Temperatures are hot, but crop conditions are holding steady in Tennessee. Corn is rated 75% good to excellent with 72% of the crop in the dough stage and 10% in dent. Soybeans are rated 76% good to excellent with 55% setting pods. Cotton is rated 77% good to excellent with 64% setting bolls and 1% opening.
Pastures are rated 69% good to excellent. Many producers in the West and Central parts of Tennessee were making hay last week with producers getting a second and even a third cutting of hay.
Tobacco sets are rated 71% good to excellent with 52% topped.
Topsoil is 82% and subsoil is 86% adequate to surplus.