El4—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 9,1982
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
Freezing temperatures over the
weekend caused some additional
crop damage in parts of Florida,
according to a weekly report
issued by the Joint Agricultural
Weather Facility of the U.S.
Departments of Commerce and
Agriculture. More rain fell in parts
of Spain, Portugal, and Morocco,
allowing winter grain sowing to
begin in earnest.
Highlights of the report follow.
—United Stales. Two winter
storms dumped generous
precipitation in the South and
East, leaving the Northeast
blanketed with snow. The moisture
was sorely needed in many
southeastern areas. Cold arctic air
dominated the upper Midwest, and
moved southeastward later in the
week. Temperatures dropped to
the mid-20s (F) Saturday night in
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Another cold wave hits Florida
parts of Florida’s citrus belt,
causing some damage. Persistent,
seasonally wet weather dominated
the Northwest, maintaining
favorable conditions.
—Western USSR. Above-normal
rainfall occurred in the western
North Caucasus and in a band
stretching from the central
Ukraine northeastward into the
Central Region. Other crop areas
received lighter amounts of
precipitation. The precipitation
fell as rain in the eastern Ukraine
and the North Caucasus and as
snow in the north and west,
resulting in an increase in snow
cover. Temperatures remained
above normal in the east and below
normal in the west.
—Europe. Beneficial
precipitation fell on winter wheat
areas of Portugal, northcentral
and southwestern Spain, and
northern Italy. Rainfall was
heaviest in Portugal with lighter
amounts from 10 to 25 mm oc
curring in Spain and Italy. The
precipitation encouraged winter
wheat planting in those areas of
Portugal and Spain, and improved
soil moisture for dormant winter
wheat in northern Italy.
—Northwestern Africa.
Beneficial precipitation spread
over most crop areas of Morocco
late in the week. Amounts of
slightly more than 25 mm across
the north should permit
widespread winter grain sowing.
Western Algeria remains too dry
for successful sowing, but soil
moisture in Tunisia and eastern
Algeria should be adequate for
crop growth.
—South America. Widespread
showers occurred over nearly all
crop areas. In Argentina, the
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moisture benefited vegetative
growth of com, sorghum, sun
flowers, and first-crop soybeans,
but slowed the wheat harvest. In
Brazil* soybean plantings are
nearly complete with favorable
soil moisture. Early planted
soybeans in Parana and Sao Paulo
are in the flowering to pod-filling
stages.
—Australia. Favorably dry
weather aided the harvest of
wheat, barley, and other grain
crops throughout southern
Australia. The dryness should
remain relatively good - quality
levels of the maturing crops in
southern areas as well as facilitate
a rapid harvest pace.
—South Africa. Rainshowers
persisted throughout the week in
the Maize Triangle. Coverage was
variable, with totals ranging from
near zero to well above normal.
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This was good follow-up
after last week's generous rains.
—Eastern Asia. Two weak,
westerly -systems produced light
precipitation over much of eastern
China. The precipitation main
tained good moisture conditions in
southern parts of the winter grain
belt and improved conditions in the
northern areas of Shandong and
Hebei. The crop remained dor
mant over most of the area as
temperatures stayed near normal.
—South Asia. A weak, westerly
storm moved across central India
late in the week, dropping rains of
more than 10 mra over parts of
Madhya Pradesh and
Myaharashtra. The moisture
improved growing conditions for
unirrigated winter crops. Growing
conditions remained ifavorable in
northern crop areas, where fair
weather prevailed.
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