Extreme heat and drought over the past week are having a detrimental effect on some peanut and cotton fields. Cotton growers in some areas expect to abandon some fields. Peanut bloom and pollination are poor at temperatures in the mid 90s and above. Some producers are making hay but getting only light cuttings. Growers continue to harvest tobacco.
Sugarcane is in mostly good condition.
Soybeans are in mostly good condition but need rain in most areas. Statewide, pasture improved somewhat from the previous week. Cattle and calves were in fair to good condition. Marginal rainfall and extreme heat held pasture condition down. In the Panhandle, temporary forage has not produced much grazing due to the extreme heat and drought.