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Crop harvest, irrigating most common farm activities in past weekNew Mexico There were 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork during the week ending Aug. 3, and farmers spent the week irrigating, harvesting crops, and cutting and drying hay crops, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, New Mexico Field Office, Aug. 4. Topsoil moisture was 7 percent very short, 37 percent short, 55 percent adequate, and 1 percent surplus. Wind damage was 10 percent light and 3 percent moderate. Hail Damage was 1 percent light. Most ranchers have eased up on the supplemental feeding with little water hauling. Alfalfa was mostly good to fair with the third cutting 68 percent complete, the forth cutting 26 percent complete and the fifth cutting 4 percent complete. Cotton was mostly good with 90 percent squaring and 60 percent setting bolls. Corn was mostly good with 77 percent silked and 19 percent dough. Irrigated sorghum was mostly good to excellent with 23 percent headed and 4 percent coloring. Dry sorghum ranged from very poor to good with 34 percent headed and 10 percent coloring. Peanuts ranged from fair to excellent with 65 percent pegging. Chiles were mostly good with 32 percent light pod set and 68 percent average pod set. Apples were mostly fair to good. Pecans were mostly good. Cattle and sheep were in mostly good condition. Range and pastures ranged from poor to good. An area of high pressure aloft resulted in warmer temperatures and decreased shower and thunderstorm activity across most sections of New Mexico last week. 8/11/08 Date: 8/7/08
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