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Weekly Ag Update

Issue 55-17

April 18, 2005

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Crop Weather
Milk Production



CROP SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 17, 2005

NEW MEXICO: There were 6.5 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture was 2% very short,30% short, 65% adequate, and 3% surplus. Wind damage was 14% light, 15% moderate, and 2% severe. Freeze damage was 3% light and 9% moderate and 1% severe. Farmers were busy with land preparation, planting chile and corn, and irrigating. Alfalfa conditions were reported as 1% poor, 35% fair, 43% good and 21% excellent with the first cutting at 51%. Cotton progress was 28% planted and corn was 12% planted. Total wheat condition was reported as 22% fair, 77% good, and 1% excellent with 13% being grazed. Lettuce condition was 5% fair, 43% good and 52% excellent. Chile condition was 51% fair and 41% good and 8% excellent with 77% planted. Onion condition was in 13% fair, 62% good and 25% excellent. Cattle conditions were 1% very poor, 2% poor, 29% fair, 52% good, and 16% excellent. Sheep were reported as 3% very poor, 4% poor, 44% fair, 40% good, and 9% excellent. Range and pasture conditions were 2% very poor, 14% poor, 45% fair, 38% good and 1% excellent. Ranchers were busy maintaining herds and water.

CROP PROGRESS PERCENTAGES WITH COMPARISONS
CROP PROGRESS This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Average
CHILE Planted 77 76 84 81
CORN Planted 12 6 16 16
COTTON Planted 28 17 19 19
WHEAT (ALL) Grazed 13 31 N/A N/A


CROP AND LIVESTOCK CONDITION PERCENTAGES
Very Poor Fair Good Excellent
Alfalfa -- 1 35 43 21
Chile -- -- 51 41 8
Lettuce -- -- 5 43 52
Onions -- -- 13 62 25
Wheat (All) -- -- 22 77 1
Cattle 1 2 29 52 16
Sheep 3 4 44 40 9
Range/Pasture 2 14 45 38 1


            



SOIL MOISTURE PERCENTAGES
Very
Short 		Short Adequate Surplus
Northwest 2 16 81 1
Northeast --_ 32 60 8
Southwest 5 41 51 3
Southeast 2 39 59 --
State Current 2 30 65 3
State-Last Week 6 33 59 2
State-Last Year 2 36 56 6
State-5-Yr Avg. 29 34 36 2

WEATHER SUMMARY

Hit and miss showers and thunderstorms developed over New Mexico, mainly toward the end of the week. Some of the storm produced weak tornados, damaging winds and hail, especially Saturday and Sunday. Greatest precipitation amounts included .81 inches at Carrizozo and .76 inches at Roy and Las Vegas. Temperatures for the week were generally normal to slightly below normal in the east, and a little above normal in the west.


NEW MEXICO WEATHER CONDITIONS - APRIL 11- 18, 2005
Temperature
Precipitation
Station
Mean
Maximum Minimum 04/11
04/17 		04/01
04/17
Normal
Apr
01/01
04/17 		Normal
Jan-Apr
Farmington 55.1 79 26 0.00 0.02 0.51 3.42 2 .48
Gallup 49.9 76 22 0.00 0.03 0.64 5.51 3 .23
Capulin 46.2 68 17 0.35 1.90 1.01 4.70 2 .86
Chama 42.6 66 10 0.07 0.31 1.27 9.67 6 .61
Johnson Ranch 49.2 74 14 0.10 0.14 0.49 3.85 2 .47
Las Vegas 47.6 70 18 0.76 0.77 0.83 4.53 2 .54
Los Alamos 47.7 67 25 0.64 0.73 1.00 7.50 3 .88
Raton 47.7 73 21 0.10 0.79 1.06 5.05 2 .90
Red River 39.5 62 16 0.40 0.80 1.68 8.06 5 .75
Santa Fe 51.6 71 28 0.35 0.40 0.81 6.02 2 .87
Clayton 53.2 72 33 0.31 0.75 0.94 3.94 2 .04
Clovis 56.3 77 29 0.00 0.05 0.81 4.62 2 .30
Roy 50.9 71 25 0.76 0.76 0.82 5.30 2 .14
Tucumcari 57.0 78 30 0.55 0.82 0.87 5.74 2 .00
Grants 48.7 75 19 0.07 0.10 0.45 3.68 1 .95
Quemado 47.5 76 16 0.00 0.14 0.60 3.41 2 .95
Silver City 56.8 76 32 0.00 0.00 0.53 7.66 3 .90
Albuquerque 58.1 78 33 0.61 0.77 0.52 5.01 1 .96
Carrizozo 55.2 80 28 0.81 0.81 0.36 6.59 2 .10
Socorro 57.4 83 28 0.25 0.28 0.36 3.68 1 .41
Gran Quivera 49.5 75 28 0.44 0.44 0.64 5.69 2 .88
Moriarty 47.5 74 20 0.03 0.21 0.66 5.07 2 .10
Ruidoso 48.5 72 27 0.26 0.26 0.63 6.31 4 .24
Carlsbad 60.5 83 33 0.06 0.08 0.49 3.08 1 .49
Roswell 56.0 80 31 0.15 0.15 0.65 2.79 1 .99
Tatum 53.4 78 26 0.10 0.10 0.64 2.59 2 .05
Alamogordo 63.4 83 38 0.46 0.48 0.26 5.09 1 .93
Animas 62.9 84 36 0.00 0.00 0.20 4.67 1 .86
Deming 61.8 87 33 0.04 0.04 0.18 3.25 1 .54
Las Cruces 62.8 85 36 0.03 0.03 0.21 3.63 1 .26
T or C 61.1 84 37 0.10 0.1.0 0.22 2.77 1 .40
(T) Trace (-) No Report (*) Correction
All reports based on preliminary data. Precipitation data corrected monthly from official observation forms.


