0.04 1 83 South Central(8)| Leavenworth | 96 57 75 +1 0.00 0 Oolitic | 98 55 76 +3 0.00 0 81 Tell_City | 98 60 79 +2 0.00 0 Southeast (9) | Brookville |100 55 76 +4 0.00 0 Milan_5NE | 97 55 74 +2 0.09 1 Scottsburg | 97 52 74 -1 0.00 0 ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- | Accumulation | April 1, 2002 thru Station | August 11, 2002 | Precipitation |GDD Base 50oF | | | | | |Total | DFN |Days|Total| DFN ------------------------------------------------------------- Northwest (1) | Chalmers_5W |14.75 -1.88 52 2192 +56 Valparaiso_AP_I |15.19 -2.17 48 2184 +247 Wanatah |16.06 -0.86 53 2088 +236 Wheatfield |17.73 +1.23 41 2125 +223 Winamac |16.83 +0.22 49 2127 +161 North Central(2)| Plymouth |15.94 -1.24 54 2035 -19 South_Bend |13.35 -2.89 48 2145 +222 Young_America |16.88 +0.88 46 2222 +208 Northeast (3) | Columbia_City |14.39 -1.82 48 2001 +167 Fort_Wayne |15.65 +0.58 44 2198 +186 West Central (4)| Greencastle |23.58 +4.57 48 2143 -127 Perrysville |20.69 +2.62 48 2288 +162 Spencer_Ag |25.09 +5.64 52 2279 +141 Terre_Haute_AFB |28.66 +10.42 50 2484 +220 W_Lafayette_6NW |20.79 +4.10 56 2254 +243 Central (5) | Eagle_Creek_AP |19.10 +2.03 52 2440 +196 Greenfield |26.14 +7.31 53 2303 +157 Indianapolis_AP |17.92 +0.85 46 2522 +278 Indianapolis_SE |21.60 +3.82 45 2295 +69 Tipton_Ag |16.28 -0.65 47 2123 +171 East Central (6)| Farmland |15.89 -0.68 50 2204 +302 New_Castle |18.04 -0.15 40 1953 +7 Southwest (7) | Evansville |18.73 +1.23 40 2866 +248 Freelandville |20.65 +2.46 39 2605 +264 Shoals |20.06 +0.33 38 2497 +241 Stendal |20.80 +1.37 41 2710 +251 Vincennes_5NE |21.07 +2.88 45 2664 +323 South Central(8)| Leavenworth |19.92 -0.16 39 2573 +324 Oolitic |22.99 +4.15 48 2424 +269 Tell_City |18.81 -1.01 30 2970 +477 Southeast (9) | Brookville |18.36 +0.12 41 2457 +417 Milan_5NE |24.38 +6.14 50 2142 +102 Scottsburg |21.41 +2.79 46 2440 +116 ------------------------------------------------------------- DFN = Departure From Normal (Using 1961-90 Normals Period). GDD = Growing Degree Days. Precipitation (Rainfall or melted snow/ice) in inches. Precipitation Days = Days with precip of .01 inch or more. Air Temperatures in Degrees Fahrenheit. Copyright 2002: AWIS, Inc. All rights reserved. The above weather information is provided by AWIS, Inc. For detailed ag weather forecasts and data visit the AWIS home page at www.awis.com or call toll free at 1-888-798-9955. The INDIANA CROP WEATHER REPORT (USPS 675-770), (ISSN 0442-817X) is issued weekly April through November by the Indiana Agricultural Statistics Service, 1435 Win Hentschel Blvd, Suite B105, West Lafayette IN 47906-4145. Second Class postage paid at Lafayette IN. For information on subscribing, send request to above address. POSTMASTER: Send address change to the Indiana Agricultural Statistics Service, 1435 Win Hentschel Blvd, Suite B105, West Lafayette IN 47906-4145. Source: Indiana Agricultural Statistics Service