Georgia weather and crops, 2004 July 18

Georgia Crop Weather
Week Ending Date July 18, 2004
BENEFICIAL RAINS WELCOMED Weather across the State was hot and humid for much of the week. Showers occurred in some areas, during the latter part of the week, according the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service. However, even where there were rainfall, many areas failed to receive significant amounts. Additional moisture is needed across the State to aid the soil moisture levels and minimize stress to crops. Subsoil moisture levels were rated in mostly adequate to short category.
Crops were rated in mostly good to fair condition. Farmers were cutting and baling hay where weather permitted. Pastures benefitted from the recent rains. Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus continued to plague in tobacco. Farmers applied chemicals to cotton for corn earworms and stink bugs.
County Extension Agents reported an average of 6.1 days suitable for fieldwork. During the week, other agricultural activities included harvesting tobacco, weed control, checked for insects, and the routine care of livestock.

Crop Progress Table
Corn, Dough Corn, Dent Corn, Mature Cotton, Squaring Cotton, Setting Bolls Peanuts, Blooming Peanuts, Pegging Sorghum, Planted Soybeans, Blooming Soybeans, Setting Pods Tobacco, Harvested Watermelons, Harvested Apples, Harvested Peaches, Harvested

Jul 18, 2004 86 57 10 95 59 97 84 96 54 21 25 91 0 67

Prev Week
80 40
2 90 44 91 69 95 40 10 13 85
0 65

Prev Year
85 50 12 91 56 92 72 98 36 13 28 90
6 68

5 Year Avg 88 62 20 92 60 95 78 98 40 17 26 87 3 77

Crop Condition Table

July 18, 2004

Crop

Very Poor

Corn

2

Cotton

0

Hay

1

Peanuts

0

Sorghum

0

Soybeans

1

Tobacco

5

Apples

0

Pecans

8

Pasture

1

Poor Fair Good

--Percentage--

6

28

50

3

23

54

7

32

51

1

21

58

2

39

54

6

39

50

20

45

28

4

11

70

15

38

36

6

27

53

Excellent
14 20
9 20
5 4 2 15 3 13

Pasture Condition Table - District* Level

July 18, 2004

Very Poor Poor Fair Good

--Percentage--

Dist 1(NW)

7

12

25

47

Dist 2(NC)

0

0

34

63

Excellent
9 3

Dist 3(NE)

1

14

30

47

8

Dist 4(WC)

0

3

22

57

18

Dist 5(C)

3

11

32

48

6

Dist 6(EC)

0

6

34

59

1

Dist 7(SW)

0

2

12

65

21

Dist 8(SC)

0

1

30

39

30

Dist 9(SE)

0

0

32

62

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

Jul 18, 2004 Prev Year

--Percentages--

Very Short

4

1

Short

24

12

Adequate

65

70

Surplus

7

17

5 Year Avg
10 27 55
8

Soil Moisture Table - District Level

July 18, 2004

Very Short Short Adequate

--Percentages--

Dist 1(NW)

1

5

80

Dist 2(NC)

0

27

66

Dist 3(NE)

9

25

61

Dist 4(WC)

1

15

75

Dist 5(C)

10

48

42

Dist 6(EC)

8

34

57

Dist 7(SW)

1

12

74

Dist 8(SC)

1

20

70

Dist 9(SE)

0

5

79

Surplus
14 7 5 9 0 1
13 9
16

Weather Information Table

GEORGIA WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING MIDNIGHT, SUNDAY