MILK PRODUCTION

NEW MEXICO: Milk production in the state during March totaled 576 million pounds. Production per cow totaled 1,790 pounds and the number of milk cows on farms was 322,000 head.

UNITED STATES: Milk production in the 23 major States during March totaled 13.8 billion pounds, up 3.1 percent from March 2004. February revised production, at 12.3 billion pounds, was down 0.5 percent from February 2004. However, production was up 3.1 percent on a per day basis after adjusting for the leap year. The February revision represented an increase of 30 million pounds or 0.2 percent from last month's preliminary production estimate. Production per cow in the 23 major States averaged 1,704 pounds for March, 43 pounds above March 2004. The number of milk cows on farms in the 23 major States was 8.10 million head, 38,000 head more than March 2004, and 21,000 head more than February 2005.

Milk Cows and Production: February 20041/ and March 2004-2005
Milk Cows2/ Milk per Cow3/ Milk Production3/
State 3/04 2/04 3/05 3/04 2/05 3/05 3/04 2/05 3/05
-------------1,000 Head-------------- ---------------Pounds------------- ------------Million Pounds----------
AZ 155 164 164 2,120 1,840 2,060 329 302 338
CA 1,710 1,742 1,748 1,815 1,635 1,845 3,104 2,848 3,225
CO 100 100 101 1,830 1,720 1,910 183 172 193
FL 138 139 139 1,550 1,475 1,635 214 205 227
ID 413 437 440 1,780 1,680 1,870 735 734 823
IL 108 105 105 1,650 1,500 1,670 178 158 175
IN 147 154 154 1,820 1,510 1,700 268 233 262
IA 195 187 187 1,730 1,580 1,770 337 295 331
KS 113 109 110 1,680 1,575 1,755 190 172 193
KY 110 110 109 1,175 1,000 1,165 129 110 127
MI 301 306 308 1,810 1,640 1,820 545 502 561
MN 465 455 455 1,510 1,405 1,560 702 639 710
MO 123 117 119 1,345 1,220 1,370 165 143 163
NM 327 320 322 1,765 1,560 1,790 577 499 576
NY 660 650 651 1,510 1,415 1,595 997 920 1,038
OH 260 267 268 1,510 1,370 1,520 393 366 407
OR 120 120 121 1,560 1,460 1,620 187 175 196
PA 564 560 560 1,570 1,420 1,600 885 795 896
TX 317 317 317 1,735 1,560 1,790 550 495 567
VT 145 143 143 1,530 1,430 1,595 222 204 228
VA 105 105 105 1,465 1,345 1,495 154 141 157
WA 239 235 238 1,945 1,820 2,030 465 428 483
WI 1,244 1,234 1,233 1,510 1,405 1,560 1,878 1,734 1,923
23 STS 8,059 8,076 8,097 1,661 1,519 1,704 13,387 12,270 13,799
1/ Revised. 2/ Includes dry cows, excludes heifers not yet fresh. 3/ Excludes milk sucked by calves.

                                    

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