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Weekly Ag Update

Issue 55-21

May 16, 2005 
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Crop Weather
Annual Cotton Ginnings
Hay Stocks

CROP SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 15, 2005 (revised)

NEW MEXICO: There were 6.6 days suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture was 9% very short, 22% short, 61% adequate and 8% surplus. Wind damage was 26% light and 9% moderate. Farmers were busy planting corn and cotton and cutting alfalfa. Alfalfa conditions were reported as 1% poor, 30% fair, 47% good and 22% excellent with the first cutting 66% complete. Last weeks first cut of alfalfa was revised down to 65%. Cotton condition was 27% fair, 47% good and 26% excellent with 65% planted. Last weeks estimate of cotton planted was revised down to 64% planted. Corn progress was 66% planted and 23% emerged. Total sorghum planted was 3%. Total wheat condition was reported as 3% poor, 33% fair and 64% good with 19% being grazed and 84% being headed. Peanuts were 15% planted. Lettuce condition was 12% fair, 40% good and 48% excellent with 45% harvested. Chile condition was 5% poor, 40% fair, 43% good and 12% excellent. Onion condition was 15% fair, 36% good and 49% excellent. Cattle conditions were 3% poor, 30% fair, 57% good, and 10% excellent. Sheep were reported as 1% poor, 31% fair, 63% good and 5% excellent. Range and pasture conditions were 7% poor, 33% fair and 60% good.
 
CROP PROGRESS PERCENTAGES WITH COMPARISONS
CROP PROGRESS This Week  Last Week  Last Year  5-Year Average 
CORN Planted  66  62  84  81 
COTTON Planted  65  64  78  74 
LETTUCE Harvested  45  25  54  64 
WHEAT (ALL) Grazed  19  30  N/A  N/A 


 
CROP AND LIVESTOCK CONDITION PERCENTAGES 
Very Poor Poor  Fair  Good  Excellent 
Alfalfa  --  1  38  45  16 
Apples  --  --  --  100  -- 
Chile  --  5  40  43  12 
Lettuce  --  --  12  40  48 
Onions  --  --  15  36  49 
Wheat (All)  --  3  33  64  -- 
Cattle  --  3  30  57  10 
Sheep  --  1  31  63  5 
Range/Pasture  --  7  33  60  -- 

 
 
 
 
 


 
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENTAGES 
Very
Short 		 Short  Adequate  Surplus 
Northwest  --  8  92  -- 
Northeast  10  34  56  -- 
Southwest  35  50  15  -- 
Southeast  6  11  62  21 
State Current  9  22  61  8 
State-Last Week  5  35  60  -- 
State-Last Year  20  47  32  1 
State-5-Yr Avg.  39  35  26  -- 

 
 

WEATHER SUMMARY
Weekly average temperatures remained a bit cool compared to normal with the majority of stations about 1 or 2 degrees below average. A few showers skirted the northern border areas, while the east central and far southeast counties saw several days with stronger spring time thunderstorms.
 
NEW MEXICO WEATHER CONDITIONS - May 9-15, 2005
Temperature 
Precipitation 
Station 
Mean 
 Maximum  Minimum  05/09
05/15 		 05/01
05/15 
Normal
May 
 01/01
05/15 		 Normal
Jan-May 
Farmington  56.9  80  34  0.00  0.42  0.67  4.53  3 .15 
Gallup  51.8  77  23  0.00  0.05  0.51  6.30  3 .74 
Capulin  50.9  75  32  0.04  1.08  2.30  6.93  5 .16 
Chama  45.6  70  21  0.12  1.91  1.11  14.18  7 .72 
Johnson Ranch  51.1  76  24  0.00  0.21  0.62  5.30  3 .09 
Las Vegas  53.4  76  28  0.15  0.55  1.82  5.31  4 .36 
Los Alamos  53.4  71  34  0.00  0.41  1.17  8.51  5 .05 
Raton  53.1  76  28  0.09  0.54  2.27  7.33  5 .17 
Red River  44.0  64  21  0.15  1.07  1.77  11.17  7 .52 
Santa Fe  54.6  78  32  0.09  0.41  1.22  6.95  4 .09 
Clayton  59.9  82  43  0.18  1.16  1.99  6.52  4 .03 
Clovis  65.4  89  42  0.62  0.72  1.87  5.32  4 .17 
Roy  56.8  79  37  0.52  0.87  1.84  6.01  3 .98 
Tucumcari  64.5  88  44  0.23  0.62  1.49  6.54  3 .49 
Grants  54.4  80  26  0.00  0.30  0.53  4.42  2 .48 
Quemado  50.9  80  20  0.00  0.17  0.50  3.76  3 .45 
Silver City  54.8  76  33  0.00  0.00  0.30  8.06  4 .20 
Albuquerque  62.8  83  42  0.02  0.31  0.50  5.76  2 .46 
Carrizozo  61.8  81  32  0.34  0.49  0.62  6.64  2 .72 
Socorro  61.7  84  35  0.00  0.28  0.52  4.05  1 .93 
Gran Quivera  57.2  78  32  0.10  0.16  0.82  5.98  3 .70 
Moriarty  53.6  78  26  0.09  0.33  0.97  6.23  3 .07 
Ruidoso  55.4  73  35  0.38  0.43  0.87  8.27  5 .11 
Carlsbad  70.6  97  45  0.72  0.77  1.16  4.24  2 .65 
Roswell  65.4  92  41  0.37  0.42  1.24  3.43  3 .23 
Tatum  65.9  91  40  0.45  0.57  2.09  3.29  4 .14 
Alamogordo  69.4  86  48  0.00  0.02  0.45  5.84  2 .38 
Animas  67.4  90  44  0.00  0.00  0.18  4.75  2 .04 
Deming  66.0  90  39  0.00  0.00  0.19  3.78  1 .73 
Las Cruces  67.8  88  45  0.00  0.00  0.29  3.83  1 .55 
T or C  66.5  85  44  0.00  0.00  0.49  3.14  1 .89 
(T) Trace (-) No Report (*) Correction
All reports based on preliminary data. Precipitation data corrected monthly from official observation forms. 

