ga-crop-weather State Georgia Crop Weather Week Ending Date July 10, 2005 Issue GA-CW2705 Agricultural Summary July 10, 2005 WET WEATHER CONTINUES Storms Cindy and Dennis pummeled most areas, according to the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service. Up to 4 inches of rain were common throughout the State and some areas received more. Heavy rains coupled with strong winds damaged crops and delayed fieldwork. Soil moisture levels were rated 1 percent very short, 5 percent short, 57 percent adequate, and 37 percent surplus. Pastures, corn, and grain sorghum continued to improve from the recent rains. Dry weather, early in the week, permitted fertilizing and spraying to control insects and weeds. In east central Georgia, the rains reduced the recent dry conditions. Wet weather conditions and high humidity were causing a rise in diseases for commercial vegetables. Sucker control was applied on tobacco fields, and herbicides and fungicides on cotton and peanuts. Pecan scab and leaf spot appeared in pecans. County Extension Agents reported an average of 4.4 days suitable for fieldwork. Excessive rains continued to delay hay harvest. Livestock producers have abundance of grass. Other activities included tobacco harvesting, general maintenance of equipment, and the routine care of livestock and poultry. Crop Progress Table Corn, Silked Corn, Dough Corn, Dent Soybeans, Planted Soybeans, Emerged Soybeans, Blooming Soybeans, Setting Pods Sorghum, Planted Cotton, Squaring Cotton, Setting Bolls Wheat, Harvested for Grain Peaches, Harvested Peanuts, Blooming Peanuts, Pegging Tobacco, Harvested Watermelons, Harvested Jul 10, 2005 94 61 14 98 96 25 4 89 82 32 99 54 88 58 10 60 Prev Week 86 36 6 95 89 16 0 85 64 17 94 51 73 38 3 32 Prev Year 97 78 38 100 100 38 9 94 89 41 100 64 90 66 12 83 5 Year Avg 96 78 41 98 94 32 11 95 84 42 99 67 89 63 16 79 Crop Condition Table July 10, 2005 Crop Very Poor Corn 0 Soybeans 0 Sorghum 1 Cotton 1 Pasture 0 Apples 0 Hay 0 Peanuts 0 Pecans 0 Poor Fair --Percentage-- 2 18 1 16 1 35 2 28 3 14 3 9 1 21 3 19 2 31 Good 65 72 59 55 66 77 64 60 51 Excellent 15 11 4 14 17 11 14 18 16 Tobacco 13 25 40 21 1 Watermelons 3 12 45 38 2 Pasture Condition Table - District* Level July 10, 2005 Very Poor Poor Fair Good Excellent --Percentage-- Dist 1(NW) 0 26 21 50 3 Dist 2(NC) 0 0 10 75 15 Dist 3(NE) 0 4 13 77 6 Dist 4(WC) 0 0 12 73 15 Dist 5(C) 0 3 16 56 25 Dist 6(EC) 0 0 4 81 15 Dist 7(SW) 0 3 18 67 12 Dist 8(SC) 0 0 23 45 32 Dist 9(SE) 0 0 9 78 13 *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 10, 2005 Prev Year --Percentages-- Very Short 1 1 Short 5 11 Adequate 57 72 Surplus 37 16 5 Year Avg 9 23 56 12 Soil Moisture Table - District Level July 10, 2005 Very Short Short Adequate --Percentages-- Dist 1(NW) 0 3 61 Dist 2(NC) 0 0 49 Dist 3(NE) 0 0 50 Dist 4(WC) 0 13 42 Dist 5(C) 5 8 45 Dist 6(EC) 0 2 80 Dist 7(SW) 0 10 65 Dist 8(SC) 0 6 54 Dist 9(SE) 0 3 64 Surplus 36 51 50 45 42 18 25 40 33 Weather Information Table GEORGIA WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING MIDNIGHT, SUNDAY JULY 10, 2005 1/ 2005 Air Temperature Precipitation Totals Extreme Weekly Rain 30 60 Soil Location Max Min AvG Weekly Day Day Day Season Temp ALMA 93 70 81 1.65 2 5.73 13.46 29.57 84 ALPHARETTA 91 61 74 2.53 5 4.64 10.10 31.26 79 ARLINGTON 92 68 78 4.52 5 7.11 13.64 35.32 84 ATTAPULGUS 92 65 77 6.96 5 9.92 15.97 42.12 83 BLAIRSVILLE 88 58 71 2.60 5 8.15 12.99 30.97 73 BOWEN 91 69 80 3.07 2 7.55 11.54 35.13 85 BRUNSWICK 93 73 83 0.08 2 10.28 13.61 34.23 83 BYRON 92 68 78 3.52 4 7.06 12.24 29.92 81 CAIRO 92 69 79 5.53 5 8.25 14.42 38.06 80 CALHOUN 90 62 74 2.54 6 9.41 12.16 32.77 78 CLARKS HILL 90 65 77 0.42 3 2.68 8.74 25.49 80 CORDELE 93 67 79 4.29 3 8.33 12.37 34.64 84 COVINGTON 89 66 75 3.36 4 6.23 9.81 24.39 79 DAHLONEGA 87 58 72 2.91 5 8.05 12.42 32.94 75 DALLAS 89 64 74 7.04 6 10.49 13.19 32.77 78 DAWSON 92 68 78 4.26 4 6.17 12.33 