HDR1012000170100618961200WEEKLY WEATHER & CROP BULLETIN Released June 18, 1996, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, U.S. Department of Agriculture. For information on "Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin" call Greg Preston at (202) 720-7621, office hours 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET. For assistance with general agricultural statistics, information about NASS, its products or services, contact the NASS Information Hotline at 1-800-727-9540 or E-mail: NASS@NASS.USDA.GOV. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY June 10 - 16, 1996 HIGHLIGHTS: Heavy rains across the eastern Corn Belt early in the week left most fields too wet for field activity. Planting progress remained behind schedule in the Ohio Valley, where only 1 to 2 days were suitable for fieldwork. Fields remained wet across the Corn Belt despite warmer weather later in the week, preventing producers from completing corn planting. Corn producers replanted some fields around the wet spots, but many were switching from corn to other crops. In Indiana, row-crop planting remained 3 weeks behind schedule, while in Illinois planting progress is behind last year at this time. Beneficial warmth triggered rapid growth in the western Corn Belt, where producers commented, that continued warm weather was needed for crop development to get back on schedule. Thunderstorms across the Delta and Southeast improved row crop condition, but slowed the wheat harvest. The beneficial effects of localized precipitation in the Southwest was offset by above-normal temperatures and did not break the drought or significantly improve range and pasture conditions. Wet field conditions have reduced access to fields and limited weed control activities in the Midwest. Herbicide application and weed control were active in the Southeastern States. The Nation's winter wheat crop was in mostly fair to poor condition, with 91 percent (%) of the acreage heading. Wheat harvested for the 19 major producing States was 16% complete, 4 percentage points ahead of the 5-year average. Wheat headed in South Dakota at 22% complete was 57 points behind normal. In Montana, cooler weather left wheat headed 7% complete, 31 points behind the average. The warmer weather in the Midwest encouraged wheat development. Winter wheat harvested was 65% complete in Oklahoma, up 38 points from the previous week and 33 points ahead of the average. Wheat harvested was 3% complete in Kansas, 4 points behind the average, with weeds reported as becoming troublesome. Spring wheat emerged was 93% complete, up 14 points from the previous week and 4 points below the average. Spring wheat condition was mostly good to fair. Spring wheat emerged was 91% complete in North Dakota, up 16 points from the previous week and 5 points behind the average. Corn planting was 95% complete for the 17 major producing States, up 3 points from the previous week and 3 points behind the average. Rain over the eastern Corn Belt slowed corn planting. Where possible, corn producers in the Corn Belt replanted corn fields or switched to soybeans. Corn planting in Indiana at 78% complete was 26 days behind normal. The average corn height was 10 inches in Illinois, compared with 3 inches last year and 15 inches for the average. Corn planting advanced 10 points from last week in Ohio to 90% complete, 9 points behind the average. Corn producers in the commented on the divergence between early and late-planted corn development. Cotton planting was 95% complete, up 9 points from a week ago for the Nation. Cotton development was aided by the warmer weather across the Southern States. Cotton squaring was 36% complete, up 18 points from last week and 10 points ahead of the average. In Mississippi, cotton planting was 79% complete, up 21 points from the previous week week and 36 points ahead