tn-crop-weather State Tennessee Crop Weather Week Ending Date June 28, 2009 Agricultural Summary Warm, dry conditions across the state last week aided farmers in making excellent progress with wheat harvest. Wheat growers more than doubled their harvest progress from the previous week. After earlier delays, this year's harvest pace trails the 5-year average by only two days. These weather conditions also allowed soybean farmers to plant an additional 18 percent of the acreage last week. The cotton crop is squaring, but not yet setting bolls. The majority of the state's row crops were rated in fair-to-good condition. Tobacco growers were able to advance their transplanting progress, and only 5 percent of the crop remains to be transplanted. Virtually all of the state's hay acreage has been cut for the first time. There were 6 days considered suitable for fieldwork. Topsoil moisture levels were rated 9 percent very short, 23 percent short, 64 percent adequate, and 4 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels were rated 6 percent very short, 21 percent short, 68 percent adequate, and 5 percent surplus. Temperatures for the week averaged slightly above to above normal while precipitation averaged below normal across the entire state. Crop Progress Table CROP PROGRESS: This Last 5-Year Week Week 2008 Avg Corn - Silking 27 9 26 52 Cotton - Squaring 40 26 32 68 Hay - First Cutting 96 91 99 98 Soybeans - Planted 87 69 92 95 Soybeans - Emerged 70 53 78 87 Soybeans - Blooming 5 n/a 9 16 Tobacco - Transplanted 95 89 96 96 Winter Wheat - Ripe 99 93 99 99 Winter Wheat - Harvested 85 38 88 91 Crop Condition Table CROP CONDITION: Very Pr Poor Fair Good Exc Corn 6 10 27 45 12 Cotton 1 5 29 60 5 Range and Pasture 3 9 24 52 12 Soybeans 2 3 21 62 12 Tobacco 0 2 17 65 16 County Agent Comments "Finally a good break in the weather, although we are now starting to need rain, as corn is tasseling and silking. Wheat cutting and bean planting are the two main events happening at this time. Tomato crop is starting to show evidence of a wet spring." James Griffin, Lauderdale County "Mid 90's and humidity is beginning to dry fields. Horn and face flies have been really bad on cows and most cattle producers are fly tagging with insecticide tags or spraying cows. Corn planting is done and soybean planting will finish this weekend. About half the corn acres went to soybean acres." Steve Glass, Decatur County "With the official arrival of summer the weather took a dramatic turn to extreme heat and dry conditions. Soybean planting has stalled as farmers are waiting on soil moisture. Corn is starting to show signs of heat and drought stress and pastures are now in decline. Rain would now be a welcome sight." Calvin Bryant, Lawrence County "Conditions have drastically changed over the last 10 days. No measurable rainfall has been recorded in about two weeks. Corn ground is really drying fast and lack of moisture is very noticeable across fields. Pastures have stopped growing. Some beef producers are already talking about the possibility of having to feed hay very soon if we do not get any rain." Kevin Rose, Giles County "Heat and dry weather is causing concerns. Some reports of feeding hay. Water in some creeks is gone." John Teague, Bedford County "Producers took advantage of hot, dry weather during the last part of the week to make excellent progress with wheat harvest. Yields are running average at best with poor test weights