Phosporus deficiency has become noticeable on some of the rice soils and DAP is being applied. Hail from a strong thunderstorm occurred across part of the county but damage is still being assessed. Some hailstones as large as baseballs were reported. Margy Cannon in St. Francis County reports wheat in G S 7 to early 8 and looking mostly good, but the area also had hail. Dave Freeze reports most wheat in Mississippi County to be in G S 6-7 with a few early fields in GS8.
Condition is mostly good.
Rick Thompson in Poinsett County reports quite a bit of the wheat crop still looking rough and irregular in color and size. Condition is fair and growth stage is Feeke s 6-7. Roger Gipson in Clay County reports the wheat crop there to be in good condition, mostly in G S 7. Lots of sulfur deficiency symptoms, especially at the breaks of hills and in fields that received no sulfur with the first N application. Even silt loam fields and those that did receive sulfur earlier have some deficiency symptoms though, probably due to the extremely wet weather in February.