ANNUAL COTTON GINNINGS

NEW MEXICO: Produced 129,350 running bales of cotton during the 2004 season, an increase of 58% from the number of bales produced a year earlier. American-Pima production accounted for 18,450 bales, compared to 13,100 bales produced in 2003. There were 68,800 equivalent 480 lb bales of upland ginned in New Mexico and 17,850 equivalent 480 lb bales of American-Pima ginned in New Mexico.
 
Cotton Ginnings: Running Bales Produced and Equivalent 480-Pounds Bales, Ginned,
By Type, State, and U.S. Crop Years 2003-2004
Type and State 
Running Bales Produced 
Equivalent 480-Lb. Bales Ginned 
2003  2004  2003  2004 
All Cotton
AL  789,300  783,700  828,450  826,750 
AZ  535,950  707,450  530,000  698,300 
AR  1,755,150  2,035,200  1,784,050  2,069,450 
CA  1,801,050  2,385,200  1,886,500  2,502,550 
FL  113,200  105,850  125,900  95,800 
GA  2,045,700  1,743,100  2,106,050  1,803,000 
KS  86,800  67,850  91,950  68,050 
LA  1,000,100  861,200  1,055,500  912,300 
MS  2,067,350  2,285,000  2,115,700  2,334,400 
MO  682,950  812,500  693,400  826,200 
NM 82,000 129,350 57,450 68,800
NC  996,900  1,305,450  1,047,950  1,379,600 
OK  212,600  295,150  209,850  295,750 
SC  314,750  376,400  322,350  381,800 
TN  863,050  956,350  878,800  985,300 
TX  4,246,000  7,549,450  4,397,450  7,844,900 
VA  116,050  156,350  109,450  146,950 
U.S.  17,708,900  22,555,550  18,240,800  23,239,900 
American-Pima
AZ  4,400  5,350  4,600  5,500 
CA  356,450  656,250  370,500  682,700 
NM 13,100 18,450 12,650 17,850
TX  42,900  36,900  44,400  38,750 
U.S. 416,850 716,950 432,150 744,800

 

HAY STOCKS

UNITED STATES: Hay Stocks on Farms: All hay stored on farms May 1, 2005 totaled 27.7 million tons, up 7 percent from the previous year. Disappearance of hay from December 1, 2004 - May 1, 2005, totaled 86.6 million tons, 2 percent greater than the disappearance of 85.1 million tons for the same period a year earlier.
Hay: Stocks on Farms by State and U.S., December 1 and May 1, 2002-2005
State  December 1 
May 1 
2002  2003  2004  2003  2004  2004 
----------------------------------------------------------------1,000 Tons-------------------------------------------------------------------- 
AZ  203  280  250  45  55  35 
CA  1,840  2,086  1,724  200  306  215 
CO  1,548  1,841  2,527  360  610  470 
KS  4,800  5,600  6,304  1,150  1,400  1,735 
MO  6,897  7,148  8,101  1,083  1,462  2,166 
MT  4,086  3,986  4,427  953  790  860 
NV  882  857  741  167  121  80 
NM 550 525 545 98 115 164
ND  4,300  4,690  3,923  940  828  917 
OK  5,357  4,244  5,186  1,190  1,275  1,400 
SD  5,825  7,210  6,939  1,154  1,515  2,100 
TX  10,460  9,910  10,451  3,888  2,849  2,779 
WA  1,600  1,620  1,560  285  470  322 
WY  1,250  1,963  1,818  200  478  383 
All Other Sts  53,380  59,067  59,798  10,300  13,673  14,082 
U.S. 102,978 111,027 114,294 22,013 25,947 27,708

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