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Weekly Ag Update

Issue 55-38

September 12, 2005



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Crop Weather




CROP SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPTEMBER 11, 2005


NEW MEXICO: There were 6.2 days suitable for field work. Topsoil moisture was 4% very short, 32% short, 60% adequate and 4% surplus. Wind damage was 1% light and 5% moderate. Farmers were busy planting wheat, harvesting crops and controlling weeds. Alfalfa was in mostly fair to excellent condition with 97% of the fourth cutting complete, 70% of the fifth cutting complete and 22% of the sixth cutting complete. Cotton was in mostly fair to excellent condition with 45% bolls opening. Corn was in mostly fair to excellent condition with 82% dented, 38% mature and 57% harvested for silage. Sorghum was in mostly fair to good condition with 100% headed, 40% colored and 5% mature. Wheat was 51% planted. Peanuts were in fair to good condition. Lettuce was in fair to excellent condition and was 90% planted. Chile was 70% harvested and was in mostly fair to excellent condition. Apples were in very poor to fair condition and were 25% harvested. Pecans were in fair to excellent condition. Ranchers were busy branding and preparing calves to market. Cattle were reported as 4% poor, 17% fair, 54% good and 25% excellent. Sheep were 6% very poor, 11% poor, 23% fair, 43% good and 17% excellent. Range and pasture conditions were 3% very poor, 16% poor, 32% fair, 39% good and 10% excellent.

                                                                                                                                                 

CROP PROGRESS PERCENTAGES WITH COMPARISONS

CROP PROGRESS

 

This Week

Last Week

Last Year

5-Year Average

    APPLES

Harvested

25

N/A

N/A

22

    CHILE

Harvested-Green

70

54

83

75

    CORN

Denting

82

75

85

91

    CORN

Mature

38

15

38

48

    CORN SILAGE

Harvested

57

52

71

69

    COTTON

Opening Bolls

45

20

46

54

    LETTUCE

Planted

90

85

100

98

    SORGHUM

Mature

5

4

4

2

    SORGHUM

Coloring

40

30

40

45

    WHEAT

Planted

51

38

71

51

 


CROP AND LIVESTOCK CONDITION PERCENTAGES

 

Very Poor Poor

Poor

Fair

Good

Excellent

Alfalfa

--

4

28

40

28

Apples

50

30

20

--

--

Chile

--

9

26

55

10

Corn

--

1

20

63

16

Cotton

--

7

7

45

41

Lettuce

--

--

20

40

40

Peanuts

--

--

14

52

34

Pecan

--

--

15

26

59

Sorghum (All)

--

6

35

57

2

Cattle

--

4

17

54

25

Sheep

6

11

23

43

17

Range/Pasture

3

16

32

39

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOIL MOISTURE PERCENTAGES

 

Very

Short

Short

Adequate

Surplus

Northwest 

10

48

40

2

Northeast 

1

26

73

--

Southwest

10

80

10

0

Southeast

--

5

82

13

State Current

4

32

60

4

State-Last Week

6

33

60

1

State-Last Year

12

39

49

--

State-5-Yr Avg.

33

37

29

1

 


WEATHER SUMMARY

 

For the week, temperatures averaged 1 to 7 degrees above normal most locations, with the greatest departures above normal across the northwest and north portions of the state. Moist southerly flow early in the week provided ample moisture for slow moving thunderstorms. Flash flooding was reported across the east, south and southwest early in the week. Gran Quivira reported 2.10 inches on Monday, Las Cruces received nearly 3 inches on Tuesday, while Capulin measured over a inch of rain on both Monday and Tuesday. By mid week drier southwest flow dominated all but the northwest corner of the state where flash flooding was reported Wednesday and Thursday.

 

NEW MEXICO WEATHER CONDITIONS - SEPTEMBER 5 - 11, 2005

 

Temperature

Precipitation

Station

Mean

Maximum

Minimum

09/05

09/11

09/01

09/11

Normal

Sep

01/01

   09/11

Normal

Jan-Sep

Farmington

72.6

89

54

0.14

0.15

0.97

7.29

6.33

Gallup

68.2

81

53

0.67

0.87

1.31

11.24

9.67

Capulin

63.4

81

42

2.81

2.81

2.22

16.04

15.30

Chama

60.5

80

37

1.51

1.62

2.23

24.66

16.13

Johnson Ranch

64.9

86

47

0.00

0.34

1.33

6.96

9.05

Las Vegas

64.9

81

48

0.13

0.93

2.40

14.25

16.27

Los Alamos

63.7

76

51

0.38

0.76

2.12

17.43

15.30

Raton

66.6

84

44

1.28

1.30

1.61

15.12

14.64

Red River

56.1

74

36

0.59

0.68

1.66

19.77

16.69

Santa Fe

67.2

85

47

0.59

0.97

1.51

10.51

11.54

Clayton

70.6

85

53

1.25

1.32

1.77

14.29

13.38

Clovis

71.8

88

54

0.02

0.79

2.16

15.28

14.90

Roy

67.4

82

53

0.00

1.04

1.90

17.28

13.74

Tucumcari

74.6

88

60

0.00

2.93

1.47

16.82

12.45

Grants

67.4

88

49

0.41

0.76

1.56

6.94

8.51

Quemado

64.9

81

43

1.05

1.76

1.73

12.19

11.41

Albuquerque

73.1

85

62

1.16

1.27

1.00

8.73

7.06

Carrizozo

67.6

83

50

1.58

1.90

1.88

13.16

10.12

Socorro

71.4

85

53

0.20

0.29

1.53

6.75

7.37

Gran Quivera

66.3

80

49

2.37

2.39

1.95

14.20

12.74

Moriarty

65.2

82

45

0.20

0.43

1.61

8.50

10.67

Ruidoso

60.8

77

43

0.72

0.93

2.50

15.80

17.53

Carlsbad

75.6

94

56

0.24

0.38

2.75

8.39

10.74

Roswell

72.9

88

56

0.06

0.85

1.87

10.91

10.64

Tatum

70.7

89

49

0.00

0.00

2.36

10.05

13.53

Alamogordo

75.1

87

62

0.20

0.29

1.99

10.60

9.91

Animas

74.6

87

62

1.17

1.27

1.68

8.87

8.76

Deming

75.3

90

59

0.16

0.17

1.63

5.98

8.11

Las Cruces

76.6

94

60

2.93

3.09

1.36

9.49

7.28

T or C

74.0

89

59

1.24

2.61

1.08

10.48

7.67

(T) Trace (-) No Report (*) Correction

All reports based on preliminary data. Precipitation data corrected monthly from official observation forms.