YUMA VALLEY  COTTON DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY
                                    MAY 20, 2012 
PLANTING                                                               +/- normal
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2/15************************ 1207                                         -2 days
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3/1 ********************** 1110                                           -2 days
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3/15******************** 989                                              -1 day
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4/1 **************** 817                                                   0 days
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    |           Pin Sus   1st     1"    Pk. Bloom    Cut-Out    Terminate     |
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    0      400     800     1200    1600    2000    2400    2800    3200    3600
               HEAT UNITS ACCUMULATED FROM  PLANTING to MAY 19
     v = Heat Units on MAY 12;  S,M,F = Short, Medium, and Full Season Varieties

  HEAT UNITS 
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Heat Unit (HU) accumulation since Jan 1 = 1497;  Last year = 1369;  Normal = 1499
HUs since Jan 1 are running about normal.
HU last week = 158

HISTORICAL STATISTICS 
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  Last Week : MAY 13 - MAY 19             This Week : MAY 20 - MAY 26
           HIGH  LOW DEWPT HUs  RAIN               HIGH  LOW DEWPT HUs
  Normal     95   61   44  144  ----       Normal    94   62   44  145
  Recorded  100   63   47  158  0.00         2011    95   57   41  135

ESTIMATED WATER USE 
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      Planting date :     2/1    2/15      3/1    3/15     4/1
Water Use (last week):    1.29"   1.16"    1.02"    .83"    .58"

WEATHER UPDATE 
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--High pressure will dominate AZ weather early this week, producing near record
heat on Monday & Tuesday. A series of storm systems are forecast to move across
the Great Basin later in the week, resulting in windy & cooler (near normal)
conditions. No precipitation is expected with these storm systems.
-- Growers should closely monitor soil moisture & avoid crop water stress. First
post-plant irrigations (PPI) are typically applied at 800-1000 HUs after planting
with earlier PPIs in coarse textured soils & later PPIs in finer textured soils.
High rates of evaporative demand (ED) can also result in earlier PPIs. Last week's
hot & dry weather produced high rates of ED. High ED is expected again this week.
More details on PPIs are available at www.cals.arizona.edu/pubs/crops/az1204.pdf.