of the average. Hail damaged some cotton fields in Arkansas, where cotton squaring was 58% complete, 29 points ahead of the average. Cotton fields in California were weeded and treated for insects. Cotton producers in the Delta and the Southeast treated fields with herbicides and sprayed to control insect populations. In the Texas High Plains, cotton planting and replanting continued with 89% of cotton planting completed. Cotton condition was mostly good to fair for the 14 major producing States. Sorghum planting was 82% complete for the 12 major producing States, up 15 points from last week. Sorghum planting in New Mexico, at 28% complete, was up 2 points from the previous week and 33 points behind the average. Weeds threatened to take over emerged sorghum fields in the central Great Plains. Sorghum producers were spraying for green bugs in Nebraska. Rice condition for the five major producing States was mostly good to fair. Arkansas rice producers fertilized and flooded fields. Emerged rice fields in California were sprayed for broadleaf weeds and treated for water weevils. Rice fields in Louisiana showed little disease problems but were infested with water weevils. Texas rice producers flooded fields and scouted for insect activity. Soybean planting was 72% complete, up 13 points from the previous week, but 12 points behind the average. Soybean planting was behind the average by more than 30 points in Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Soybean planting in Illinois, at 56% complete, was 35 points behind the average. Indiana soybean producers increased plantings by 12 points from the previous week to 45% complete, 27 days behind the average. Soybean planting in Michigan, at 76% complete, was 20 points behind the average. Some soybean fields required replanting due to heavy rains in Arkansas. Across the Midwest, prolonged cool weather forced many corn farmers to switch to soybeans. National Weather Summary Volume 83, No. 24 June 9 - 15, 1996 For additional information, call (202) 720-7917. Highlights: A slow-moving storm system exited the eastern Corn Belt and the Great Lakes States by midweek, ending a spell of cool, humid, showery weather and promoting crop development. Hot weather covered much of the Nation outside the storm's environment, resulting in weekly temperature departures of +6 degrees F or more from the Southwest to the northern Plains and in the interior Northeast. After midweek, moisture spread northward around the west side of an upper-level ridge, fueling beneficial thunderstorms across eastern New Mexico and northern Texas. Toward week's end, thunderstorms erupted on the central and northern Plains, as tropical moisture interacted with a cold front. On Saturday night, significant rainfall overspread the western Corn Belt for the first time in 2 weeks. On Sunday, localized torrential rainfall continued in the East-Central States, including a daily-record total of 3.67 inches in Evansville, IN. Clouds and rainfall held the mercury to 65 degrees F in Paducah, KY, tying their June record for a lowest maximum temperature. Farther west, cool air briefly blanketed the southern Plains, resulting in daily-record lows at a dozen locations, including Oklahoma City, OK (53 degrees F) and Waco, TX (54 degrees F). Hot weather persisted across the Southwest, however, where highs on Monday soared to daily-record levels in Las Vegas, NV (108 degrees F) and Del Rio, TX (103 degrees F). Heat reached the Nation's northern tier, producing daily-records in locations such as Caribou, ME (90 degrees F on June 11) and Duluth, MN (92 degrees F on June 12). Farther south, the focus for localized downpours shifted toward the Atlantic and Gulf Coast States. New Bern, NC collected 4.01 inches in 24 hours on June 10-11, while Daytona Beach, FL received a daily-record total of 3.64 inches on Tuesday. Thunderstorms peppered the southern Plains throughout the week, but became more numerous on June 13-15. In El Paso, TX, a 0.05-inch rainfall on June 13 was their first measurable total since April 5, ending a 68-day dry spell. In New Mexico, weekly rainfall of 1.16 inches in Moriarty, 1.21 inches in Roy, and 2.07 inches in Clovis accounted for 89, 58, and 67 percent of the locations' respective year-to-date totals. Despite scattered rainfall during the past 3 weeks, water supplies remained very low across much of western and southern Texas. In the vicinity of Colorado City, TX, reservoir holdings ranged from only 5 percent of the normal conservation level at Lake J.B. Thomas to 64 percent at the Champion Creek Reservoir. Farther north, thunderstorms at week's end dumped more than 2 inches of rain on North Platte, NE and more than an inch in Colorado at Denver and Pueblo. Hot weather continued across much of Hawaii, including a quartet of daily-record highs (on June 10-13) in Kahului. In addition, Kahului's high of 94 degrees F on Wednesday tied their June record set in 1953. Meanwhile, cool conditions--accompanied by rain across the south and in parts of the interior--overspread much of Alaska, slowing the spread of wildfires. In the Tanana River basin at Northway, a low of 31 degrees F on June 15 was their latest sub-freezing temperature on record. During the first half of June, fires burned more than 150,000 acres (nearly 240 square miles) across the State. Corn: Percent Planted, Corn: Percent Silking, Selected States Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1991- :-----------------------: 1991- State:Jun 16,:Jun 9, :Jun 16,: 1995 State:Jun 16,:Jun 9, :Jun 16,: 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : CO : 100 100 90 98 CO : 0 NA NA NA GA : 100 100 100 100 GA : 51 NA NA NA IL : 93 88 94 98 IL : 0 NA NA NA IN : 78 72 96 99 IN : 0 NA NA NA IA : 99 98 96 98 IA : 0 NA NA NA KS : 100 100 98 99 KS : 0 NA NA NA KY : 94 92 94 98 KY : 0 NA NA NA MI : 96 89 99 100 MI : 0 NA NA NA MN : 99 97 99 98 MN : 0 NA NA NA MO : 97 94 66 92 MO : 0 NA NA NA NE : 100 100 97 99 NE : 0 NA NA NA NC : 100 100 100 100 NC : 3 NA NA NA OH : 90 80 94 99 OH : 0 NA NA NA PA : 91 88 94 96 PA : 0 NA NA NA SD : 97 87 80 92 SD : 0 NA NA NA TX : 100 100 100 100 TX : 50 NA NA NA WI : 92 88 100 98 WI : 0 NA NA NA : : 17 Sts: 95 92 95 98 17 Sts: 2 NA NA NA -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- These 17 States produced 91% of the These 17 States produced 91% of the 1995 corn crop. 1995 corn crop. Soybeans: Percent Planted, Winter Wheat: Percent Headed, Selected States Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1991- :-----------------------: 1991- State:Jun 16,:Jun 9, :Jun 16,: 1995 State:Jun 16,:Jun 9, :Jun 16,: 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : AL : 77 69 78 73 AR : 100 100 100 100 AR : 71 62 75 66 CA : 99 99 99 99 GA : 77 63 76 71 CO : 98 96 83 92 IL : 56 41 75 91 GA : 100 100 100 100 IN : 45 33 82 94 ID : 59 26 43 48 IA : 86 73 85 89 IL : 95 91 99 99 KS : 81 62 28 69 IN : 98 78 100 100 KY : 38 27 47 59 KS : 100 100 100 100 LA : 93 89 89 76 MI : 48 5 84 80 MI : 76 65 93 96 MO : 100 96 100 100 MN : 99 86 92 90 MT : 7 3 17 38 MS : 96 95 91 74 NE : 94 74 86 97 MO : 58 44 33 67 NC : 100 100 100 100 NE : 95 81 78 94 OH : 91 51 99 98 NC : 58 45 52 67 OK : 100 100 100 100 OH : 58 42 78 95 OR : 96 84 96 94 SC : 67 42 60 61 SD : 22 3 54 79 SD : 87 64 54 80 TX : 100 100 100 100 TN : 46 43 57 59 WA : 80 55 88 90 : : 19 Sts: 72 59 73 84 19 Sts: 91 84 92 95 -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- These 19 States produced 94% of the These 19 States produced 92% of the 1995 soybean crop. 1995 winter wheat crop. Winter Wheat: Percent Harvested, Cotton: Percent Planted, Selected States Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1991- :-----------------------: 1991- State:Jun 16,:Jun 9, :Jun 16,: 1995 State:Jun 16,:Jun 9, :Jun 16,: 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : AR : 27 14 58 45 AL : 100 99 100 99 CA : 35 20 28 26 AZ : 100 100 100 100 CO : 0 0 0 0 AR : 100 100 100 100 GA : 81 60 92 76 CA : 100 100 100 100 ID : 0 0 0 0 GA : 98 96 99 99 IL : 0 0 1 4 LA : 100 100 100 100 IN : 0 0 1 4 MS : 100 100 100 99 KS : 3 0 1 7 MO : 100 100 100 100 MI : 0 0 0 0 NM : 100 99 100 100 MO : 2 0 11 11 NC : 100 100 100 100 MT : 0 0 0 0 OK : 95 74 70 81 NE : 0 0 0 0 SC : 100 100 99 100 NC : 33 16 28 37 TN : 100 100 100 100 OH : 0 0 0 4 TX : 89 67 84 89 OK : 65 27 13 32 : OR : 0 0 0 0 14 Sts: 95 86 93 95 SD : 0 0 0 0 -------------------------------------- TX : 53 26 35 36 These 14 States produced 99% of the WA : 0 0 0 0 1995 cotton crop. : 19 Sts: 16 7 8 12 -------------------------------------- These 19 States produced 92% of the 1995 winter wheat crop. Cotton: Percent Squaring, Spring Wheat: Percent Emerged, Selected States Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1991- :-----------------------: 1991- State:Jun 16,:Jun 9, :Jun 16,: 1995 State:Jun 16,:Jun 9, :Jun 16,: 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : AL : 44 18 47 32 ID : 99 94 99 99 AZ : 75 59 62 64 MN : 96 65 94 98 AR : 58 25 29 29 MT : 94 87 98 98 CA : 35 5 4 19 ND : 91 75 83 96 GA : 49 26 58 39 SD : 99 92 98 100 LA : 58 14 70 44 : MS : 79 58 64 43 5 Sts : 93 79 90 97 MO : 30 9 10 11 -------------------------------------- NM : 14 0 1 21 These 5 States produced 96% of the NC : 15 2 11 12 1995 spring wheat crop. OK : 6 2 0 4 SC : 27 10 14 19 TN : 20 6 29 18 Barley: Percent Emerged, TX : 20 13 22 19 Selected States : -------------------------------------- 14 Sts: 36 18 32 26 : Week Ending : -------------------------------------- :-----------------------: 1991- These 14 States produced 99% of the State:Jun 16,:Jun 9, :Jun 16,: 1995 1995 cotton crop. : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent Sorghum: Percent Planted, : Selected States ID : 98 89 97 98 -------------------------------------- MN : 92 63 94 98 : Week Ending : MT : 95 84 93 97 :-----------------------: 1991- ND : 93 80 83 97 State:Jun 16,:Jun 9, :Jun 16,: 1995 SD : 98 86 97 99 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. WA : 100 95 100 100 -------------------------------------- : : Percent 6 Sts : 95 81 90 97 : -------------------------------------- AR : 100 100 99 98 These 6 States produced 82% of the CO : 79 72 54 65 1995 barley crop. IL : 50 34 35 76 KS : 83 61 38 67 LA : 100 100 94 92 MS : 100 98 99 93 MO : 78 69 52 78 NE : 92 72 69 91 NM : 28 26 74 61 OK : 59 53 57 76 SD : 76 38 47 70 TX : 85 79 89 88 : 12 Sts: 82 67 62 78 -------------------------------------- These 12 States produced 98% of the 1995 sorghum crop. Peanuts: Percent Pegging, Selected States -------------------------------------- : Week Ending : :-----------------------: 1991- State:Jun 16,:Jun 9, :Jun 16,: 1995 : 1996 : 1996 : 1995 : Avg. -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 14 NA NA NA FL : 46 NA NA NA GA : 23 NA NA NA NC : 1 NA NA NA OK : 10 NA NA NA SC : 0 NA NA NA TX : 4 NA NA NA VA : 0 NA NA NA : 8 Sts : 15 NA NA NA -------------------------------------- These 8 States produced 99% of the 1995 peanut crop. Corn: Crop Condition Winter Wheat: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : CO : 1 3 11 71 14 AR : 1 5 20 48 26 GA : 6 12 31 47 4 CA : 0 0 5 50 45 IL : 3 15 43 34 5 CO : 8 10 38 37 7 IN : 4 16 41 34 5 GA : 0 2 24 68 6 IA : 1 6 27 56 10 ID : 0 2 10 63 25 KS : 2 3 28 56 11 IL : 17 32 34 16 1 KY : 1 12 39 40 8 IN : 6 20 42 29 3 MI : 3 9 27 52 9 KS : 24 32 30 14 0 MN : 0 7 38 51 4 MI : 6 18 39 31 6 MO : 2 13 37 39 9 MO : 12 31 38 18 1 NE : 0 3 24 64 9 MT : 2 8 27 53 10 NC : 0 1 6 74 19 NE : 7 22 44 23 4 OH : 2 15 46 32 5 NC : 0 1 27 68 4 PA : 0 2 19 56 23 OH : 9 24 40 24 3 SD : 0 3 32 56 9 OK : 20 31 35 14 0 TX : 14 