Georgia weather and crops, 2004 June 20

State Georgia Crop Weather
Week Ending Date June 20, 2004
SCATTERED SHOWERS Welcomed showers fell across the State last week, according to the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service. Scattered showers brought moisture amounts of a trace to over 5 inches of rain. Moisture helped replenish ponds and streams and improved crop conditions. Areas of the State are still in need of more moisture for crops and pastures. County Extension Agents reported and average of 4.7 days suitable for fieldwork.
Frequent showers caused problems for producers trying to control weeds. Fungicides and insecticides were applied to peanuts, cotton and tobacco. Cotton producers sprayed growth regulators and continued side-dressing cotton, as weather permitted. Tobacco plants were topped and Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus remained a problem for tobacco growers.
Vegetable growers neared completion of squash harvest and started harvesting sweet corn and bell peppers. Wheat and hay harvest continued. Rains allowed some producers to replant soybeans and helped recover dry land corn. Other activities included berry harvest, preparation for millet planting, and the routine care of livestock and poultry.

Crop Progress Table
Corn, Silked Corn, Dough Corn, Dent Cotton, Squaring Cotton, Setting Bolls Peanuts, Blooming Peanuts, Pegging Sorghum, Planted Soybeans, Planted Soybeans, Emerged Soybeans, Blooming Tobacco, Harvested Wheat, Harvested for Grain Watermelons, Harvested Peaches, Harvested

Jun 20, 2004 76 33 3 51 4 54 16 77 93 85 7 2 93 23 39

Prev Week
69 18
1 31
1 36
8 68 87 75
3 1 83 9 29

Prev Year
71 29
3 49
6 48 12 84 85 70
3 3 78 21 35

5 Year Avg 74 38 10 46 9 50 19 84 83 70 5 4 89 24 37

Crop Condition Table

June 20, 2004

Crop

Very Poor

Corn

2

Cotton

1

Hay

2

Peanuts

0

Sorghum

0

Soybeans

1

Tobacco

5

Watermelons 1

Apples

0

Peaches

0

Pecans

2

Pasture

3

Poor Fair Good

--Percentage--

13

30

46

4

28

53

16

41

38

1

29

56

10

39

44

5

41

51

21

42

29

6

40

44

4

24

56

18

24

52

9

44

42

15

35

39

Excellent
9 14
3 14
7 2 3 9 16 6 3 8

Pasture Condition Table - District* Level

June 20, 2004

Very Poor Poor Fair Good Excellent

--Percentage--

Dist 1(NW)

4

12

52

32

0

Dist 2(NC)

0

5

25

68

2

Dist 3(NE)

6

39

33

22

0

Dist 4(WC)

1

11

38

44

6

Dist 5(C)

1

24

50

25

0

Dist 6(EC)

2

15

57

24

2

Dist 7(SW)

0

5

28

61

6

Dist 8(SC)

1

12

34

44

9

Dist 9(SE)

0

13

35

46

6

*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.

Soil Moisture Table

Jun 20, 2004 Prev Year

--Percentages--

Very Short

5

0

Short

21

2

Adequate

66

56

Surplus

8

42

5 Year Avg
16 24 47 13

Soil Moisture Table - District Level

June 20, 2004

Very Short Short Adequate

--Percentages--

Dist 1(NW)

6

43

51

Dist 2(NC)

1

34

61

Dist 3(NE)

2

69

29

Dist 4(WC)

13

15

71

Dist 5(C)

12

28

58

Dist 6(EC)

1

27

67

Dist 7(SW)

0

7

71

Dist 8(SC)

2

14

78

Dist 9(SE)

4

5

78

Surplus
0 4 0 1 2 5 22 6 13

Weather Information Table

GEORGIA WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING MIDNIGHT, SUNDAY

