Winter wheat harvest almost halfway complete

Rainfall totals averaged 0.52 of an inch throughout the state for the week ending June 10, with the Central district recording the highest precipitation at 1.34 inches, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Southern Plains Regional Field Office, Oklahoma. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 28 percent of the state was in the extreme to exceptional drought categories, down 2 points from the previous week. Additionally, 7 percent of the state was in the exceptional drought category, down 3 points 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 5.9 days suitable for fieldwork.

Winter wheat harvested reached 49 percent, up 1 point from the previous year. Canola harvested reached 52 percent, down 9 points from the previous year. Rye harvested reached 18 percent, down 16 points from the previous year. Oats jointing reached 94 percent, up 1 point from the previous year. Oats headed reached 79 percent, down 7 points from the previous year and down 4 points from normal. Oats harvested reached 5 percent, down 9 points from the previous year.

Corn emerged reached 91 percent, down 2 points from the previous year. Corn silk reached 2 percent, down 4 points from the previous year. Sorghum planted reached 54 percent, down 11 points from the previous year. Soybeans planted reached 68 percent, up 10 points from the previous year. Soybeans emerged reached 38 percent, up 10 points from the previous year. Peanuts planted reached 94 percent, up 3 points from the previous year. Peanuts emerged reached 60 percent, up 10 points from the previous year. Cotton planted reached 82 percent, down 2 points from the previous year. Cotton squaring reached 10 percent, up 3 points from the previous year and up 6 points from normal.