ga-crop-weather State Georgia Crop Weather Week Ending Date October 22, 2007 Issue GA-CW4207 Agricultural Summary October 22, 2007 SLIGHT RAINFALL LATE THIS WEEK Rain arrived late this week, according to the USDA, NASS, Georgia Field Office. Average high temperatures were in the mid-70's to the upper 80's. Average lows ranged from the upper-40's to the mid-60's. Soil moisture conditions were rated at 33% very short, 31% short, 32% adequate, and 4% surplus. The rainfall was a welcome sight for producers with small grains, pastures, and those waiting to dig peanuts. The rain hurt producers who had peanuts already dug, cotton ready for harvest, and those in the midst of harvesting. Some peanuts still need time to mature. Most cotton was ready to pick. Peanut and cotton yields look good so far. Small grain and winter grazing planting slowed due to drought conditions. Pond and stream levels remained extremely low and there have been reports of shallow wells going dry. Livestock producers continued feeding hay to livestock due to poor pasture conditions. Worm infestations were reported in some pastures, although they will likely go untreated. Other activities included cotton defoliation and harvesting, digging and combining peanuts, cutting and baling hay, and harvesting corn for grain. County Extension Agents reported an average of 6.0 days suitable for fieldwork. Crop Progress for Week Ending 10/21/07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Stage : This Week : Prev Week : Prev Year : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Soybeans Dropping Leaves : 71 51 84 83 Soybeans Harvested : 10 5 20 16 Sorghum Harvested : 39 32 66 61 Cotton Bolls Opening : 92 86 97 95 Cotton Harvested : 22 13 46 38 Winter Wheat Planted : 10 7 10 11 Winter Wheat Emerged : 2 0 3 4 Apples Harvested : 54 51 69 79 Peanuts Dug : 62 41 69 82 Peanuts Combined : 45 27 55 67 Pecans Harvested : 8 3 8 7 Rye Planted : 42 31 44 43 Other Small Grains Planted : 35 26 39 34 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop Condition for Week Ending 10/21/07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Crop :Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good :Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Soybeans : 6 11 41 36 6 Sorghum : 8 11 32 44 5 Cotton : 7 14 35 36 8 Range and Pasture : 30 28 23 17 2 Hay : 33 28 23 15 1 Peanuts : 5 9 28 47 11 Pecans : 8 9 25 38 20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 10/21/07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : This Week :Previous Week : 5 Year Avg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : Very Short : 33 36 7 Short : 31 33 26 Adequate : 32 29 60 Surplus : 4 2 8 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Topsoil Moisture for Week Ending 10/21/07, by District -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District : Very Short : Short : Adequate : Surplus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : District 1 (NW) : 78 22 0 0 District 2 (NC) : 51 46 3 0 District 3 (NE) : 84 16 0 0 District 4 (WC) : 32 32 34 2 District 5 (C) : 38 39 23 0 District 6 (EC) : 27 41 27 5 District 7 (SW) : 28 17 43 12 District 8 (SC) : 6 29 60 5 District 9 (SE) : 0 18 77 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * A list of the counties in each of the nine Georgia Agricultural Statistics Districts is available at http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga/ctyests/districts.pdf. Pasture Condition for Week Ending 10/21/07, by District -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- District : Very Poor : Poor : Fair : Good : Excellent -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent : District 1 (NW) : 59 32 9 0 0 District 2 (NC) : 47 40 13 0 0 District 3 (NE) : 55 37 8 0 0 District 4 (WC) : 34 34 19 13 0 District 5 (C) : 29 26 19 20 6 District 6 (EC) : 10 35 43 12 0 District 7 (SW) : 27 29 31 7 6 District 8 (SC) : 5 13 35 46 1 District 9 (SE) : 1 2 29 66 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * A list of the counties in each of the nine Georgia Agricultural Statistics Districts is available at http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga/ctyests/districts.pdf. Weather Summary for Week Ending 10/21/07, by Station Location ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Temperature : Precipitation : Location :-----------------:---------------------------------------:Soil : Max : Min : Avg :Weekly : Days :30 Day :60 Day : Season :Temp ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Albany : 88 51 71 1.34 2 2.12 8.68 32.64 76 Alma : 86 53 71 0.75 2 4.58 11.12 33.55 74 Alpharetta : 81 43 66 0.10 2 0.72 2.58 21.60 68 Arlington : 89 47 69 1.71 3 2.15 5.99 30.85 72 Attapulgus : 85 52 69 4.05 2 5.38 9.38 25.28 74 Blairsville : 76 36 63 0.70 2 0.85 3.74 27.79 67 Williamson : 81 43 67 0.59 2 1.54 6.10 27.73 69 Bowen : 84 51 70 1.50 3 3.21 10.71 28.02 75 Brunswick : 91 60 74 0.66 3 1.94 8.04 30.62 76 Byromville : 86 50 70 0.60 2 1.14 9.10 29.87 72 Byron : 83 47 68 0.27 3 1.34 9.94 32.14 72 Cairo : 85 53 70 4.06 2 6.72 12.18 32.70 74 Calhoun : 83 37 66 0.31 2 1.11 4.03 19.04 69 Pine Mountain : 84 46 67 1.27 1 1.69 7.74 32.77 70 Camilla : 87 50 71 2.73 4 3.82 8.28 32.82 74 Clarks Hill : 87 