Rain needed to plant dryland cotton, grain sorghum. Seed maize planting is complete. Corn is emerged. Boll weevil trap catches increasing. Aphids emerging from wheat fields into neighboring cotton fields.
Soil moisture is short.
High temperatures and high winds. Farmers preparing fields and applying herbicides. Peach trees being damaged by grasshoppers and stink bugs. Flies affecting cattle. Soil moisture is very short to adequate.