Sorghum coloring down from normal

Oklahoma received less than an inch of rainfall over the week ending Aug. 26, with the highest precipitation totals recorded in the Panhandle district at 0.84 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 32 percent moderate to exceptional, down 15 points from the previous week. Additionally, 6 percent of the state was in the severe to exceptional drought category, unchanged from the previous week. Statewide temperatures averaged in the high 70s. Topsoil and subsoil moisture conditions were rated mostly adequate to short. There were 5.2 days suitable for fieldwork.

Corn dough reached 87 percent, down 4 points from the previous year. Corn dented reached 55 percent, down 13 points from the previous year and down 8 points from normal. Sorghum headed reached 87 percent, down 1 point from the previous year. Sorghum coloring reached 43 percent, down 8 points from the previous year and down 7 points from normal. Sorghum mature reached 14 percent, unchanged from the previous year. Soybeans blooming reached 89 percent, up 8 points from the previous year. Soybeans setting pods reached 61 percent, down 2 points from the previous year. Soybeans dropping leaves reached 1 percent. Peanuts pegging reached 95 percent, unchanged from the previous year. Peanuts mature reached 6 percent, up 2 points from the previous year but down 2 points from normal. Cotton setting bolls reached 86 percent, up 14 points from the previous year and up 2 points from normal. Cotton bolls opening reached 9 percent, up 5 points from the previous year but unchanged from normal.