Canola blooming nears completion

The statewide average rainfall total for the week ending May 20 was 1.41 inches, with the Southwest district recording the highest precipitation at 2.06 inches, according to USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, Southern Plains Regional Field Office, Oklahoma. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 34 percent of the state was in the extreme to exceptional drought categories, unchanged from the previous week and 17 percent of the state was in the exceptional drought categories, down 6 point from the previous week. Statewide temperatures averaged in the low 70s. Topsoil and subsoil moisture conditions were rated mostly very short to adequate. There were 5.1 days suitable for fieldwork.

Canola blooming reached 90 percent, down 10 points from the previous year. Canola coloring reached 28 percent, down 49 points from the previous year. Rye headed reached 90 percent, down 8 points from the previous year but up 5 points from normal. Oats jointing reached 69 percent, down 17 points from the previous year and down 15 points from normal. Oats headed reached 45 percent, down 21 points from the previous year and down 4 points from normal.

Corn planted reached 80 percent, up 4 points from the previous year. Corn emerged reached 60 percent, down 8 points from the previous year. Sorghum planted reached 30 percent, down 7 points from the previous year. Soybeans planted reached 36 percent, up 11 points from the previous year. Soybeans emerged reached 7 percent, down 1 point from the previous year. Peanuts planted reached 60 percent, down 9 points from the previous year. Cotton planted reached 40 percent, up 4 points from the previous year and up 14 points from normal.