Corn and rice harvest picked up pace this past week. Corn harvest is 15% complete and rice harvest is 4% complete. The rice crop is also 94 percent headed and 32% mature.
Soybeans are rated 69% good to excellent, with 29% coloring, 13% dropping leaves, and 2% mature. Cotton is rated 66% good to excellent with 22% of the bolls are opening. Peanuts are rated 73% good to excellent.
The second cutting of hay is 87% complete, and 18% of alfalfa hay 37% is rated good to excellent, significantly higher than last week.