Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin, Volumen73,Tema 13

120 above normal acreage AGRICULTURAL WEATHER FACILITY ahead of normal Alfalfa areas AVERAGE MINIMUM Average temperatures barley BASED ON PRELIMINARY Blacklands bloom Calving Citrus harvest CITY cold front Corn Belt Corn planting Cotton planting crop damage Days suitable DEV DEV DEV dry weather DUBUQUE IA excellent Farm activities fieldwork 6.0 grain growth harvest continued HEATING DEGREE DAY JOINT AGRICULTURAL WEATHER LAKE CHARLES LA lambing land preparation Light showers Livestock Main activities moisture adequate NOAA/USDA JOINT AGRICULTURAL NORM LYR North China Plain onion pastures peaches Plains planting corn points ahead poor potatoes Precipitation averaged PRELIMINARY REPORTS rain rainfall rice Rio Grande Valley Seedbed preparation short Soil moisture Sorghum southeast soybean subsoil moisture suitable for fieldwork surplus Temperature extremes Temperatures averaged Texas tobacco plant beds TOPEKA KS Topsoil Topsoil moisture TOTAL DEV DEV transplanting underway vegetables WEEK WEEK winter grains Winter wheat Yuma