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Cooperative Extension Service

Georgia Department of Agriculture

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AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
Stephens Federal Building Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30601 Phone: (706)546-2236

135-98-31

Publication No. USPS 383-970

Week Ending October 11, 1998

Released 4 P.M. Tuesday, October 13, 1998

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CROP HIGHLIGHTS
Showers brought rain to most areas of the State limiting harvest of row crops and planting of small grains during the week, according to the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service. Soil moisture levels across the State were mostly adequate, with isolated areas in the northern part of the State still short. Despite the rain delay, most row crop condition ratings improved from the previous week.
Corn harvest is nearing completion and is now equal to last year. Condition ratings for cotton improved slightly from last week. Cotton harvest made some progress during the week, but is a few days behind the five year average. Harvest was delayed by rains and wet soils, however farmers returned to the fields as conditions allowed. Defoliating cotton fields remains active where possible.
Peanut harvest fell further behind normal last week. Condition ratings on fields yet to be harvested,is mostly fair or better, little changed from last week. Many producers continue digging peanuts despite wet conditions. Soybean harvest is underway, with progress slightly ahead of the five year average. Slightly over 80 % of the acreage remaining for harvest is in the fair to very poor range, slightly less than last week. Sorghum harvest made very little progress, but remains a couple of days ahead of the five year average. The crop condition rating remained steady.

CROP CONDITION--OCTOBER 9, 1998

Very

Excel-

Crop

Poor Poor Fair Good lent

--Percentage--

Cotton

10 24 40

23

3

Hay

9 20 42

27

2

Peanuts

6 13 36

36

9

Soybeans 18 28 37

16

1

Pecans

14 26 35

23

2

Pasture

7 16 40

33

4

CROP PROGRESS Oct. 11, Oct. 11, 5 Year 1998 1997 Avg. --Percentage--

Corn, Harvested

for Grain

97

Cotton, Bolls Open

85

Cotton, Harvested

23

Peanuts, Dug

62

Peanuts, Threshed

43

Rye, Planted

32

Sorghum, Harvested

for Grain

67

Soybeans,

Dropping Leaves

71

Soybeans, Harvested

7

Wheat, Planted

4

Wheat, Emerged

1

Olh~r,Small Grains,

Plar)~,d

16

Appl~'; Harvested

73

Pecans, Harvested

5

97

95

82

87

19

27

89

84

77

71

28

29

53

63

83

74

11

6

3

4

1

2

16

18

81

84

5

4

Small grain seeding made good progress, but is slightly trailing the five year average. Wheat planting is underway. Apple harvest continues to lag nearly a week behind last year and average. Pecan conditions improved for the week with harvest slightly ahead of the five year average. Rains from the past week proved beneficial to pasture and hay fields, as condition ratings are mostly fair or better. Armyworms are still causing damage to fields in the central part of the State.
County Extension Officials reported 4.4 days suitable for field work. Other activities included over seeding pastures, spraying fall vegetables, planting rye and soil sampling..

Very Short Short Adequate Surplus

SOIL MOISTURE

Oct. 9, Oct. 9,

1998

1997

5 Year Ayg.

2

12

14

13

44

17

64

43

45

21

1

24

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GEORGIA WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING MIDNIGHT, SUNDAY OCTOBER 11, 19981/

AIR TEMPERATURE

EXTREME

WEEKLY WEEKLY

RAIN

30 DAY 60 DAY SEASON

AVG. 4 INCH
SOIL

ALMA

89

54

73

0.41

2

4.24

7.05

45.16

77

ARLINGTON

87

50

69

0.68

1

3.04

11.40

46.48

76

ATTAPULGUS

87

49

71

0.00

0

9.23

14.99

47.45

80

BLAIRSVILLE

77

39

60

2.03

4

4.76

7.33

46.06

71

CALHOUN

86

38

65

0.74

1

1.01

2.15

37.08

72

CAMILLA

87

51

71

0.07

1

9.23

16.34

42.51

77

CORDELE

89

54

71

1.56

2

3.78

9.11

43.81

78

DAWSON

86

52

69

0.22

2

5.76

15.93

54.93

77

DUBLIN

87

53

70

0.53

2

3.74

11.60

43.60

76

DULUTH

85

44

65

0.15

3

1.12

4.08

41.95

73

EATONTON

84

45

66

1.77

3

4.00

8.51

39.10

73

ELLIJAY

78

40

62

1.18

3

2.49

5.05

43.16

69

FORT VALLEY

87

49

69

0.02

1

1.87

4.25

26.25

75

GAINESVILLE

81

47

66

0.85

3

1.28

5.74

32.01

72

GRIFFIN

84

44

66

0.45

2

2.05

7.72

43.08

74

JONESBORO

85

44

66

0.67

3

3.42

5.07

40.87

73

LAFAYETTE

84

41

64

0.00

0

0.85

3.19

30.95

70

MIDVILLE

84

56

71

1.14

4

3.18

9.75

43.13

81

PLAINS

85

48

68

0.22

2

4.90

12.64

51.53

76

ROME

84

45

66

0.86

1

2.93

4.94

39.17

72

ROOPVILLE

84

44

65

2.32

1

4.36

9.08

47.91

72

SAVANNAH

87

52

71

0.24

3

7.57

12.54

49.03

80

STATESBORO

84

51

69

0.76

2

4.73

10.62

50.33

77

TIFTON

87

52

72

0.02

2

4.32

10.15

41.16

76

VALDOSTA

89

54

74

0.36

2

6.16

10.40

37.16

79

WATKINSVILLE

84

49

67

2.39

3

3.27

7.14

47.41

73

WILLIAMSON

84

44

65

0.57

2

2.07

4.37

33.25

73

1/ Weather data supplied by Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network and the office of the State Climatologist. University of Georgia. NA - Not Available.

SOIL MOISTURE DELINEATION FOR FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1998

BLAIRSVILLE 2.03 LAFAYETTE 0,00

CALHOUN 0,74 ROME 0.86

DULUTH 0.15

DUNWOODY

JONESBORO 0.67

ROOPVILLE 2.32 GRIFFIN 0,45

SHORT TO MOSTLY ADEQUATE

DUBLIN 0.53 FORT VALLEY 0.02

CORDELE 1.56

PLAINS 0.22 DAWSON 0.22 TIFTON 0.02

ALMA 0.41

BLUFFTON ARLINGTON 0.68
ATTAPULGUS 0,00

CAMILLA 0.07 VALDOSTA 0.36

MOSTLY ADEQUATE TO SURPLUS

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