Winter wheat harvest nearly completed

Precipitation totals averaged 0.84 of an inch throughout the state for the week ending July 1, with the highest precipitation totals recorded in the Central district at 1.73 inches, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Southern Plains Regional Field Office, Oklahoma. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, drought conditions were rated 28 percent severe to exceptional, down 10 points from the previous week. Additionally, 12 percent of the state was in the extreme to exceptional drought category, down 3 points from the previous week. Statewide temperatures averaged in the low 80s. Topsoil and subsoil moisture conditions were rated mostly adequate to short. There were 5.5 days suitable for fieldwork.

Winter wheat harvested reached 98 percent, up 4 points from the previous year. Oats harvested reached 46 percent, down 23 points from the previous year and down 17 points from normal.

Corn silk reached 29 percent, down 3 points from the previous year. Sorghum planted reached 88 percent, down 8 points from the previous year. Sorghum headed reached 11 percent, up 2 points from the previous year. Soybeans planted reached 93 percent, up 5 points from the previous year. Soybeans emerged reached 82 percent, up 3 points from the previous year. Soybeans blooming reached 4 percent, up 3 points from the previous year. Peanuts pegging reached 30 percent, up 7 points from the previous year. Cotton squaring reached 25 percent, down 12 points from the previous year. Cotton setting bolls reached 4 percent, up 4 points from the previous year and up 2 points from normal.