Georgia weather and crops, 2005 June 5

Georgia Crop Weather
Week Ending Date June 5, 2005
BENEFICIAL RAINS Wide spread rains fell over most of the State, according to the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service. In most areas, heavy rains improved hayfields, pastures, and row crops conditions. Up to five inches or more of rain fell in some areas. Soil moisture levels were rated 5 short, 58 percent adequate, and 37 percent surplus.
Planting of row crops and harvesting of small grains continued as weather permitted. Wheat harvest made progress but continued to lag significantly behind normal for this time of year. Wet conditions increased disease pressure on commercial vegetables, especially in watermelons. Frequent rains limited applications of fungicides and herbicides. In south central Georgia, some tobacco fields were flooded on the low land areas. TSWV remained a problem in tobacco fields.
County Extension Agents reported an average of 3.0 days suitable for fieldwork. Other activities included assessing sprouting damage in wheat and the routine care of livestock and poultry.

Crop Progress Table
Corn, Silked Soybeans, Planted Soybeans, Emerged Sorghum, Planted Cotton, Planted Cotton, Squaring Wheat, Harvested for Grain Onions, Harvested Peaches, Harvested Peanuts, Planted Peanuts, Blooming

Jun 5, 2005 10 58 45 56 92 4 21 88 17 93 5

Prev Week
2 44 31 47 82
1 8 76 14 80 1

Prev Year
32 77 59 57 92 15 64 98 20 96 12

5 Year Avg 29 63 49 65 92 15 59 98 22 96 14

Crop Condition Table

June 5, 2005

Crop

Very Poor

Corn

0

Soybeans

0

Sorghum

1

Cotton

0

Wheat

1

Pasture

0

Apples

0

Hay

0

Peaches

0

Peanuts

0

Pecans

0

Tobacco

0

Watermelons

2

Poor Fair Good

--Percentage--

2

25

63

1

28

67

1

36

58

3

27

61

3

28

56

3

23

63

17

18

59

2

24

65

3

51

46

3

22

63

1

41

51

2

38

56

8

47

39

Excellent
10 4 4 9
12 11
6 9 0 12 7 4 4

Pasture Condition Table - District* Level

June 5, 2005

Very Poor Poor Fair Good

--Percentage--

Dist 1(NW)

0

14

31

48

Dist 2(NC)

0

2

11

55

Excellent
7 32

Dist 3(NE)

0

8

22

63

7

Dist 4(WC)

0

3

25

61

11

Dist 5(C)

0

3

16

69

12

Dist 6(EC)

0

2

38

57

3

Dist 7(SW)

0

1

16

67

16

Dist 8(SC)

0

0

27

61

12

Dist 9(SE)

0

0

9

86

5

*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 5, 2005 Prev Year

--Percentages--

Very Short

0

24

Short

5

39

Adequate

58

34

Surplus

37

3

5 Year Avg
22 30 41
7

Soil Moisture Table - District Level

June 5, 2005

Very Short Short Adequate

--Percentages--

Dist 1(NW)

0

21

60

Dist 2(NC)

0

3

70

Dist 3(NE)

0

0

70

Dist 4(WC)

0

3

58

Dist 5(C)

0

0

51

Dist 6(EC)

0

6

56

Dist 7(SW)

0

5

50

Dist 8(SC)

0

6

60

Dist 9(SE)

0

6

60

Surplus
19 27 30 39 49 38 45 34 34

Weather Information Table

GEORGIA WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING MIDNIGHT, SUNDAY

