Georgia Crop Weather Week Ending Date June 26, 2005 WARM, DRY CONDITIONS AID PRODUCERS A relatively warm, dry week aided producers in making excellent progress in fieldwork activities, according to the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service. Isolated showers occurred in most areas. Although rain is needed in some areas, producers were grateful to be able to plant and harvest as much as possible. Soil moisture levels were rated 2 percent very short, 28 percent short, 64 percent adequate, and 6 percent surplus. Overall, crops continued to be rated in mostly good to fair conditions. In central Georgia, there were reports that crop conditions have declined due to the recent dry conditions. Soybeans and sorghum planting gained momentum. Producers were able to harvest hay and wheat with few rain interruptions. Producers applied fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides to most of their crops. County Extension Agents reported an average of 6.2 days suitable for fieldwork. Cantaloupe and watermelon harvest continued. Pumpkin planting neared completion. Other activities included harvesting peaches, preparation for millet planting, and the routine care of livestock and poultry. Crop Progress Table Corn, Silked Corn, Dough Corn, Dent Soybeans, Planted Soybeans, Emerged Soybeans, Blooming Sorghum, Planted Cotton, Squaring Cotton, Setting Bolls Wheat, Harvested for Grain Peaches, Harvested Peanuts, Blooming Peanuts, Pegging Tobacco, Harvested Watermelons, Harvested Jun 26, 2005 76 20 2 90 81 9 78 48 6 84 42 56 22 0 11 Prev Week 46 6 0 80 71 2 70 32 2 61 35 38 11 0 3 Prev Year 84 46 11 96 93 12 84 66 12 96 40 69 28 4 47 5 Year Avg 84 49 14 91 82 10 87 62 16 94 47 66 29 6 44 Crop Condition Table June 26, 2005 Crop Very Poor Corn 0 Soybeans 0 Sorghum 1 Cotton 0 Pasture 0 Apples 0 Hay 0 Peaches 0 Peanuts 0 Pecans 0 Tobacco 7 Watermelons 3 Poor Fair --Percentage-- 2 21 2 17 1 35 2 28 4 20 4 15 2 26 2 11 1 20 3 29 19 39 10 36 Good 65 72 60 57 62 71 58 87 65 54 33 46 Excellent 12 9 3 13 14 10 14 0 14 14 2 5 Pasture Condition Table - District* Level June 26, 2005 Very Poor Poor Fair Good Excellent --Percentage-- Dist 1(NW) 0 26 36 38 0 Dist 2(NC) 0 12 12 67 9 Dist 3(NE) 0 0 11 70 19 Dist 4(WC) 0 4 28 49 19 Dist 5(C) 0 6 19 61 14 Dist 6(EC) 0 0 23 69 8 Dist 7(SW) 0 1 20 68 11 Dist 8(SC) 0 1 20 56 23 Dist 9(SE) 0 0 11 75 14 *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 26, 2005 Prev Year --Percentages-- Very Short 2 1 Short 28 9 Adequate 64 65 Surplus 6 25 5 Year Avg 10 20 56 14 Soil Moisture Table - District Level June 26, 2005 Very Short Short Adequate --Percentages-- Dist 1(NW) 0 29 64 Dist 2(NC) 0 26 71 Dist 3(NE) 0 0 83 Dist 4(WC) 2 22 67 Dist 5(C) 9 31 55 Dist 6(EC) 0 15 84 Dist 7(SW) 2 40 48 Dist 8(SC) 1 31 60 Dist 9(SE) 1 31 66 Surplus 7 3 17 9 5 1 10 8 2 Weather Information Table GEORGIA WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING MIDNIGHT, SUNDAY JUNE 26, 2005 1/ 2005 Air Temperature Precipitation Totals Extreme Weekly Rain 30 60 Soil Location Max Min AvG Weekly Day Day Day Season Temp ALMA 91 64 76 0.89 2 8.48 10.25 24.92 80 ALPHARETTA 89 62 73 0.65 4 6.30 8.23 28.45 79 ARLINGTON 93 63 77 0.04 1 7.16 10.89 30.11 81 ATTAPULGUS 92 62 76 0.23 2 7.97 11.31 34.59 85 BLAIRSVILLE 84 52 68 0.42 4 7.59 9.97 26.99 71 BRUNSWICK 86 66 77 1.39 4 2.74 7.75 25.93 80 BYRON 90 62 75 0.01 1 5.47 9.34 25.00 80 CAIRO 92 64 77 0.62 3 7.98 11.48 32.33 81 CALHOUN 91 58 74 0.30 2 2.24 6.00 24.00 82 CAMILLA 92 64 77 0.34 2 5.58 8.32 28.23 86 CLARKS HILL 91 60 74 0.68 3 