JULY 18, 2004 1/

2004

Air Temperature

Precipitation Totals

Extreme Weekly Rain

30

60

Soil

Location

Max Min AvG Weekly Day Day

Day Season Temp

ALMA

95 66 79 0.90 2

6.76 11.06 21.20 82

ALPHARETTA

93 60 76 3.05 2

8.00 11.04 25.52 81

ARLINGTON

95 67 78 3.87 4

8.33 13.14 27.41 85

ATTAPULGUS

95 66 78 1.98 7

5.81 11.78 24.78 85

BLAIRSVILLE

89 52 71 0.16 3

5.09 9.24 26.18 77

BRUNSWICK

95 69 80 2.68 4

9.90 11.41 25.39 83

BYRON

97 64 80 0.35 2

3.64 7.39 19.36 84

CAIRO

96 67 80 0.71 4

5.04 10.39 22.58 83

CALHOUN

92 59 75 0.55 3

6.78 11.24 26.77 81

CAMILLA

96 67 80 0.76 3

3.61 7.18 20.99 89

CORDELE

96 70 80 1.12 4

6.32 10.88 21.47 84

COVINGTON

94 63 78 0.16 2

3.98 8.05 21.01 87

DAHLONEGA

90 55 74 0.26 2

7.26 10.68 25.67 77

DALLAS

91 63 76 0.93 3

5.35 8.68 27.21 82

DAWSON

95 68 79 0.26 3

4.48 11.43 22.46 85

DEMPSEY

93 62 77 0.78 3

8.63 12.63 25.70 84

DIXIE

95 67 79 2.10 5 11.35 15.38 29.56 86

DUBLIN

97 68 81 0.36 2

3.83 9.37 21.10 90

DULUTH

95 60 77 0.66 4

4.11 9.80 22.09 80

DUNWOODY

91 62 76 1.78 2

7.43 11.35 25.95 81

EATONTON

95 60 78 0.03 2

5.53 10.36 21.52 90

ELLIJAY

89 55 72 1.16 4

7.78 11.11 27.59 78

FORT VALLEY

96 66 80 0.02 2

2.33 6.18 15.84 89

GAINESVILLE

92 62 77 0.08 1

4.12 5.17 20.23 81

GRIFFIN

93 64 78 0.96 3

7.41 10.87 24.32 81

HOMERVILLE

95 67 79 2.13 4

5.92 12.73 25.06 83

JACKSONVILLE 97 64 80 0.28 2

3.92 8.73 22.55 86

JONESBORO

93 63 79 0.08 1

2.66 6.48 18.39 82

LAFAYETTE

92 60 76 0.16 3

6.86 9.12 24.12 79

MIDVILLE

97 67 81 0.75 3

4.37 8.40 24.47 88

NAHUNTA

96 67 78 1.74 5

8.78 17.84 31.38 84

PINE MOUNTAIN 95 61 77 0.44 2

7.96 13.96 28.83 81

PLAINS

95 68 79 0.87 4

7.01 11.60 24.62 85

ROME

93 62 76 0.84 3

6.40 9.91 30.17 81

ROOPVILLE

95 60 76 0.42 3

4.36 7.13 21.70 83

SAVANNAH

98 67 80 1.15 3

7.31 17.09 28.93 84

SNEADS

97 69 80 1.57 6

7.11 9.77 25.95 86

STATESBORO

99 68 81 0.92 4

4.29 6.77 17.60 89

TIFTON

93 69 80 1.01 3

8.05 13.54 31.48 81

VALDOSTA

96 69 79 1.36 4

5.18 8.69 21.06 88

VIDALIA

99 67 80 0.57 2

6.73 11.88 23.55 83

WATKINSVILLE 94 61 78 0.16 2

4.83 8.47 21.60 83

WILLIAMSON

92 62 77 1.03 2

7.61 12.19 23.60 83

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 July 18, 2004
DISTRICT 1 - NORTHWEST No comments available.
DISTRICT 2 - NORTH CENTRAL No comments available.
DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST No comments available.
DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL The afternoon showers have slowed down hay producers who have hay on the ground and are waiting for dry weather. Cotton looked good. Some reports of produces spraying for worms but worm pressure has been spotty. Dairy men have started putting up silage.
Scattered showers Saturday and Sunday.
Hay cutting & baling was going full bore; routine care of livestock.
DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL Really hot temperatures and no rain! Hay harvest continued in full swing. Most hay producers were frantically working to cut and bale their first cutting of hay for this year. Pastures greening-up nicely from the recent rains. Corn and grain sorghum conditions continued to improve.
Rains helped to produce a pretty good cutting of hay. Mud had been a problem for dairy cattle. We continued to be really vulnerable to dry

weather. Scattered showers provided opportunities for producers to fertilize for another cutting of hay.
Vegetable crops have benefitted from the recent rains. However it has been extremely hot and dry over the past week.
Farmers cutting and baling hay this week - scattered rainfall one day only mostly dry conditions this week - lower humidity at end of week helped cure hay.
Dry again. Need rain.
A lot of hay was put up this past week as drier weather allowed for good curing time.
Please send rain! We have been two weeks without significant rainfall.
DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL High temperatures caused dryland cotton to wilt. Green color coming back to yellow, rain soaked peanuts. Second cutting of hay being baled. Some spraying in cotton for corn ear worms and stink bugs.
Need rain, crops stressed. Scattered afternoon showers have been helpful but are not widespread.
Pecan scab still running strong. Insects moderate in peanuts and cotton. Hot, humid days still sapped moisture out of ground. Some scattered showers have helped.
DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST Most crops in good condition due to frequent rains. Percentage of TSWV increased in peanut fields, especially so in early planted peanuts.
We received 0.08" of rainfall. Crops, overall in good condition. Fungicide applications on schedule for peanuts. Symptoms of TSWV detected in some fields.
Variable rainfall in the county, some parts of county wet and some parts need rain. Stink bugs a problem in cotton.
DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL Less rain than in past weeks. Stink bug pressure great in cotton.
Scattered showers have hampered hay baling. Parts of the county have not received rainfall. Crops in these areas are hurting for moisture. However, row crops overall look pretty good. Rain fall will be needed to finish out the crop.
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