Rains provide a boost for late-planted soybeans in Tennessee

Rains provide a boost for late-planted soybeans in Tennessee

Recent rainfalls helped improve some crop conditions, despite being too late to help the corn crop.  Late-planted soybeans have shown noticeable improvement with the recent showers.

Soybeans are rated 42% good to excellent, with 86% blooming, and 59% setting pods.  Cotton is rated 48% good to excellent, 98% of cotton is squaring, 82% setting bolls, and 1% with bolls opening. Corn is rated 31% good to excellent with 97% silking, 78% in the dough stage, and 32% dented.