ga-crop-weather State Georgia Crop Weather Week Ending Date July 3, 2005 Issue GA-CW2605 Agricultural Summary July 3, 2005 WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS Frequent showers limited fieldwork activities, according to the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Service. In south Georgia, the rain has caused drowning of cotton, peanuts, tobacco, and vegetables. Wet weather conditions increased disease pressure on commercial vegetables. Soil moisture levels were rated 1 percent very short, 12 percent short, 68 percent adequate, and 19 percent surplus. Heavy rains limited producers ability to apply fertilizer and spray fungicides to control insects and weeds. Many cotton and peanut fields have more weeds than usual due to reduce herbicide applications. In east central Georgia, the rains reduced the recent dry conditions. Tobacco producers continued to be concern about fields on the low land areas being flooded. Drier weather is needed to resume small grain and wheat harvesting. County Extension Agents reported an average of 4.6 days suitable for fieldwork. Pastures benefitted from the recent rains. Other activities included harvesting hay and watermelons between showers, 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 Jul 3, 2005 86 36 6 95 89 16 85 64 17 94 51 73 38 3 32 Prev Week 76 20 2 90 81 9 78 48 6 84 42 56 22 0 11 Prev Year 92 63 21 99 97 22 89 81 24 99 56 81 43 7 66 5 Year Avg 91 65 26 96 89 20 91 74 27 98 59 79 45 11 65 Crop Condition Table July 3, 2005 Crop Very Poor Corn 0 Soybeans 0 Sorghum 0 Cotton 0 Pasture 0 Apples 0 Hay 0 Peaches 0 Peanuts 0 Pecans 0 Poor Fair --Percentage-- 3 21 1 18 1 33 2 30 3 18 4 11 2 25 5 24 2 23 3 34 Good 63 70 62 55 65 71 60 71 61 52 Excellent 13 11 4 13 14 14 13 0 14 11 Tobacco 9 23 38 28 2 Watermelons 3 10 43 41 3 Pasture Condition Table - District* Level July 3, 2005 Very Poor Poor Fair Good Excellent --Percentage-- Dist 1(NW) 3 20 33 42 2 Dist 2(NC) 0 0 15 66 19 Dist 3(NE) 0 4 15 72 9 Dist 4(WC) 0 4 21 63 12 Dist 5(C) 0 5 17 65 13 Dist 6(EC) 0 0 9 76 15 Dist 7(SW) 0 2 19 66 13 Dist 8(SC) 0 1 25 59 15 Dist 9(SE) 0 0 7 75 18 *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 3, 2005 Prev Year --Percentages-- Very Short 1 0 Short 12 6 Adequate 68 63 Surplus 19 31 5 Year Avg 7 19 59 15 Soil Moisture Table - District Level July 3, 2005 Very Short Short Adequate --Percentages-- Dist 1(NW) 0 29 64 Dist 1(NW) 0 30 65 Dist 2(NC) 0 4 85 Dist 3(NE) 0 0 81 Dist 4(WC) 2 22 71 Dist 5(C) 2 21 61 Dist 6(EC) 0 8 87 Dist 7(SW) 1 18 63 Dist 8(SC) 0 6 58 Dist 9(SE) 0 1 47 Surplus 7 5 11 19 5 16 5 18 36 52 Weather Information Table GEORGIA WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE WEEK ENDING MIDNIGHT, SUNDAY JULY 3, 2005 1/ 2005 Air Temperature Precipitation Totals Extreme Weekly Rain 30 60 Soil Location Max Min AvG Weekly Day Day Day Season Temp ALMA 92 72 79 3.00 5 5.15 12.62 27.92 82 ALPHARETTA 89 62 75 0.79 5 6.24 8.32 28.60 79 ARLINGTON 94 70 80 0.69 2 6.26 9.54 30.80 84 ATTAPULGUS 93 67 77 0.57 3 3.76 9.92 35.16 84 BLAIRSVILLE 89 64 73 1.38 5 7.67 10.47 28.37 74 BOWEN 93 70 78 1.73 6 5.32 9.37 32.06 83 BRUNSWICK 93 72 79 8.22 6 10.22 15.45 34.15 81 BYRON 93 69 77 1.38 4 5.60 9.00 26.37 80 CALHOUN 92 68 77 6.23 4 7.22 10.36 30.23 82 CAMILLA 94 