Released: September 6, 2022	
                                                                            Issue: 26-22 	

In Cooperation with: 
U.S. Dept. of Commerce - NOAA 
Virginia Tech
Virginia State University
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

USDA, NASS, Virginia Field Office
Herman Ellison, State Statistician
601 W Broadway, Rm 645
Louisville, KY 40202
(502) 907-3250 or 1-800-928-5277 
Homepage: http://www.nass.usda.gov/va

Crop Progress and Condition

Agricultural News:  Days suitable for fieldwork were 6.1.  Weather conditions were warm with average high temperatures mostly in the upper 80s. Precipitation was limited. Some fields are showing signs of drought stress. There are some areas of abnormally dry and moderate drought conditions in the State. Farming activities for the week included harvesting corn for silage and harvesting tobacco. 

SOIL MOISTURE for week ending 9/04/22	
	Very Short	Short	Adequate	Surplus	
	%	%	%	%	
Topsoil	9	30	61	-	
Subsoil	2	32	64	2	

                    - Represents zero.   

CROP and LIVESTOCK CONDITIONS for week ending 9/04/22	
Crop	Very
Poor	Poor	Fair	Good	Excellent	
	%	%	%	%	%	
Apples	-	10	41	48	1	
Corn	1	4	21	57	17	
Cotton	-	-	15	75	10	
Hay, Alfalfa	-	3	24	67	6	
Hay, Other	2	15	36	43	4	
Peanuts	-	-	6	80	14	
Soybeans	4	8	31	52	5	
Pasture	1	13	34	45	7	
Livestock	-	4	22	66	8	
-	 Represents zero.

CROP PROGRESS for week ending 9/04/22
Crop Stage	
This 
Week	
Last 
Week	
Last 
Year	
5-Yr 
Avg	

%	
%	
%	
%	

 Apples harvested	
40	
35	
35	
47	

Corn dented	
97	
94	
85	
88	

Corn mature	
75	
59	
41	
56	

Corn for grain harvested	
23	
9	
11	
20	

Corn for silage harvested	
76	
62	
59	
64	

Cotton bolls opening	
43	
34	
15	
24	

Soybeans setting pods	
96	
91	
85	
83	

Soybeans dropping leaves	
10	
1	
7	
5	

Tobacco, Flue-cured harvested	
82	
75	
51	
57	

        - Represents zero or data not available.

APPLES HARVESTED for week ending 9/04/22

COTTON BOLLS OPENING for week ending 9/04/22

TOBACCO FLUE-CURED HARVESTED for week ending 9/04/22

Weather Summary- For the week ending September 4, 2022
City	Temperature	Precipitation	
	Avg.
high	Avg.
low	Avg.
mean	Avg. dep. from normal *	Last Week	Since Sept 1 	Sept 1
dep. from normal *	Jan. 1, 2022
to
date	Jan. 1, 2022
 dep. from normal *	
Lynchburg	88.3	63.7	76.0	+3.7	0.39	0.00	-0.5	33.20	+3.9	
Norfolk	88.3	72.0	80.1	+2.8	0.00	0.00	-0.8	27.26	-7.0	
Richmond	91.6	66.9	79.2	+3.9	0.01	0.00	-0.6	27.71	-3.9	
Roanoke	87.1	65.1	76.1	+2.3	0.40	0.40	-0.1	30.52	+0.3	
Wash/Dulles	89.4	65.1	77.3	+3.9	0.16	0.00	-0.5	27.46	-2.2	

                          

*Normals value based on 1991-2020 normals data. Source: NOAA Southeast Regional Climate Center https://www.sercc.com/.