B4o—Lancaster Farming, Thursday, December 24,1981 "
Cold in Florida causes minor crop damage
WASHINGTON, D.C. Cold
temperatures caused only minor
damage in Florida crop areas
during the week of Dec. 6, ac
cording to a weekly report issued
by the Joint Agricultural Weather
Facility of the U.S. Departments of
Commerce and Agriculture.
Needed rain fell in southwestern
Spain and limited areas of nor
thwestern Africa where winter
gram planting has been stalled due
to dryness. Com planting is more
than 90 percent complete in South
Afrca’s Maize Triangle.
Highlights of the report follow.
—United States. Very mild
temperatures continued over the
Rockies and western Great Plains,
but unseasonable cold with sub
freezing temperatures spread over
the Southeast states and into
central Florida. In most cases,
damage in Florida was confined to
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leaf burn in the vegetable and
citrus areas.
Limited precipitation permitted
the harvest to progress m most
cotton areas. Beneficial rain fell
over much of the West Coast.
Early season snow has provided
welcome moisture over much of*
the Northeast, but halted all field
work.
—USSR. Heavy precipitation
spread from the northeast Ukraine
into the western Urals and Volga-
Vyatsk. Temperatures were below
normal in the Northwest, near
normal in the southeast and above
normal in the east. Winter grains
remain dormant in most areas and
snow cover increased in northern
and western areas.
—Europe. Some beneficial rains
unproved topsoil moisture and
encouraged winter grain
planting in southwestern Spain.
John 3:16
Widespread precipitation
benefited winter grain areas of
Europe. Below-nbrmal tem
peratures over northern Europe
accompanied an unusual
snowstorm in southern England.
—Australia. Scattered light
showers caused no problems for
the wheat harvest which is un
derway in all major crop areas.
The harvest was estimated at 30
percent complete in early
December, the dry weather has
favored a rapid harvest pace.
—South America. Mostly dry
weather in Rio Grande do Sul aided
late soybean plantings. Locally
heavy rains may have been ex
cessive for newly emerged crops in
northern Parana. In Argentina,
scattered showers further im
proved planting and early growth
conditions for corn, soybeans and
other crops in northern Buenos
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southern Santa Fe. Dry weather in
much of southern Buenos Aires
and La Pampa aided maturation
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—Eastern Asia. Generally dry
weather prevailed in most of the
region aiding the late-rice harvest
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peratures were slightly above
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—South Asia. A late season
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Pa. Ayrshire breeders
plan mid-winter meeting
LiTITZ Anyone with an in
terest m Ayrshire cattle, is invited
to the mid-winter meeting of the
Pennsylvania Ayrshire Breeders
Association.
The meeting will be held during
the Farm Show on Tuesday,
January 12 in room C on the second
floor of the Farm Show building at
2 p.m.
Among the highlights of the
meeting will be the announcement
scattered showers fell on winter
grain areas of western Morocco,
but were inadequate to eliminate
the dryness or permit extensive
winter grain planting. Crop areas
of western Algeria remained dry.
—South Africa. Widespread
showers improved soil moisture
supplies, in the Maize Triangle
where com planting is more than
90 percent complete, about a week
behind last year. Moisture is
sufficient in nearly all areas for
emergence and early crop growth.
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vegetative and reproductive
development m January and
February, timely rams will be
needed to sustain good growth
conditions.
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