30.03 82 DEARING 90 67 77 0.84 3 5.01 12.43 28.01 80 DEMPSEY 89 65 75 5.15 6 8.24 12.06 31.18 78 DIXIE 93 70 80 7.04 4 12.01 16.36 39.08 84 DUBLIN 93 69 79 2.20 2 4.93 8.88 28.25 85 DULUTH 92 62 74 5.18 6 7.61 12.95 31.61 78 DUNWOODY 90 63 74 4.38 6 7.31 12.27 32.14 79 EATONTON 90 59 73 3.35 6 5.94 11.04 28.00 80 ELLIJAY 89 56 72 2.60 5 9.57 15.73 35.74 76 GAINESVILLE 87 64 75 2.87 5 6.30 10.87 29.31 79 GEORGETOWN 92 67 77 4.12 4 8.65 13.85 42.70 81 GRIFFIN 89 67 75 4.65 4 7.69 11.79 31.47 77 HOMERVILLE 94 70 81 1.35 3 7.14 13.21 30.56 85 JACKSONVILLE 91 68 78 2.14 3 3.89 10.58 29.51 82 JONESBORO 91 67 76 5.58 4 7.96 10.94 31.98 79 LAFAYETTE 88 63 74 2.14 6 6.62 12.49 25.54 77 MCRAE 92 66 79 1.21 3 3.57 6.73 24.77 85 MIDVILLE 92 68 79 1.23 2 2.20 8.43 25.81 86 NAHUNTA 95 64 78 1.00 4 6.83 9.41 28.28 84 NEWTON 91 68 78 3.99 5 9.82 13.76 38.66 85 PINE MOUNTAIN 90 65 76 5.10 6 6.85 13.42 35.02 78 PLAINS 92 68 77 6.02 5 10.68 15.92 36.70 82 ROME 90 65 75 1.72 5 4.95 7.41 19.84 78 SAVANNAH 95 74 83 0.64 4 7.19 13.07 29.06 85 SHELLMAN 93 68 78 3.19 4 5.98 10.82 31.43 86 SKIDAWAY 96 72 82 1.14 4 6.46 11.60 30.60 81 STATESBORO 92 49 77 0.90 4 5.60 11.10 29.35 85 TIFTON 89 69 79 4.11 4 8.07 13.06 30.62 81 TIGER 87 56 72 2.95 5 10.57 20.27 39.96 78 VALDOSTA 95 73 82 4.26 4 9.30 17.72 39.85 84 VIDALIA 94 69 81 1.85 2 3.53 6.40 18.68 85 WATKINSVILLE 83 50 65 4.33 5 12.48 17.34 39.74 79 WILLIAMSON 90 65 75 3.38 5 4.94 8.19 28.62 80 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 A wet week with over 3 inches of rain since Monday. DISTRICT 2 - NORTH CENTRAL Excessive rains late in the week. Three inches of rain fell in many sections of the county and more is expected - no field work possible. DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST Rainfall hampering hay harvest. DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL Rainfall amounts ranged from 0.75 - 1.5 inches this past week. Crops not stressed at this time. Rain from hurricanes Cindy and Dennis have fields saturated; routine care of livestock and poultry; catching up on equipment maintenance. At least 8.8 rain since Saturday, lunchtime. DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL Rains have continued to slow wheat and hay harvests. Corn and grain sorghum conditions continue to improve as well as pasture conditions. We are seeing a rise in disease problems due to the excess rainfall and higher humidity. Wet weather continues! Drought conditions continued all the way until Sunday afternoon. Sunday's rain was the first significant general rain in over a month here. DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL Timely rains have all crops looking good. Very little insect pressure on cotton/peanuts. Only mild leafspot on peanuts. Boron, mepignat, layby fertilizer (cotton) and weed control going out along with peanut fungicides. Cattle thriving with plenty of grass. Late planted (behind wheat) soybeans off to a fast start. Crops continue to progress very well. Pecan scab is abundant as well as leaf spot on peanut. Scattered rain played havoc with hay cutting. Some areas wet, some dry. DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST Hurricane Dennis provided sufficient rain to bring soil moisture to 100% capacity through the county. We received 0.82" of rainfall. DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL Hot and wet. Concerned about hurricane. Applying fungicides on peanuts, applying herbicides on cotton and scouting for insects, and cutting hay. Applying pesticides to control suckers on tobacco and topping. Growers gearing up to pick tobacco. Twenty percent of the tobacco crop has been lost to excessive moisture (drowned) and tomato spotted wilt virus. Excess rain causing damage to cotton, tobacco and vegetables. The hurricane has flooded many fields and made disease spraying operations in peanuts impossible. 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