in several fields. Second cutting of hay is ready to harvest and is an excellent crop. Flies have been reported by cattle producers across the county with controls being applied. A few scattered cases of "pink eye" in young cattle have been reported. Burley tobacco is making good progress." Bob Sliger, Monroe County For the Period: Monday June 22, 2009 To: Sunday June 28, 2009 TEMPERATURE ------------ PRECIPITATION ------------ ----------- CURR RAIN SINCE SINCE STATION HI LO AVG DFN WEEK DAYS JAN 1 DFN APR 1 DFN ------- -- -- -- -- ----- --- ----- ----- ----- ---- West Ames_Plantation 97 62 82 +6 0.08 1 29.71 +1.92 17.26 +3.24 Brownsville_TN 98 72 86 +8 0.10 1 26.92 -0.95 16.64 +2.57 Covington 96 70 84 +6 0.14 1 28.45 +0.84 16.89 +2.96 Dyersburg 100 72 86 +8 0.00 0 29.65 +3.65 20.89 +7.71 Huntingdon_Wate 96 70 84 +8 0.20 1 31.52 +4.30 18.68 +5.22 Jackson_Exp_Stn 97 70 84 +8 0.33 1 25.89 -1.77 14.77 +0.39 Lexington_TN 96 68 82 +6 0.34 2 26.45 +0.10 16.38 +3.22 Martin 98 73 86 +10 0.14 2 30.29 +3.22 17.65 +3.82 Memphis_AG 98 70 85 +5 0.01 1 27.65 +0.39 14.06 +0.29 Milan 98 69 85 +9 0.00 0 25.45 -2.73 14.48 -0.08 Paris 94 69 82 +7 0.05 1 28.13 +1.42 15.23 +2.03 Savannah_6SW 96 66 83 +5 0.00 0 25.41 -5.06 13.59 -1.42 Selmer 96 67 83 +7 0.10 2 24.21 -5.74 13.66 -1.05 Union_City 96 72 84 +8 0.00 0 32.52 +5.51 20.61 +6.78 Middle Clarksville_Sew 96 68 82 +7 0.15 1 28.50 +2.45 15.00 +2.60 Cookeville 92 62 78 +4 3.02 2 33.13 +4.18 18.99 +5.07 Crossville_AP 88 61 76 +5 0.49 4 36.17 +7.40 22.07 +8.32 Dickson_AG 91 65 78 +3 0.26 1 30.04 +1.96 17.27 +3.20 Dover_1W 94 69 82 +8 0.50 2 34.33 +7.30 19.96 +6.83 Fayetteville_TN 97 64 82 +7 0.00 0 24.69 -3.78 12.69 -0.50 Jamestown 87 60 75 +4 1.97 4 35.82 +8.04 21.72 +7.78 Kingston_Spring 95 65 81 +6 0.53 1 28.90 +2.06 16.63 +3.76 Lawrenceburg_Fl 94 65 80 +7 0.00 0 20.50 -8.82 11.31 -2.19 Lewisburg 96 60 80 +6 0.13 2 24.16 -4.31 15.17 +1.28 Linden 95 64 81 +6 1.00 2 29.29 +0.04 19.48 +5.22 Livingston_WLIV 92 63 78 +5 1.71 2 31.33 +4.81 17.19 +4.19 Murfreesboro_5N 95 64 81 +6 0.20 3 28.51 +1.30 17.33 +3.90 Nashville_Metro 95 69 83 +6 0.32 1 27.47 +2.65 17.13 +4.55 Oneida 90 59 76 +6 0.99 2 31.89 +4.07 20.31 +6.36 Portland_TN 94 69 81 +7 0.74 3 31.81 +4.74 17.71 +3.94 Pulaski_Water_P 95 64 80 +4 0.03 1 23.29 -5.43 13.08 -0.25 Shelbyville 98 64 82 +6 0.04 1 24.25 -4.09 13.35 -0.11 Sparta_TN 95 61 79 +6 0.52 2 33.66 +5.54 18.54 +4.99 Springfield 94 67 81 +6 0.95 3 28.57 +2.67 18.92 +5.89 Springhill 95 63 80 +6 0.33 3 28.03 -0.78 17.44 +3.24 Tullahoma 95 63 81 +6 0.12 2 25.64 -4.07 14.03 +0.29 East Chattanooga/Lov 98 67 84 +8 0.02 1 23.84 -3.81 10.69 -1.23 Cleveland_6NNE 94 64 79 +5 0.74 2 27.49 -1.09 17.18 +4.16 Dayton 94 65 81 +6 0.42 1 28.79 -0.34 18.24 +5.13 Erwin_1W 88 56 74 +4 0.18 2 24.18 -0.30 15.62 +2.65 Gatlinburg_2SW 89 58 74 +3 1.53 2 32.16 +4.07 19.43 +5.28 Greeneville 91 57 75 +2 0.32 3 22.71 +1.19 13.54 +2.71 Kingston_AG 92 65 79 +6 0.36 2 30.27 +0.40 17.12 +3.33 Knoxville_AP 92 65 79 +4 1.25 2 28.65 +3.79 15.76 +4.22 Newcomb 91 61 77 +6 0.52 2 34.24 +6.42 20.62 +6.67 Norris_4NE 91 60 75 +2 0.40 2 32.35 +5.26 18.31 +5.11 Tri-City_RGNL_A 90 55 75 +3 0.10 1 21.00 +0.21 10.86 +0.44 Copyright 2009: AWIS Inc. All Rights Reserved The USDA NASS, Tennessee Field Office gratefully acknowledges contributions to this publication by: National Weather Service and the University of Tennessee's Extension. More information contact: Debra K. Kenerson; State Director 615-781-5300.