Oklahoma received less than an inch of rainfall over the week ending July 8, with the highest precipitation totals recorded in the Panhandle district at 0.67 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, down 1 point from the previous week.
Statewide temperatures averaged in the low 80s.
There were 6.5 days suitable for fieldwork.
Corn silk reached 44 percent, up 7 points from the previous year.
Sorghum planted reached 96 percent, up 3 points from the previous year.
Soybeans planted reached 99 percent, up 8 points from the previous year.
Soybeans setting pods reached 1 percent.
Peanuts pegging reached 52 percent, up 14 points from the previous year.
Cotton setting bolls reached 10 percent, up 10 points from the previous year and up 3 points from normal.