Georgia weather and crops, 2004 June 27

State Georgia Crop Weather

Week Ending Date June 27, 2004

RAIN! Up to 5 inches of rain fell across the State last week, according to the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service. Scattered showers throughout the week helped improve crop conditions. Rains helped green-up pastures and hay fields. Water levels in ponds and streams rose. County Extension Agents reported an average of 3.4 days suitable for fieldwork.

Rains improved row crop and vegetable conditions. Producers continued to plant soybeans. Weather allowing, producers continued side-dressing and applying growth regulators to cotton. Sucker control was applied on tobacco fields and herbicides and fungicides on cotton and peanuts.

Daily rains halted hay harvest and slowed applications of fungicides and herbicides. Weed growth remained a problem with the increased soil moisture. Gray Leaf Spot was a problem in St. Augustine grass. Rains hurt the quality and yield of blueberry and blackberry harvest. Excessive rain caused abandonment of some vegetable fields in south Georgia. Other activities included topping tobacco, scouting cotton, harvesting watermelon, and the routine care of livestock and poultry.

Crop Progress Table
Corn, Silked Corn, Dough Corn, Dent Corn, Mature 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 27, 2004 85 48 12 0 68 13 72 30 85 97 94 13 4 97 51 40

Prev Week
76 33
3 0 51 4 54 16 77 93 85 7 2 93 23 39

Prev Year
83 44
8 0 63 13 65 25 89 90 80 7 5 88 41 49

5 Year Avg 86 54 17 2 63 17 68 32 89 90 81 11 7 95 43 48

Crop Condition Table

June 27, 2004

Crop

Very Poor

Corn

2

Cotton

0

Hay

1

Peanuts

0

Sorghum

0

Soybeans

1

Tobacco

5

Watermelons 1

Apples

0

Peaches

0

Pecans

6

Pasture

1

Poor Fair Good

--Percentage--

10

28

50

2

22

59

10

33

50

1

20

63

2

31

63

2

34

58

21

41

30

6

46

40

13

20

53

1

1

98

15

41

35

4

28

56

Excellent
10 17
6 16
4 5 3 7 14 0 3 11

Pasture Condition Table - District* Level

June 27, 2004

Very Poor Poor Fair Good Excellent

--Percentage--

Dist 1(NW)

0

0

39

61

0

Dist 2(NC)

0

2

16

63

19

Dist 3(NE)

1

12

71

16

0

Dist 4(WC)

1

4

24

53

18

Dist 5(C)

1

7

28

57

7

Dist 6(EC)

3

5

38

51

3

Dist 7(SW)

0

3

15

69

13

Dist 8(SC)

0

3

22

53

22

Dist 9(SE)

0

0

25

73

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.

Soil Moisture Table

Jun 27, 2004 Prev Year

--Percentages--

Very Short

0

0

Short

7

8

Adequate

65

68

Surplus

28

24

5 Year Avg
11 24 56
9

Soil Moisture Table - District Level

June 27, 2004

Very Short Short Adequate

--Percentages--

Dist 1(NW)

0

3

77

Dist 2(NC)

0

8

58

Dist 3(NE)

1

9

63

Dist 4(WC)

1

4

84

Dist 5(C)

1

12

58

Dist 6(EC)

0

6

66

Dist 7(SW)

0

3

69

Dist 8(SC)

1

6

68

Dist 9(SE)

0

6

49

Surplus
20 34 27 11 29 28 28 25 45

Weather Information Table

GEORGIA WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING MIDNIGHT, SUNDAY

