Soybean planting is winding down. Tobacco is being irrigated. Blue mold has been found on tobacco. Hay fields are responding well in most cases to the rainfall. Farmers are cutting hay in some areas.
Sugarcane is in good condition.
Eighty-two percent of the peanuts have pegged. Pastures recovered somewhat following a return to normal summer rainfall. Ranchers in the northern counties were fertilizing pastures now that rain had fallen. Central area pastures were in better condition, but pasture grass was still short and the water table was still very low. Cattle condition in the central area was still fair.