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Weekly Ag Update

Issue 55-45

October 31, 2005 

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Crop Weather 


CROP SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 30, 2005

NEW MEXICO: There were 6.9 days suitable for field work. Topsoil moisture was 11% very short, 41% short, 46% adequate and 2% surplus. Wind damage was 4% light and 11% moderate. Freeze damage was 2% light. Farmers continued harvesting crops. Alfalfa was in fair to excellent condition, with 95% of the 6th cutting complete, and 50% of the 7th cutting complete. Cotton was in mostly fair to excellent condition, with 97% of bolls opening and 18% harvested. Corn for grain was 90% harvested. Sorghum was in mostly fair to good condition, with 70% mature and 15% harvested for grain. Wheat was in mostly fair to good condition. Peanuts were in mostly fair to good condition with 61% harvested. Lettuce was fair to excellent with 50% harvested. Red chile was in mostly fair to good condition with 55% harvested. Fall onions were 100% planted and in fair to excellent condition. Pecans were in fair to excellent condition. Ranchers are marketing their calves and continue to prepare for the winter months. Cattle conditions were 1% very poor, 2% poor, 33% fair, 55% good, and 9% excellent. Sheep were listed as 9% very poor, 14% poor, 31% fair, 24% good, and 22% excellent. Range and pasture conditions were reported as 6% very poor, 21% poor, 45% fair, 27% good and 1% excellent. 

 
CROP PROGRESS PERCENTAGES WITH COMPARISONS
CROP PROGRESS This Week Last Week Last Year 5-Year Average
    CHILE Harvested-Red 55 34 42 47
    CORN Harvested-Grain 90 73 66 87
    COTTON Opening Bolls 97 94 97 99
    COTTON Harvested 18 15 12 32
    LETTUCE Harvested 50 25 44 51
    ONIONS Planted 100 89 100 95
    PEANUTS Harvested 61 39 43 58
    SORGHUM Mature 70 42 42 78
    SORGHUM Harvested 15 12 10 30

 
 
CROP AND LIVESTOCK CONDITION PERCENTAGES
Very Poor Poor  Poor Fair Good Excellent
Alfalfa -- -- 42 36 22
Chile -- 10 42 39 9
Cotton -- 2 46 40 12
Lettuce -- -- 22 23 55
Peanuts -- 2 37 61 --
Pecan -- -- 33 25 42
Sorghum (All) -- 14 40 43 3
Wheat (All) 8 11 51 27 3
Cattle  1 2 33 55 9
Sheep 9 14 31 24 22
Range/Pasture 6 21 45 27 1
SOIL MOISTURE PERCENTAGES
Very

Short

Short Adequate Surplus
Northwest 10 33 57 --
Northeast 20 51 29 --
Southwest -- -- 100 --
Southeast -- 43 49 8
State Current 11 41 46 2
State-Last Week 4 32 64 --
State-Last Year 11 31 58
State-5-Yr Avg. 27 32 41 --


WEATHER SUMMARY
It was a rather quiet weather week in New Mexico, with only some spotty, mainly light precipitation. Red River (0.51") was the only location that measured over a tenth of an inch of moisture. The total at Red River included about 3 inches of snow. Temperatures for the week ranged from normal in the far west to a few degrees below normal in the east.
 
NEW MEXICO WEATHER CONDITIONS - OCTOBER 24 - 30, 2005
Temperature
Precipitation
Station
Mean 
Maximum Minimum 10/24

10/30

10/01

10/30

Normal

Oct

01/01

   10/30

Normal

Jan-Oct

Farmington 54.1 73 35 0.02 0.91 0.85 8.52 7.18
Gallup 50.0 71 28 0.00 0.52 1.29 11.15 10.96
Capulin 45.9 69 21 0.04 0.69 0.97 17.39 16.27
Chama 46.0 65 25 0.04 2.70 1.96 25.21 18.09
Johnson Ranch 45.6 69 20 0.00 0.46 1.11 9.76 10.16
Las Vegas 48.4 69 29 0.00 0.72 1.51 18.99 17.78
Los Alamos 47.4 62 31 0.01 0.99 1.32 21.10 16.62
Raton 48.4 70 24 0.04 1.25 0.97 20.04 15.61
Red River 39.1 60 22 0.51 2.95 1.46 24.15 18.15
Santa Fe 48.9 68 26 0.01 1.81 1.04 14.04 12.58
Clayton 54.9 73 30 0.00 0.41 0.90 17.03 14.28
Clovis 55.7 77 35 0.00 2.01 1.34 17.42 16.24
Roy 50.5 70 30 0.00 0.40 1.05 18.83 14.79
Tucumcari 55.9 77 35 0.00 0.58 0.94 20.73 13.39
Grants 48.1 68 24 0.00 0.43 1.05 8.60 9.56
Quemado 47.6 73 23 0.00 0.61 1.18 12.50 12.59
Albuquerque 55.1 68 38 0.04 1.03 0.89 11.32 7.95
Carrizozo 51.7 70 30 0.00 1.51 1.19 14.71 11.31
Socorro 53.4 72 33 0.06 1.08 1.11 8.29 8.48
Gran Quivera 51.1 71 33 0.00 1.47 1.27 18.69 14.01
Moriarty 48.0 70 28 0.00 1.01 1.10 11.53 11.77
Ruidoso 45.7 66 25 0.00 2.59 1.31 20.47 18.84
Carlsbad 60.0 82 37 0.00 1.09 1.05 8.90 11.79
Roswell 55.0 75 33 0.00 1.70 1.19 11.42 11.83
Tatum 54.8 77 33 0.00 1.66 1.49 12.03 15.02
Alamogordo 59.7 73 43 0.00 2.09 1.30 12.22 11.21
Animas 59.8 77 44 0.00 1.90 1.15 10.80 9.91
Deming 57.5 77 38 0.00 0.97 0.98 8.09 9.09
Las Cruces 58.6 76 41 0.00 1.57 0.91 10.86 8.19
T or C 57.9 73 40 0.00 1.35 0.95 9.10 8.62
(T) Trace (-) No Report (*) Correction
All reports based on preliminary data. Precipitation data corrected monthly from official observation forms.
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