JUNE 20, 2004 1/

2004

Air Temperature

Precipitation Totals

Extreme Weekly Rain

30

60

Soil

Location

Max Min AvG Weekly Day Day

Day Season Temp

ALMA

94 71 79 2.04 6 4.52

6.76 14.67 81

ALPHARETTA

91 69 77 1.19 6 3.04

6.73 17.52 80

ARLINGTON

94 70 79 1.87 6 4.73

9.91 19.08 83

ATTAPULGUS

94 70 79 1.44 5 6.06

8.42 19.11 83

BLAIRSVILLE

87 64 74 1.34 2 4.15

9.34 21.09 77

BRUNSWICK

94 71 80 1.67 3 2.94

7.46 16.92 82

BYRON

95 70 78 3.24 4 3.75

6.32 15.72 80

CAIRO

95 71 79 1.79 5 5.33

7.71 17.54 80

CALHOUN

92 68 78 3.25 5 4.46

9.17 19.99 82

CAMILLA

94 71 80 1.66 4 3.20

7.71 17.38 85

CORDELE

94 71 80 2.73 5 4.56

9.87 15.15 83

COVINGTON

92 69 78 2.15 6 4.07

6.83 17.03 82

DAHLONEGA

88 66 75 1.12 5 3.37

5.83 18.41 77

DALLAS

89 68 77 1.22 4 3.33

7.33 21.86 81

DAWSON

94 70 79 4.11 5 6.95 10.04 17.98 82

DEARING

96 71 80 1.28 6 6.29 10.25 19.42 80

DEMPSEY

91 68 77 2.75 4 4.00

7.28 17.07 80

DIXIE

94 70 80 1.08 3 4.03

8.54 18.21 84

DUBLIN

95 70 79 3.92 5 5.55

9.11 17.28 84

DULUTH

92 69 77 2.05 6 5.69

7.11 17.98 79

DUNWOODY

90 68 77 2.95 5 3.92

7.44 18.52 81

EATONTON

92 68 78 1.79 4 4.83

6.98 15.99 83

ELLIJAY

88 65 75 1.93 5 3.33

8.34 19.81 79

FORT VALLEY

94 71 78 2.13 4 3.07

5.83 13.51 82

GAINESVILLE

90 70 78 0.41 5 1.02

5.96 16.11 78

GEORGETOWN

94 70 79 4.73 5 6.63

9.99 18.06 84

GRIFFIN

91 69 77 2.54 6 3.44

7.55 16.91 79

HOMERVILLE

96 69 79 3.21 4 6.81

9.97 19.14 82

JACKSONVILLE 94 70 78 3.98 5 4.78

7.45 18.63 82

JONESBORO

92 69 78 2.72 6 3.82

5.86 15.73 80

LAFAYETTE

93 67 77 0.22 4 2.26

4.29 17.26 74

MIDVILLE

93 71 79 2.82 3 4.03

7.66 20.10 84

NAHUNTA

96 70 79 5.78 4 9.06 11.86 22.60 83

NEWTON

93 70 79 1.55 5 3.68

6.97 18.71 85

PINE MOUNTAIN 92 68 77 4.29 6 6.01 10.27 20.88 79

PLAINS

93 70 78 2.86 5 4.59

8.08 17.61 82

ROME

91 69 77 1.80 6 3.51

9.44 23.77 80

ROOPVILLE

92 64 76 1.86 5 2.77

5.22 17.34 80

SAVANNAH

97 69 78 8.01 5 9.83 12.65 21.67 80

SNEADS

93 74 80 1.02 5 2.66

7.68 18.84 86

STATESBORO

95 70 79 1.86 4 2.48

5.03 13.31 85

TIFTON

93 71 80 0.96 2 5.49 10.02 23.43 79

VALDOSTA

95 71 80 1.06 3 3.51

7.16 15.88 86

VIDALIA

94 70 79 3.48 3 5.15

7.88 16.82 83

WATKINSVILLE 92 69 79 0.14 4 3.64

6.98 16.77 82

WILLIAMSON

91 68 76 3.07 6 4.58

8.11 15.99 81

1/ Weather data supplied by 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,

www.georgiaweather.net. NA - not available.

District Highlights These comments are written by the Georgia County Extension Agents, and have been complied and edited by the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service.
DISTRICT COMMENTS June 20, 2004
DISTRICT 1 - NORTHWEST Rains were very scattered. Most were around but not here in the county.
DISTRICT 2 - NORTH CENTRAL Heavy rains in scattered thunderstorms this week. Many hay fields cut during the latter portion of the week.
DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST No comments available.
DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL Afternoon showers continue.
Variable amounts of rainfall, Monday thru Thursday, from 1.5 inches at the least to 6 inches in other areas of the county. Very wet in places. Weed control is suffering because of good growing conditions and inability to get in the fields to spray. Same for leafspot in peanuts. Pastures and hay crop have

really improved.
Scattered storms provided some relief to dry conditions; pastures & hayfields somehow are holding on but hay crop is extremely weak. Prepping for the millet crop planting & baling & feeding hay along with routine care of livestock.
DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL Some scattered showers this week. Some areas of the county got around 0.5 inches and some areas got none. Pasture and hayfield conditions improved slightly due to rains last week and some hay producers getting their first cutting of hay this year. Corn and grain sorghum conditions improved slightly also. Wheat harvest nearing completion with good test weights and straw production. Hay feeding continues to livestock due to poor pasture conditions. Extremely hot temperatures and high humidity this week!
We were fortunate to have received rainfall on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. We still are in a deficit.
Good beneficial rainfall received this week - pastures and hay fields looking much better at this time - weeds increasing in many pastures in our area some pastures being sprayed for weeds after rainfall chances diminish.
Thanks for the rain!
Received much needed rain - over a half an inch on both Friday and Saturday (June 11 and 12) and over 2 inches Monday (June 14).
DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL Good rains over most of county, some soybean replanting due to heavy rain. Some dryland corn recovery. A few plantbugs in cotton. Putting out cotton growth, regulators, sidedressing cotton, and spraying fungicide on peanuts.
Some rain.
DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST Rain!
We received 2.36" of rainfall. Wheat harvest 95% complete.
Variable rainfall amounts from 1.5 inches to 5.5 inches, pastures and hayfields have improved, weeds growing well, difficult to get in fields to spray.
DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL Raining every day. Applying insecticides and fungicides to peanuts and tobacco. Applying herbicides to peanuts and cotton. Picking bell pepper and sweet corn. Squash about over. Topping tobacco plants. TSWV is getting worst in tobacco and I am afraid it will be tough on peanuts as well as we progress thru the season.
Blueberries and blackberries are good.
Scattered rain has slowed down spraying growth regulator on cotton, weed control in cotton and peanuts. Crops look good due to the moisture.
DISTRICT 9 - SOUTHEAST Much needed rain fell across the county and crop conditions are improving.

Contact Information David S. Abbe, Director Georgia Agricultural Statistics Phone: 706-546-2236 E-mail: nass-ga@nass.usda.gov Website: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga