Mississippi Weekly Crop Weather
Released: Monday, 3PM August 05, 2002
Week Ending August 04, 2002                 
                    

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Issue
MS-CW3102   

Agricultural Summary   

According to the Mississippi Agricultural Statistics Service, there were
4.3 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending August 4, 2002. The
continued showers are delaying hay harvest for many farmers. Soil
moisture was rated 2 percent very short, 14 percent short, 66 percent
adequate and 18 percent surplus.
        
Item   Event        This  Last  2001   5-Yr  Very
                    Week  Week         Avg   Poor   Poor  Fair  Good  Excellent

Corn Dough            98    95    98     97    0      7    21    52       20
     Dent             88    75    86     85
     Mature           39    20    38     39
     Harvested         2     0     2      5
 Silage Harvested     58    41    51     48
      
Cotton Setting Bolls  99    95    98     98    0      3    13    58       26
       Open Bolls      5     1     2      3
   
Rice Heading          75    52    79     69    0      2    10    58       30
     Mature            4     0     4      1
       
Sorghum Heading      100    99    99     97    0      1    15    63       21
      Turning Color   69    53    67     61
             Mature   11     3    18      9
   Silage Harvested   10     5     0      1
                
Soybeans Blooming     96    93   100     94    0      4    19    50       27
       Setting Pods   81    72    91     79
       Turning Color  11     3    19     11
             
Hay Harvested        
    (Warm Season)     76    68    75     70    1      3    23    49       24  

Watermelons
         Harvested    97    89    83     80                                 

Sweetpotatoes
         Planted                               3     14    27    46       10

Cattle                                         1      3    17    58       21

Pasture                                        1      4    22    52       21

         Other Agricultural Comments and News  
                              
"Scattered heavy showers have made hay harvesting difficult. Corn is
responding well after a rough start early this season. We are seeing some
armyworm infestations starting to pop up in pastures and in some milo."

                       -- Patrick Poindexter, Alcorn County

"Armyworms and bollworms are starting to show up in row crops and
pastures. The county is split between too wet and too dry as some spots
received 3 inches of rain last Tuesday. The same areas keep getting the
moisture."

                          -- Bill Burdine, Chickasaw County

"We harvested corn last week and the early planted corn yields are doing
better than expected. Most of the crop area got one inch of rain on
Saturday. A few more worms are starting to show up in soybeans and
armyworms are bad in some pastures."

                     -- Dennis B. Reginelli, Noxubee County

"Pastures have more grazing than is normal for this time of year. Hay
harvest is delayed by frequent rain showers. Cows are in great shape due
to abundance of grass."

                            -- Chuck Grantham, Jones County

"Hay harvest has been put on hold with the tropical storm system "Bertha"
making her presence in the Gulf of Mexico. Armyworms are becoming true
pests."

                       -- Billy Joe Lee, Pearl River County

Weather Information Table

    Weather Summary from July 29, 2002 to August 4, 2002 for Mississippi  

                       Air             Precipitation      4 Inch Soil   Avg
                   Temperature      Weekly      Rn  Four  Temperature   Pan
                Max Min Avg Nrm DFN  Total  DFN Ds Weeks  Max Min Avg  Evap
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1. Upper Delta
Clarksdale       95  71  83  82  +1  2.52 +1.83  2  6.93   90  77  83  0.24
Cleveland        97  70  84  82  +2  0.12 -0.31  1  3.06                   
Tunica           95  72  84  82  +2  0.51 -0.13  2  2.90   97  80  88  0.25
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Extreme/Average  97  70  83  82  +1  1.05 +0.31  2  4.30   97  77  85  0.24

2. North-Central
Holly Springs    95  63  80  79  +1  0.00 -0.87  0  3.50   89  81  84  0.22
Memphis          96  72  84  83  +1  1.63 +0.84  2  4.88                   
Oxford           95  70  83  80  +3  0.23 -0.61  1  4.42                   
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Extreme/Average  96  63  82  80  +2  0.62 -0.21  1  4.27   89  81  84  0.22

3. Northeast
Booneville       96  70  83  80  +3  0.00 -0.82  0  1.76                   
Corinth                      82      0.70E-0.10  2  2.18E                  
Iuka             94  66  79  78  +1  0.67 -0.28  3  2.93                   
Pontotoc         93  68  81  81   0  0.63 -0.17  2  1.92   89  80  84  0.22
Tupelo           96  69  83  81  +2  0.06 -0.59  1  3.69                   
Verona           98  70  83  81  +2  0.48 -0.29  1  3.96   96  79  88  0.27
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Extreme/Average  98  66  82  80  +2  0.42 -0.40  2  2.74   96  79  86  0.25

4. Lower Delta
Belzoni                      82      2.00 +1.03  1  3.60                   
Rolling Fork     97  70  84  82  +2  0.33 -0.41  1  1.94  107  85  97  0.24
Stoneville       98  71  84  82  +2  0.36 -0.25  1  3.24  100  80  91  0.24
Yazoo City       95  70  83  82  +1  1.41 +0.53  3  5.43                   
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Extreme/Average  98  70  84  82  +2  1.03 +0.23  2  3.55  107  80  94  0.24

5. Central
Carthage         94  64  81  81   0  0.66 -0.27  3  5.00                   
Greenwood        97  70  83  83   0  0.00 -0.70  0  4.88                   
Jackson          94  71  82  82   0  5.31 +4.35  5 10.47                   
Winona           92  68  80  78  +2  1.10 +0.26  1  9.23                   
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Extreme/Average  97  64  81  81   0  1.77 +0.82  2  7.40                   

6. East-Central
Brooksville                          0.16 -0.61  1  1.62                   
Columbus         96  70  84  82  +2  0.01 -0.85  1  3.42                   
State University 96  68  82  81  +1  0.08 -0.78  1  5.67   93  82  86  0.24
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Extreme/Average  96  68  83  81  +2  0.08 -0.89  1  3.57   93  82  86  0.24

7. Southwest
Crystal Springs  95  69  81  82  -1  0.63 -0.19  3  3.26   86  80  82      
Natchez          92  63  79  82  -3  3.70 +2.86  4  6.79                   
Oakley           97  71  83  81  +2  1.52 +0.68  4  4.12   93  80  85      
Vicksburg        95  73  84          0.32        2  1.27                   
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Extreme/Average  97  63  82  81  +1  1.54 +0.54  3  3.86   93  80  84      

8. South-Central
Columbia         95  70  81  82  -1  1.34 +0.18  6  6.59                   
McComb           94  70  81  82  -1  1.43 +0.22  4 11.42                   
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Extreme/Average  95  70  81  81   0  1.39 +0.21  5  9.01                   

9. Southeast
Beaumont         96  69  81          1.13        2  4.45                   
Hattiesburg      98  67  80  82  -2  1.93 +0.71  5  3.93                   
Laurel                       82      0.85E-0.25  4  2.94E                  
Meridian         95  69  81  82  -1  0.84 -0.16  4  4.19                   
Newton           98  67  81  81   0  1.38 +0.38  2  3.49   95  74  81  0.22
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Extreme/Average  98  67  81  81   0  1.23 +0.10  3  3.80   95  74  81  0.22

10. Coastal
Bay St Louis     97  69  81  82  -1  2.08 +0.50  5  3.61                   
Biloxi AFB       93  73  81          1.87        6  7.71                   
Gulfport         93  71  80  83  -3  3.82 +2.39  6  8.47                   
Pascagoula       94  70  81          1.92        5  5.51                   
Poplarville      95  69  81  82  -1  0.29 -1.09  4  3.13   92  77  84  0.20
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Extreme/Average  97  69  81  82  -1  2.00 +0.53  5  5.69   92  77  84  0.20

State Averages   98  63  82  81  +1  1.13 +0.14  3  4.85  107  74  85  0.25