Pensacola and Tallahassee both recorded at least one high temperature of 100 or more. Topsoil and subsoil moisture supplies are mostly short to adequate across the State with scattered areas of very short and surplus supplies. Although recent scattered showers improved moisture supplies in many Peninsula areas, counties in the northern Peninsula and western Panhandle remain very dry. Some producers are making the first cutting of hay. Growers continue to harvest tobacco with markets set to open on August 1.
Most cotton is in fair to good condition.
Soybeans and sugarcane are in mostly good condition. Producers report that 46 percent of peanuts are pegged. In the Panhandle, pasture condition improved and grass is short but growing. Pasture is showing drought stress again. In the central counties, pasture greened up following good rains, but water holes are dry and rain is needed to bring up the water table.