Winter wheat planting reaches 75 percent (Oklahoma)

Precipitation totals averaged 0.91 of an inch throughout the state for the week ending Oct. 21, with the highest precipitation total recorded in the Southeast district at 2.22 inches, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Southern Plains Regional Field Office, Oklahoma. Statewide, temperatures averaged in the low 50s. Topsoil and subsoil moisture conditions were rated mostly adequate to surplus. There were 3.1 days suitable for fieldwork.

Winter wheat planted reached 75 percent, up 5 points from the previous year. Winter wheat emerged reached 62 percent, up 10 points from the previous year. Canola planted reached 60 percent, down 26 points from the previous year. Rye planted reached 71 percent, down 21 points from the previous year. Oats planted reached 23 percent, down 19 points from the previous year and down 17 points from normal.

Corn harvested reached 71 percent, up 2 points from the previous year but down 9 points from normal. Sorghum mature reached 78 percent, down 14 points from the previous year. Sorghum harvested reached 50 percent, down 3 points from the previous year. Soybeans dropping leaves reached 77 percent, up 4 points from the previous year and up 17 points from normal. Soybeans harvested reached 31 percent, up 8 points from the previous year. Peanuts mature reached 79 percent, down 4 points from the previous year. Peanuts harvested reached 35 percent, down 7 points from the previous year. Cotton bolls opening reached 90 percent, down 4 points from the previous year. Cotton harvested reached 17 percent, down 3 points from the previous year but up 2 points from normal.