The article provides an update on the condition of Tennessee's crops as reported by the USDA, indicating that corn, cotton, soybeans, and tobacco are all at various stages of development with a significant portion rated as good to excellent. Specifically, corn is 51% good to excellent with 98% silking and 88% in the dough stage, while cotton is 94% setting bolls with eight percent open and rated as 53% good to excellent. Soybeans are 95% blooming, 82% setting pods, and five% dropping leaves, with a rating of 54% good to excellent. Tobacco plants are 86% topped and nine% cut, with 59% rated good to excellent. Pastures are also rated, with 33% considered good to excellent.