Sorghum harvest progresses

The statewide average rainfall total for the week ending Sept. 2 was 0.23 of an inch, with the Panhandle district recording the highest precipitation at 0.75 of an inch, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Southern Plains Regional Field Office, Oklahoma. Statewide temperatures averaged in the low 80s. Topsoil and subsoil moisture conditions were rated mostly adequate to short. There were 6.3 days suitable for fieldwork.

Corn dough reached 95 percent, up 2 points from the previous year. Corn dented reached 67 percent, down 14 points from the previous year. Corn mature reached 10 percent, down 16 points from the previous year. Sorghum headed reached 92 percent, down 3 points from the previous year. Sorghum coloring reached 58 percent, down 3 points from the previous year. Sorghum mature reached 22 percent, down 3 points from the previous year. Sorghum harvested reached 4 percent, up 1 point from the previous year. Soybeans blooming reached 91 percent, up 9 points from the previous year. Soybeans setting pods reached 72 percent, up 2 points from the previous year. Soybeans dropping leaves reached 4 percent, up 1 point from the previous year and. Peanuts mature reached 10 percent, up 1 point from the previous year but down 3 points from normal. Cotton setting bolls reached 91 percent, up 4 points from the previous year. Cotton bolls opening reached 18 percent, up 11 points from the previous year but unchanged from normal.