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Ranges improving, but more rain needed
New Mexico There were 6.4 days suitable for field work during the week ending July 15, and farmers spent the week cutting and bailing hay, irrigating and fertilizing crops, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Mexico Field Office, July 16. Topsoil moisture was 10 percent very short, 30 percent short, 58 percent adequate, 2 percent surplus. Wind damage was 10 percent light. Alfalfa was reported as 1 percent poor, 32 percent fair, 53 percent good and 14 percent excellent with 93 percent of the second cutting complete and 60 percent of the third cutting complete. cotton was reported as 16 percent poor, 48 percent fair, 34 percent good and 2 percent excellent with 81 percent squaring and 25 percent setting bolls. Corn was reported as 1 percent poor, 38 percent fair, 56 percent good and 5 percent excellent with 35 percent silked and 1 percent dough. Irrigated sorghum was reported as 32 percent fair, 60 percent good and 8 percent excellent with 1 percent headed. Dry sorghum was reported as 54 percent fair, 42 percent good and 4 percent excellent. Total sorghum was reported as 35 percent fair, 57 percent good and 8 percent excellent. Total winter wheat was reported as 100 percent harvested. Chile was reported as 5 percent very poor, 13 percent poor, 32 percent fair, 43 percent good and 7 percent excellent. Onion conditions were reported as 20 percent poor, 30 percent fair, 50 percent good with 98 percent harvested. Apples were reported as 20 percent very poor, 10 percent poor, 30 percent fair, 25 percent good and 15 percent excellent. Pecans were reported as 1 percent very poor, 6 percent fair, 28 percent good and 65 percent excellent. Peanuts were reported as 3 percent poor, 78 percent fair, 17 percent good, 2 percent excellent with 55 percent pegging. Cattle conditions were reported at 1 percent very poor, 1 percent poor, 11 percent fair, 60 percent good and 27 percent excellent. Sheep conditions were reported as 7 percent very poor, 9 percent poor, 9 percent fair, 50 percent good and 25 percent excellent. Range and pasture conditions were reported as 7 percent very poor, 6 percent poor, 28 percent fair, 51 percent good and 8 percent excellent. Ranchers are supplemental feeding and spraying mesquite bushes. Rangeland conditions are improving, but additional moisture is still needed. Date: 7/19/07
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