Little to no rainfall received

Oklahoma received little to no rainfall over the week ending May 13, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Southern Plains Regional Field Office, Oklahoma. The highest precipitation total was recorded in the Panhandle district at 0.27 of an inch. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 34 percent of the state was in the extreme to exceptional drought categories, unchanged from the previous week and 23 percent of the state was in the exceptional drought categories, down 1 point from the previous week. Statewide temperatures averaged in the high 70s. Topsoil and subsoil moisture conditions were rated mostly very short to adequate. There were 6.5 days suitable for fieldwork.

Winter wheat joining reached 98 percent. Winter wheat headed reached 89 percent, down 4 points from the previous year. Canola blooming reached 86 percent, down 11 points from the previous year and down 12 points from normal. Canola coloring reached 21 percent, down 37 points from the previous year. Rye jointing reached 95 percent, down 5 points from the previous. Rye headed reached 86 percent, down 9 points from the previous. Oats jointing reached 67 percent, down 14 points from the previous year and down 10 points from normal. Oats headed reached 37 percent, down 24 points from the previous year.

Corn planted reached 66 percent, unchanged from the previous. Corn emerged reached 40 percent, down 16 points from the previous. Sorghum planted reached 24 percent, down 4 points from the previous year. Soybeans planted reached 27 percent, up 9 points from the previous year and up 8 points from normal. Soybeans emerged reached 1 percent. Peanuts planted reached 40 percent, down 6 points from the previous year. Cotton planted reached 26 percent, down 7 points from the previous year but up 9 points from normal.