17 35 25 9 OR : 0 0 12 35 53 WI : 1 5 30 57 7 SD : 4 17 31 44 4 : TX : 23 43 27 7 0 17 Sts : 2 9 33 48 8 WA : 0 2 8 50 40 : : Prev Wk : 2 9 39 44 6 19 Sts : 15 25 30 24 6 Prev Yr : 1 7 32 51 9 : -------------------------------------- Prev Wk : 16 24 29 24 7 Prev Yr : 7 13 35 37 8 -------------------------------------- Cotton: Crop Condition Rice: Crop Condition by Percent, by Percent, Selected States Selected States -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- -------------------------------------- : Percent : Percent : : AL : 3 5 26 63 3 AR : 0 4 21 52 23 AZ : 0 1 4 49 46 CA : 0 0 15 75 10 AR : 0 4 19 60 17 LA : 0 1 39 52 8 CA : 0 0 0 60 40 MS : 0 0 9 62 29 GA : 1 8 28 57 6 TX : 0 4 27 59 10 LA : 0 2 18 49 31 : MS : 1 1 10 60 28 5 Sts : 0 2 23 58 17 MO : 1 9 49 36 5 : NM : 6 7 35 27 25 Prev Wk : 0 3 24 58 15 NC : 0 1 22 72 5 Prev Yr : 0 1 21 61 17 OK : 0 1 25 68 6 -------------------------------------- SC : 0 1 27 63 9 TN : 2 4 16 54 24 TX : 13 31 32 21 3 Barley: Crop Condition : by Percent, Selected States 14 Sts : 5 14 24 44 13 -------------------------------------- : State : VP : P : F : G : EX Prev Wk : 1 12 30 48 9 -------------------------------------- Prev Yr : 2 10 38 43 7 : Percent -------------------------------------- : ID : 0 0 5 56 39 MN : 1 7 38 51 3 Spring Wheat: Crop Condition MT : 0 2 25 61 12 by Percent, Selected States ND : 0 4 26 61 9 -------------------------------------- SD : 0 4 16 77 3 State : VP : P : F : G : EX WA : 0 9 36 41 14 -------------------------------------- : : Percent 6 Sts : 0 4 24 59 13 : : ID : 0 1 8 60 31 Prev Wk : NA NA NA NA NA MN : 0 7 36 53 4 Prev Yr : NA NA NA NA NA MT : 0 1 15 74 10 -------------------------------------- ND : 0 3 23 62 12 SD : 2 4 29 53 12 : 5 Sts : 0 3 23 63 11 : Prev Wk : 1 4 23 61 11 Prev Yr : 0 5 32 52 11 -------------------------------------- Oats: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : IA : 1 4 26 59 10 MI : 0 6 28 53 13 MN : 0 3 29 61 7 NE : 1 8 24 57 10 ND : 0 2 25 65 8 OH : 2 8 44 41 5 PA : 0 7 28 56 9 SD : 1 0 25 68 6 WI : 0 4 20 63 13 : 9 Sts : 0 4 26 61 9 : Prev Wk : 1 4 29 57 9 Prev Yr : NA NA NA NA NA -------------------------------------- Peanut: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------- : Percent : AL : 0 1 28 71 0 FL : 1 2 29 53 15 GA : 0 2 32 60 6 NC : 0 0 23 75 2 OK : 0 10 39 49 2 SC : 0 0 28 68 4 TX : 1 7 39 48 5 VA : 0 0 6 66 28 : 8 Sts : 0 3 31 60 6 : Prev Wk : NA NA NA NA NA Prev Yr : NA NA NA NA NA -------------------------------------- Pasture and Range: Crop Condition by Percent, Selected States -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- State : VP : P : F : G : EX :: State : VP : P : F : G : EX -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Percent :: : Percent : :: : AL : 1 8 41 42 8 :: NJ : 0 0 10 70 20 AZ : 42 38 15 5 0 :: NM : 48 41 10 1 0 AR : 0 18 34 41 7 :: NY : 0 0 45 49 6 CA : 0 0 5 70 25 :: NC : 1 1 21 73 4 CO : 2 11 37 46 4 :: ND : 1 5 25 54 15 CT : 0 0 3 97 0 :: OH : 2 11 35 40 12 DE : 0 0 16 68 16 :: OK : 1 9 42 47 1 FL : 0 5 35 55 5 :: OR : 0 0 10 59 31 GA : 2 7 33 54 4 :: PA : 2 5 22 59 12 ID : 0 0 12 58 30 :: RI : 0 2 4 81 13 IL : 2 4 23 52 19 :: SC : 1 3 18 73 5 IN : 0 5 24 57 14 :: SD : 0 1 15 59 25 IA : 0 4 24 57 15 :: TN : 0 4 27 55 14 KS : 3 13 33 47 4 :: TX : 20 36 33 10 1 KY : 1 4 23 49 23 :: UT : 2 16 28 48 6 LA : 3 14 36 41 6 :: VT : 0 0 30 50 20 ME : 0 0 4 52 44 :: VA : 0 0 10 70 20 MD : 0 2 13 70 15 :: WA : 0 5 25 50 20 MA : 0 0 2 97 1 :: WV : 0 1 26 62 11 MI : 2 11 31 38 18 :: WI : 1 2 14 65 18 MN : 2 12 40 40 6 :: WY : 0 0 8 80 12 MS : 4 12 29 47 8 :: : MO : 1 9 43 42 5 :: 48 Sts : 5 10 27 47 11 MT : 0 2 20 64 14 :: : NE : 1 4 30 58 7 :: Prev Wk: 5 11 27 46 11 NV : 0 4 16 60 20 :: Prev Yr: 1 3 18 58 20 NH : 0 0 22 51 27 :: : -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VP - Very Poor P - Poor F - Fair G - Good Ex - Excellent