Topsoil moisture throughout the State is very short to short with scattered areas of adequate moisture in south Florida. Some irrigation wells are drying up. Farmers are waiting for rain to plant the last of their cotton and peanuts. Some soybean planting is delayed due to the drought. Some fields of cotton and peanuts need to be replanted.
Irrigated tobacco is in good condition.
Farmers are getting ready to start tobacco harvest. The irrigated sugarcane crop is in good condition. Sand land sugarcane is stressed by drought. The corn crop is firing up at a rapid pace. Most of the dry land corn crop is lost and the balance will be lost if no rain occurs in the next week.