68 80 2.02 4 5.77 8.98 30.24 85 CLARKS HILL 95 68 78 0.42 4 2.51 8.41 25.07 81 CORDELE 94 71 80 0.60 4 4.98 8.10 30.35 83 COVINGTON 92 68 77 2.18 5 3.09 6.45 21.03 80 DAHLONEGA 90 63 74 1.15 5 7.39 9.51 30.03 77 DALLAS 90 69 77 0.28 2 4.29 6.57 25.73 80 DAWSON 93 70 79 0.59 4 4.21 8.35 25.77 83 DEARING 94 68 79 1.90 4 5.12 11.59 27.17 80 DEMPSEY 91 67 77 0.69 2 3.19 6.91 26.03 79 DIXIE 93 70 79 2.35 6 6.64 10.53 32.04 84 DUBLIN 94 70 79 0.36 6 3.68 7.06 26.05 84 DULUTH 92 67 78 0.30 2 4.81 7.77 26.43 81 ELLIJAY 88 63 74 4.77 7 10.60 13.35 33.14 78 GAINESVILLE 92 67 77 0.61 4 5.04 8.00 26.44 81 GEORGETOWN 92 68 79 2.02 4 6.28 9.78 38.58 83 GRIFFIN 91 68 77 0.81 3 3.30 7.14 26.82 79 HOMERVILLE 93 73 79 2.78 6 7.19 13.12 29.21 83 JACKSONVILLE 93 68 78 0.68 5 4.16 9.66 27.37 82 JONESBORO 93 69 78 0.19 3 3.06 5.36 26.40 80 LAFAYETTE 91 66 77 1.61 4 6.13 11.51 23.40 79 MCRAE 94 68 78 1.32 6 3.37 5.91 23.56 84 MIDVILLE 94 70 79 0.11 3 2.95 7.21 24.58 84 NAHUNTA 94 65 75 2.40 5 5.83 10.63 27.28 82 NEWTON 93 70 80 2.94 4 6.37 10.80 34.67 85 PINE MOUNTAIN 92 67 77 0.14 4 3.88 8.67 29.92 78 PLAINS 92 69 78 1.36 5 5.43 9.91 30.68 82 ROME 93 69 77 2.65 5 3.82 6.15 18.12 79 SAVANNAH 96 75 82 2.41 4 7.94 14.02 28.42 83 SHELLMAN 94 71 79 0.88 4 4.44 7.62 28.23 87 SKIDAWAY 93 73 80 1.64 4 5.85 13.96 29.46 79 STATESBORO 93 62 75 4.17 6 4.93 10.49 28.45 84 TIFTON 90 69 78 2.30 6 7.13 9.38 26.51 80 TIGER 88 62 73 3.43 7 12.32 17.40 37.01 80 VALDOSTA 93 73 80 2.11 4 8.22 14.35 35.59 83 VIDALIA 94 70 79 0.55 6 2.33 4.67 16.83 83 WATKINSVILLE 87 57 68 2.00 6 8.65 13.01 35.41 81 WILLIAMSON 92 66 77 0.11 2 1.93 4.81 25.24 82 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 Thunderstorms this week prevented most field work. DISTRICT 3 - NORTHEAST No comments available. DISTRICT 4 - WEST CENTRAL Scattered showers. Putting in hay and needing a rain. DISTRICT 5 - CENTRAL Rain late in the week. Over 2 inches in some locations of the county. Rain slowed wheat and hay harvests. We have been drenched with rainfall and the disease problems have been popping up. DISTRICT 6 - EAST CENTRAL Six days suitable for farm work. Rains the past week alleviated soil moisture concerns. DISTRICT 7 - SOUTHWEST We received 0.38" of rainfall. DISTRICT 8 - SOUTH CENTRAL Wet and rainy. Worried about drowned tobacco and diseases occurring in crops. Weed and insect control delayed as well as fungicide applications. Need some dry weather. Harvesting watermelons, spraying herbicides on weeds, many cotton and peanut fields have more weeds than usual due to wet weather preventing herbicide applications. Cloudy, rainy, and wet weather has hampered all farming operations: weed control, fertilizer application, fungicide spraying. Fields too wet to allow equipment to operate. Excess rain causing problems in vegetables. Drowning tobacco, cotton, and peanuts. Delays in insect and weed sprays caused by wet fields. Rain showers most every day delayed some field work; however, vegetable harvest continues. DISTRICT 9 - SOUTHEAST Had 5 to 7 inches of rain during the week. Ground is wet. Much needed rains came early last week. Wet conditions limited field work. Many crops underwater. Rainfall totals from 1 to 8 inches in the last 7 days. 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