They will also help other crops by diluting the grasshopper populations. Boring said ranges and pastures are improving as well. Boring said recent rains filled stock tanks in parts of the area, but more rain is still needed in much of the district. Extension director Jett Major of Lubbock said grid trapping reports are showing a continual increase in boll weevil populations. Major said as cotton approaches squaring stage in many counties, weevils are increasingly becoming a problem.
Soil moisture is very short to adequate.
Corn is fair to good. Insecticide applications being made for western corn rootworm. Wheat yields are poor. Recent rains were beneficial to dryland sorghum acres. Soil moisture is short to adequate.