JUNE 27, 2004 1/

2004

Air Temperature

Precipitation Totals

Extreme Weekly Rain

30

60

Soil

Location

Max Min AvG Weekly Day Day

Day Season Temp

ALMA

92 68 77 2.91 6

8.23 10.37 18.38 80

ALPHARETTA

86 67 74 3.15 7

6.17 9.25 20.74 78

ARLINGTON

92 68 76 2.83 7

7.56 12.62 21.91 83

ATTAPULGUS

92 67 77 2.11 7

8.17 10.42 21.23 82

BLAIRSVILLE

81 64 70 2.51 6

6.08 9.02 23.60 75

BRUNSWICK

93 70 79 1.96 7

4.91 9.26 18.89 83

BYRON

92 69 76 1.39 5

5.13 7.27 17.11 81

CAIRO

92 67 77 3.73 7

9.06 11.09 21.27 80

CALHOUN

86 66 74 2.90 6

7.36 10.52 22.89 80

CAMILLA

93 68 77 2.39 7

5.59 9.38 19.77 84

CORDELE

91 69 76 3.46 7

8.11 13.11 18.70 81

COVINGTON

89 68 75 2.25 6

6.20 8.65 19.28 81

DAHLONEGA

85 64 71 4.98 6

8.01 10.37 23.39 76

DALLAS

87 66 74 2.30 7

5.18 8.79 24.16 80

DAWSON

91 68 76 1.68 6

8.47 11.46 19.66 82

DEARING

96 68 78 4.44 6 10.31 14.27 23.44 79

DEMPSEY

88 67 74 3.86 6

7.68 10.41 20.98 79

DIXIE

92 67 77 4.75 5

8.78 12.71 22.96 82

DUBLIN

91 69 76 2.71 6

8.26 11.22 19.99 83

DULUTH

89 67 74 2.07 7

6.86 8.70 20.05 78

DUNWOODY

86 66 73 3.96 7

7.86 10.55 22.48 79

EATONTON

89 68 75 3.71 5

8.06 10.55 19.70 81

ELLIJAY

84 65 71 4.40 6

7.70 10.75 24.21 76

FORT VALLEY

90 68 75 1.19 7

4.19 6.73 14.70 81

GAINESVILLE

85 68 74 0.10 7

1.13 5.56 16.22 76

GEORGETOWN

91 67 76 1.22 7

7.14 10.88 19.28 82

GRIFFIN

88 68 74 3.86 5

7.16 10.77 20.82 79

HOMERVILLE

93 66 77 1.59 6

8.71 11.71 21.04 81

JACKSONVILLE 90 67 75 3.36 6

8.14 9.86 21.99 81

JONESBORO

88 68 75 1.62 5

5.03 7.23 17.35 79

LAFAYETTE

91 65 73 2.37 6

3.72 6.10 19.63 75

MIDVILLE

89 69 76 3.00 6

7.03 9.89 23.10 82

NAHUNTA

93 68 77 2.69 7 13.31 15.79 26.85 82

NEWTON

93 68 76 2.66 6

6.18 8.98 21.37 84

PINE MOUNTAIN 90 67 75 1.61 6

9.03 12.89 23.93 79

PLAINS

90 68 75 2.61 7

7.20 10.10 20.22 81

ROME

90 67 74 2.47 6

5.67 10.52 26.24 79

ROOPVILLE

92 64 74 0.55 5

3.04 5.17 17.89 81

SAVANNAH

94 67 78 3.50 6 12.68 16.00 25.17 82

SNEADS

90 71 78 3.39 5

5.79 10.53 22.23 84

STATESBORO

91 69 77 1.85 6

4.33 6.42 15.16 84

TIFTON

90 68 77 5.63 7 11.12 14.96 29.06 77

VALDOSTA

92 69 78 1.76 6

5.27 8.57 17.64 84

VIDALIA

92 68 76 2.18 7

7.33 9.66 19.00 81

WATKINSVILLE 90 68 75 2.24 5

5.86 8.90 19.01 80

WILLIAMSON

87 66 74 4.85 7

8.48 12.33 20.84 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 27, 2004
DISTRICT 1 - NORTHWEST Scattered showers early this week and area, slow ground soaking rains the latter part of the week are very beneficial. Has stopped activity.
Great rains this week!
DISTRICT 2 - NORTH CENTRAL Afternoon thunderstorms occurring daily, many very heavy.
DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST Rain is making it difficult to put up quality hay.
Six inches of rain at Extension Office this week. Some areas reported only about 2" to 3" this week.
DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL It has rained everyday this week.
Pigweed and Morning Glories have been giving peanut and cotton problems.

From one extreme to another, too dry to too wet. Rainfall 6 days this week. Fungicide applications on peanuts difficult because of wet conditions; hay harvest lags because of weather; hay quality going backwards because it can't be cut at optimum. Weeds are loving these growing conditions; spraying difficult because of wet conditions. Corn crop looks great.
Two plus inches rain received by most last week, along with the scattered showers of weeks before has greatly helped pastures & hayfields rebound. Cutting & baling hay. Fertilizing pasture & hayfields. Routine care of livestock & poultry. Soybeans are being planted again.
DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL Welcome rain and lot's of it! We had 4+ inches in most areas of the county this week. Some areas had even more. Pastures and hayfields finally started to green-up really well. Corn and grain sorghum conditions also improving due to the rain. Pond and stream levels also beginning to rise.
Hay situation looks good currently. Grass that wasn't growing is taking off! Haven't had good hay harvesting weather in 2 weeks. If rain continues to threaten daily & humidity stays high then quality of hay may suffer. This is much better than no hay due to drought!
We have gotten plenty of rainfall over the past week. The rains have helped our vegetable crops. Our pastures have begun to rebound and things are starting to look up. We are watching out for disease problems.
Heavy rainfall received over much of our area this week - rainfall received almost every day of week - not much in the way of field activity due to extended periods of rain. Gray Leaf Spot has become a problem in St. Augustine grass due to wet weather conditions. Pasture and hay field conditions are much improved due to rainfall received.
Rain continues! Spraying for weeds and finishing soybean plantings. Haying continues with many producers waiting to cut due to afternoon rain showers.
DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL Getting frequent rains, having to rely on airplanes to get over cotton and peanut fields. Getting side-dress fertilizer and Mepiquat on cotton, fungicides on peanuts. Finally cutting hay.
Frequent afternoon showers, crop conditions have improved.
Still getting scattered showers.
DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST Crops in good condition due to rains over the past three weeks. Farmers getting behind on weed control, and fungicide and growth regulator applications.
Daily thundershowers.
At least 5 inches of rain in certain areas of the county.
It has been hard to cure hay with frequent afternoon showers. However, the rain has been good for other crops.
Rain events almost every day this week. Difficult to stand up in the field with equipment. Hay harvest brought to a standstill, quality declines as it becomes over mature. Corn crop looks good.
DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL Picking pepper but losing a lot to sun scald. Applying sucker control to

tobacco and applying herbicides to cotton and peanuts. Applying landplaster to peanuts. Applying 1st or 2nd application of a fungicide on peanuts. Corn crop looks good with recent rains. Daily rains have halted hay cutting. Topping tobacco. Scouts have begun scouting cotton.
Blueberries and blackberries are fair to good.
Daily rains this week are hampering watermelon harvest and cutting hay.
Good rains over a portion of the county. Still drier areas of county exist. Majority of all crops in good shape.
Widely scattered showers in the county. South half of the county has had excessive rainfall the past two weeks 8 to 10 inches. The north side has had less than 2 inches of rain for May and June. Cotton and peanuts look good. Controlling weeds have been a problem in both crops. Afternoon showers are hurting blueberry and blackberry harvest. They are reducing quality and yields.
Heavy rain daily is causing problems with weed control and fungicide applications. Some vegetable fields have been abandoned due to excess rain causing harvest delays.
DISTRICT 9 - SOUTHEAST No comments available.
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