Ag Alert January 3, 2024

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CALIFORNIA IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

For the week of December 21 - December 27, 2023 ETO (INCHES/WEEK)

YEAR

3.0

THIS YEAR

2.5

LAST YEAR AVERAGE YEAR

2.0

1.5

1.0

0.5

0.0

MACDOEL II (236)

BIGGS (244)

DAVIS (06)

MANTECA (70)

FRESNO (80)

SALINAS-SOUTH (214)

FIVE POINTS (2)

SHAFTER (5)

IMPERIAL (87)

THIS YEAR LAST YEAR AVG. YEAR % FROM AVG.

0.16 0.15 0.21 -24

0.16 0.18 0.27 -42

0.29 0.08 0.28 4

0.23 0.06 0.21 0

0.20 0.11 0.21 -10

0.42 0.33 0.42 -1

0.21 0.01 0.28 -12

0.24 0.08 0.28 -13

0.36 0.54 0.49 -28

W eekly reference evapotranspiration (ETo) is the rate of water use (evapotranspiration—the sum of soil evaporation and crop transpiration) for healthy pasture grass. Multiplying ETo by the appropriate “crop coefficient” gives estimates of the ET for other crops. For example, assume ETo on June 15 is 0.267 inches and the crop coefficient for corn on that day is 1.1. Multiplying ETo by the coefficient (0.26 inches x 1.1) results in a corn ET of 0.29 inches. This

information is useful in determining the amount and timing of irriga- tion water. Contact Richard Snyder, UC Davis, for information on coefficients, 530-752-4628. The 10 graphs provide weekly ETo rates for selected areas for average year, last year and this year. The ETo information is provided by the California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) of the California Department of Water Resources.

For information contact the DWR district office or DWR state headquarters:

SACRAMENTO HEADQUARTERS: 916-651-9679 • 916-651-7218

NORTHERN REGION: Red Bluff 530-529-7301

NORTH CENTRAL REGION: West Sacramento 916-376-9630

SOUTH CENTRAL REGION:

SOUTHERN REGION:

Fresno 559-230-3334

Glendale 818-500-1645 x247 or x243

Agricultural Market Review Quotations are the latest available for the week ending December 29, 2023 Year Ago

Week Ago Latest Week

Livestock

Slaughter Steers – 5-Area Average Select & Choice, 1150–1460 lbs., $/cwt. Hogs – Average hog, 51-52% lean, Iowa-Minn. market, $/cwt. Slaughter Lambs – $ per cwt. 125–175 lbs. National weekly live sales Field crops – basis prompt shipment Cotton – ¢ per lb., Middling 1 3/32” Fresno spot market Corn – U.S. No. 2 yellow $/bu. trucked Alfalfa Hay – $ per ton, quality * , FOB Region 1, Northern Inter-mountain

170-171

No quote

155

71.35

77.41

64.09

223-237

170-213

146-216

85.14

No quote

79.37

No quote

No quote

No quote

No quote

No quote

No quote

Region 2, Sacramento Valley

No quote 16.50 (P, per bale)

No quote

Region 3, Northern San Joaquin Valley

No quote

218-220 (P)

No quote

Region 4, Central San Joaquin Valley

No quote

250 (P)

No quote

Region 5, Southern California

No quote 19.50 (P, per bale)

No quote

Region 6, Southeast Interior

No quote

190-210 (P)

No quote

Rice – Milled #1 Head, FOB No. Calif. mills Medium grain, $ per cwt.

No quote

No quote

No quote

Provided by the California Farm Bureau as a service to Farm Bureau members. Information supplied by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Market News Branch. * ADF=Acid detergent fiber; (S) = Supreme/<27%ADF; (P) = Premium/27-29; (G) = Good/29-32; (F) = Fair/32-35.

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