Dryland row crops continued to be hampered from the combination of hot weather and dry conditions. Corn remained in mostly good condition across the state, but moisture is desperately needed in the Southwest district. The corn crop jumped to 97 percent in the soft dough stage last week. Sorghum was in mostly fair condition, while heading only slightly progressed from last week to 74 percent statewide. Soybeans were in mostly fair condition, but in many areas the crop is in critical shape.
Moisture is needed to assist proper filling of pods.
The Central district had a few reports of soybeans being baled in order to salvage some of the crop. Cotton and peanuts were rated in mostly good to fair condition statewide. Dryland peanuts are showing brown spots in the fields due to lack of rainfall. Problems with spider mites were reported. Nearly all cotton fields have set bolls which was slightly ahead of pace.