Topsoil and subsoil moisture supplies are mostly short to adequate across the State with scattered areas of very short supplies. Scattered rains and showers improved moisture supplies in some areas, while other areas remained dry. Some producers are making their first cutting of hay. Growers continue to harvest tobacco with some areas reporting late harvesting. Markets are set to open on August 1.
Most cotton is in fair to good condition.
Sugarcane and soybeans are in mostly good condition. In the Panhandle and northern Peninsula counties, pasture condition improved slightly in some areas but declined in others. Lightning started numerous fires in the drought stricken areas. Most stock ponds are still dry. In the central area, pastures greened up following rains, but there was only slight grass growth.