Seventy-one percent of the peanuts for nuts are reported harvested. Temporary winter pastures need rain in the western Panhandle to get the seed to sprout. Pasture and range conditions in the rest of the State were in fair to good condition. Cattle condition is reported lower in the Panhandle than in any other areas of the State. Haying is active in most areas of the State.
Moisture is generally adequate.
There is very little irrigation being used at this time. New growth is slowing as there are decreasing hours of daylight. New crop fruit continues to make good progress with the help of the abundant moisture. However, there are reports of some fruit splitting which is to be expected in the wet areas. Many packing houses have field representatives testing the maturity of the early bloom fruit for fresh shipments.