Drought conditions remain unchanged
Precipitation totals for this week were less than half an inch across the state for the week ending July 15, with the highest total recorded in the South Central district at 0.36 of an inch, 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 27 percent severe to exceptional, unchanged from the previous week. Additionally, 9 percent of the state was in the extreme to exceptional drought category, also unchanged from the previous week. Statewide temperatures averaged in the low 80s. Topsoil and subsoil moisture conditions were rated mostly adequate to short. There were 6.8 days suitable for fieldwork.
Oats harvested reached 80 percent, down 14 points from the previous year and down 10 points from normal.
Corn silking reached 60 percent, up 12 points from the previous year. Sorghum headed reached 31 percent, up 6 points from the previous year. Sorghum coloring reached 8 percent, down 1 point from the previous year. Soybeans emerged reached 95 percent, up 11 points from the previous year. Soybeans blooming reached 17 percent, up 9 points from the previous year. Soybeans setting pods reached 5 percent, up 2 points from the previous year. Peanuts pegging reached 54 percent, up 5 points from the previous year. Cotton squaring reached 55 percent, up 6 points from the previous year. Cotton setting bolls reached 15 percent, unchanged from the previous year but up 2 points from normal.