JUNE 5, 2005 1/

2005

Air Temperature

Precipitation Totals

Extreme Weekly Rain

30

60

Soil

Location

Max Min AvG Weekly Day Day

Day Season Temp

ALMA

86 69 75 6.76 6 7.23 11.39 23.20 77

ALPHARETTA

88 56 66 3.51 5 4.72

8.06 25.87 69

ARLINGTON

91 66 76 1.59 4 2.96

9.11 24.54 80

ATTAPULGUS

89 67 74 4.78 5 5.25 12.18 31.40 79

BLAIRSVILLE

85 51 64 1.23 5 2.72

6.19 20.70 66

BOWEN

88 68 75 1.35 5 3.25

9.37 26.83 81

BRUNSWICK

90 68 77 0.74 4 3.53

8.87 23.93 79

BYRON

87 60 71 2.75 5 4.91

8.40 22.28 75

CAIRO

91 68 76 3.59 5 4.30 10.07 27.94 77

CALHOUN

91 56 69 1.08 5 2.46

8.01 23.01 72

CAMILLA

92 67 76 2.40 5 3.30

8.38 25.05 82

CLARKS HILL

88 60 69 3.73 5 5.90

8.42 22.56 73

CORDELE

90 64 74 2.33 5 3.35

8.26 25.61 78

COVINGTON

84 57 67 1.87 5 3.37

6.51 17.95 70

DAHLONEGA

86 53 65 0.00 0 1.16

5.24 21.68 66

DALLAS

86 57 67 1.35 3 2.08

5.03 21.44 69

DAWSON

89 62 74 2.29 5 4.06

8.55 21.56 77

DEARING

90 59 70 5.05 7 6.54

8.43 22.12 71

DEMPSEY

86 57 67 3.16 5 3.73

8.29 22.85 70

DIXIE

90 69 76 2.83 6 3.08

8.92 25.80 82

DUBLIN

87 64 72 2.14 5 3.36

7.63 22.39 77

DULUTH

87 57 66 1.97 5 3.05

5.71 21.71 69

DUNWOODY

87 56 66 2.29 6 3.89

6.61 23.69 69

EATONTON

86 58 67 2.94 5 3.94

7.48 20.90 71

ELLIJAY

87 52 65 0.89 5 2.55

7.24 22.54 68

GAINESVILLE

87 57 66 1.88 4 2.96

6.22 21.40 69

GEORGETOWN

89 61 74 2.36 4 3.50

9.07 32.30 79

GRIFFIN

85 57 67 3.24 7 4.02

8.24 23.70 69

HOMERVILLE

92 67 76 2.36 6 4.92

8.86 22.03 80

JACKSONVILLE 87 60 71 4.94 5 6.98 10.31 24.69 75

JONESBORO

88 58 67 1.46 7 2.41

6.68 23.45 69

LAFAYETTE

90 55 67 1.60 3 4.87

7.10 17.27 68

MCRAE

87 66 73 1.58 6 2.92

7.45 20.58 80

MIDVILLE

87 62 72 4.29 5 4.83

7.77 22.20 76

NAHUNTA

92 61 73 0.82 3 2.58

8.44 21.45 80

NEWTON

90 68 76 2.59 6 3.55 11.42 28.45 81

PINE MOUNTAIN 89 58 70 2.39 6 5.27

7.97 26.52 72

PLAINS

88 59 73 3.86 5 4.60

8.27 25.38 78

ROME

90 59 69 0.97 5 2.06

4.81 14.30 70

SASSER

88 63 74 3.21 4 4.99 10.59 27.48 77

SAVANNAH

88 66 75 1.96 6 4.68

8.58 20.67 78

SHELLMAN

91 63 75 1.71 4 3.18

8.84 23.79 80

SKIDAWAY

88 69 75 3.44 4 4.61 10.33 23.61 74

STATESBORO

87 56 67 4.13 7 5.38

8.25 23.55 77

TIFTON

89 67 75 2.17 7 3.33

8.49 20.89 77

TIGER

88 51 64 3.31 4 5.08 10.16 24.69 67

VALDOSTA

91 69 77 4.98 6 5.47 10.47 27.47 79

VIDALIA

87 65 74 1.63 6 2.52

5.86 14.77 78

WATKINSVILLE 88 58 66 3.43 5 4.36

9.55 26.76 69

WILLIAMSON

87 57 67 2.22 6 3.03

7.06 23.46 70

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 Rain showers have stopped hay harvest, soybean planting, and other field activities. But, the rain helped pastures and planted crops.
DISTRICT 2 - NORTH CENTRAL Very rainy and overcast all week. Rain showers all week have prevented field work.
DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST No comments available.
DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL Rains have been spotty over the area. Lots of late cotton and peanuts not yet planted. Fields are wet. Cracking sprays are running behind. Rain amounts from 3.5 to 5 inches. Grain harvest delayed. Other crops look good.
It rained (very heavily) most of the week.
DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL Rain, rain, and more rain! Four+ inches in most parts of the county. Rain has helped improve corn, grain sorghum, pasture, and hay field conditions but has halted wheat harvest.
We have gotten an enormous amount of rainfall recently. We have begun to see

a few viral problems emerging in our tomato crop.
Condition of wheat after seven days of rain and overcast conditions is currently questionable. This week we will be able to assess sprouting damage.
We received about 2-2.5 inches of needed rain to offset the dry conditions from the last month. No hay was harvested, as we experienced some rainfall every day.
DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL Water, water everywhere!
Planting and wheat harvest delayed by nearly 4" rain event over 4 day period. Cotton and peanuts up to very good stands but cotton growth, in particular, has been slow due to cool temperatures.
Too wet to do anything this week.
We have had some heavy rains in areas. We need sunshine now.
DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST We received 2.04" of rainfall. Crops overall in excellent to good condition. Herbicide applications required in some corn fields. Early green bean harvesting.
Much needed rain! Crops look good, although grain harvest delayed.
DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL Got 5" in the county on Friday. Lots of flooding. Some tobacco is flooded on low areas. Most of cotton and peanuts has been planted. Applying herbicides and plowing. TSWV in tobacco is ranging from 5-15%. A few field are being hammered at 60-80% damage from TSWV.
Wet weather hampering small grain harvest. Watermelons being sprayed with fungicides, wet weather increasing disease pressure on watermelons.
Rains this past week have helped greatly.
DISTRICT 9 - SOUTHEAST Received 8 inches rain in the county. Much needed rain fell across the county from 5-8 inches. Some tobacco flopped as a result.
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