5.87 8.59 24.65 78 CORDELE 92 65 77 0.23 3 6.69 8.83 29.75 82 COVINGTON 89 60 73 0.24 2 3.15 5.24 18.85 80 DAHLONEGA 84 54 70 0.32 3 7.20 9.47 28.88 74 DALLAS 88 59 72 2.25 5 5.55 7.34 25.45 76 DAWSON 92 63 77 0.00 0 6.55 9.29 25.18 82 DEARING 92 62 75 0.50 1 8.35 10.26 25.36 78 DEMPSEY 88 60 73 0.86 3 5.75 7.50 25.34 77 DUBLIN 91 63 76 1.67 3 5.44 7.87 25.69 83 DULUTH 89 61 73 1.15 2 6.44 8.27 26.13 79 DUNWOODY 89 60 73 0.93 2 6.26 8.62 27.59 79 EATONTON 91 55 72 0.01 1 5.79 7.72 23.41 84 ELLIJAY 87 57 70 0.72 3 6.79 10.45 28.37 76 GAINESVILLE 86 60 73 0.18 1 6.39 8.17 25.83 80 GEORGETOWN 91 62 76 0.36 1 6.83 9.53 36.56 82 GRIFFIN 88 62 73 0.45 3 5.72 7.53 26.01 77 HOMERVILLE 91 62 75 1.45 4 6.76 10.90 26.43 82 JACKSONVILLE 90 61 75 0.03 1 6.94 10.39 26.69 81 JONESBORO 90 62 74 1.42 3 4.59 6.60 26.21 78 LAFAYETTE 91 58 72 2.26 3 6.13 10.55 21.79 76 MCRAE 92 59 75 0.40 2 3.24 5.34 22.24 83 MIDVILLE 91 63 75 0.46 4 6.56 8.03 24.47 82 NAHUNTA 93 54 72 2.73 2 4.25 8.81 24.88 82 NEWTON 91 63 77 0.27 2 5.87 9.84 31.73 85 PINE MOUNTAIN 89 60 74 0.29 1 5.94 9.66 29.78 77 PLAINS 90 63 76 1.47 2 7.82 9.89 29.32 81 ROME 91 61 74 0.34 3 2.24 4.37 15.47 78 SASSER 90 65 76 0.01 1 8.38 11.33 31.83 82 SAVANNAH 91 64 76 2.21 3 7.30 11.83 26.01 79 SHELLMAN 94 65 77 0.01 1 5.82 8.46 27.35 88 SKIDAWAY 90 65 76 1.79 4 7.65 12.43 27.82 77 STATESBORO 91 60 74 0.16 2 4.93 6.80 24.28 84 TIFTON 90 63 76 0.63 2 5.49 8.57 24.21 80 TIGER 85 53 68 0.41 2 12.27 15.06 33.58 77 VALDOSTA 93 66 78 0.09 2 10.99 13.65 33.48 83 VIDALIA 92 64 77 0.16 2 3.48 4.79 16.28 84 WATKINSVILLE 86 55 69 2.37 5 10.42 12.04 33.41 78 WILLIAMSON 88 60 73 0.73 2 4.04 6.10 25.13 79 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 compiled and edited by the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service. DISTRICT 1 - NORTHWEST No comments available. DISTRICT 2 - NORTH CENTRAL Very dry all week. Finally rained on Sunday. Corn planting completed - pumpkin planting completed - hay harvest continued this week. DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST No comments available. DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL Some very widely scattered showers. Dry in most parts of the county. Corn suffering the most at this point. DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL Wheat harvest in full swing. Many hay producers cutting hay. Getting kind of dry. Corn and grain sorghum could use some rain. This has been one of our drier weeks in a while. We gotten quite a bit of field work done over the past week. Drier weather is dominating. Hay operations are in full swing. Received rain Saturday and Sunday night. Moisture is adequate. Most of the wheat has been harvested. There is still a lot of millet and some grain sorghum being planted. Crop conditions declined this week due to extremely dry weather and hot temperatures. DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL Cotton developing slowly, wheat harvest complete, a few soybeans still to be planted. Crops look good. DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST We received 0.03" of rainfall. Scattered showers helped in some areas, but for the most part, dry! DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL TSWV averaging about 15%. Weather has been great for harvesting hay but we need rain on tobacco, corn and cotton and peanuts could use a shower. Applying herbicides, insecticides and fungicides on most crops. Good harvest weather. Cantaloupe and watermelon harvest in full swing. 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