Winter wheat harvest winding down in Cross Timbers, Blacklands

Hot, dry weather prevailed across much of the state for the week ending June 10 with a few areas receiving timely rains, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Southern Plains Regional Field Office, Texas. The Low Plains, the Cross Timbers, the Blacklands and East Texas received precipitation ranging between 0.5 and 2.0 inches, with isolated areas getting upwards of 6 inches. There were 6.4 days suitable for fieldwork.

Winter wheat in the Northern High Plains ripened quickly. Wheat producers in the Northern Plains were expecting harvest to begin soon. Wheat harvest was winding down in the Cross Timbers and the Blacklands.

Hail and high winds damaged young cotton plants in the Edwards Plateau. Cotton was blooming in the Upper Coast. Corn in the Edwards Plateau was tasseling, while approaching maturity in South Texas. Corn and sorghum were in need of moisture in the Blacklands, North East Texas, South Central Texas and the Upper Coast. Dryland sorghum planting had begun in the Northern High Plains. Sorghum harvest was underway in the Lower Valley, but sunflower harvest was winding down. Planting of peanuts continued in South Texas.