44 68 0.26 2 1.75 4.35 23.43 71 Cordele : 88 48 70 1.30 2 1.84 6.98 29.49 73 Covington : 83 45 67 0.42 1 1.17 4.44 25.11 70 Dahlonega : 75 41 64 0.73 2 2.27 4.28 25.57 66 Dallas : 80 43 67 0.09 1 0.62 4.01 23.43 69 Dawson : 88 48 70 1.40 2 1.59 4.04 20.01 74 Dearing : 85 49 69 0.33 2 0.99 2.65 20.54 73 Dempsey : 81 46 67 0.39 2 1.37 6.24 22.34 70 Dixie : 85 53 70 2.73 3 5.87 11.54 36.64 75 Dublin : 85 47 69 0.35 2 1.24 5.01 32.71 73 Duluth : 80 41 66 0.04 2 0.61 3.96 25.92 70 Dunwoody : 80 45 67 0.06 2 1.72 5.14 28.89 68 Eatonton : 84 42 66 0.51 2 0.87 7.02 27.76 71 Elberton : 86 44 68 0.15 3 0.74 2.67 22.98 70 Ellijay : 77 40 63 0.46 2 1.09 3.49 20.00 67 Rome : 83 41 68 0.45 2 1.27 3.80 18.62 69 Fort Valley : 85 50 69 0.35 2 2.62 9.09 27.46 72 Gainesville : 78 47 66 0.05 2 0.59 2.66 20.69 71 Georgetown : 89 46 70 2.06 2 2.40 5.39 34.82 75 Griffin : 81 45 67 0.47 2 1.41 6.48 25.61 70 Homerville : 88 52 71 0.45 3 3.96 6.93 32.07 75 Jonesboro : 82 44 66 0.30 2 1.33 6.76 24.05 70 Jeffersonville : 84 49 69 0.17 2 1.02 6.66 29.50 73 Lafayette : 82 40 67 0.25 2 0.34 4.72 21.39 70 McRae : 84 45 68 0.81 2 2.26 9.15 31.96 74 Midville : 86 48 70 0.36 2 1.78 5.81 27.91 74 Newton : 89 51 70 2.85 2 3.68 9.67 29.66 74 Plains : 85 49 69 0.78 2 1.19 7.07 28.59 71 Sasser : 87 49 70 1.45 3 2.04 7.04 31.33 72 Savannah : 92 54 72 0.17 2 3.11 14.65 38.51 76 Skidaway : 82 56 70 0.19 3 6.72 22.51 48.78 74 Sneads : 84 59 72 0.41 4 1.91 3.32 18.12 75 Statesboro : 88 50 70 0.31 2 1.58 6.63 33.81 75 Tifton : 84 55 70 2.26 2 3.20 10.72 29.76 74 Tiger : 75 39 59 0.81 3 1.95 7.87 40.71 66 Valdosta : 87 57 72 1.95 3 3.32 8.78 33.01 74 Vidalia : 86 54 70 0.88 3 4.48 9.94 38.20 74 Roopville : 83 42 67 0.24 2 0.49 6.54 27.37 71 Woodbine : 92 58 72 0.33 1 8.25 13.65 40.69 77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Weather data are supplied by the Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network (AEMN) and the office of the State Climatologist, University of Georgia. For detailed Georgia weather data, visit the AEMN homepage at www.georgiaweather.net. DISTRICT COMMENTS October 21, 2007 DISTRICT 1 - NORTHWEST We continue to miss scattered showers, but some areas getting extremely light rains. DISTRICT 2 - NORTH CENTRAL Light rains on Thursday evening and Friday am but not enough to measure. Received scattered showers across the county; while helpful, producers are still struggling; water supplies for livestock are of particular concern. Rain showers near the end of the week helped but the drought conditions continue - received reports of shallow wells going dry - many livestock producers feeding hay due to short pastures-small grain planting delayed due to dry conditions. Dry! No help in sight. DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST Cloudy skies, cooler temperatures and widely scattered light showers held thing at status quo. DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL No different; too dry to plant winter grazing and small grains; some hay being rolled still. DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL Light showers late in the week. Increased hay feeding to livestock due to declining pasture conditions. Small grain and winter grazing planting slowed due to drought conditions. Pond and stream levels continue to decline. We need rainfall. It's as simple as that. Recent rains and mild temperatures have helped pastures and late season harvest of hay. This was really needed in our area. DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL Missed last rain opportunity, most received in the county was 0.5" but majority of the county got less than 0.25". Very dry, continued warmer than normal. Dryland peanuts going 2000-2400 lbs./A, irrigated going 4,000-5,000 lbs./A. Cotton harvest moving slowly with dryland making 1 bale/A in some places but know of at least 800 acres being mown down for insurance. Irrigated cotton picking 750/800 lbs/A with just a few farms going over 2 bales on irrigated land. Good weather for harvesting MG V, VI and VII soybeans and irrigated beans are going over 60 bu/A. Very dry, too dry to plant winter forage for cattle. DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST We received 2-4 inches of rain on Thursday and Friday. Rain will be good for pastures, last hay cutting and winter grazing. some peanut yield data stated at 4,000 lbs. to 5,000 lbs. with 72 average grades. Rainfall 0.5 inches. DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL Peanuts needed rainfall to dig in dry soil but peanuts already dug didn't need the rain and cotton did not need rainfall. Small grains will benefit. Hay cutting has ceased. Some late corn still has not matured enough to harvest. Peanut yield looking pretty good and cotton yields look good. Peanut prices going up per ton. A lot of interest in wheat and soybeans for next year. Some Mocis Worms eating pastures. Probably want be sprayed. Rainfall is currently hampering harvesting. Much needed rain is falling today, only about 1/2 inch so far. Peanuts are continuing to need time to mature. Cotton is finished and needs harvesting. There is a big phantom crop that has delayed harvest of poor dryland cotton. DISTRICT 9 - SOUTHEAST No comments available.