US: Arkansas reports good corn, soybeans, excellent peanut crop so far

Published Jul 22, 2024

Tridge summary

Arkansas farmers have been able to work in the fields due to mostly dry conditions, with topsoil and subsoil moisture levels being 6% surplus, 50% adequate, 36% short, and 8% very short. The condition of the crop is reported by the USDA as follows: half of the corn is in good condition with 25% excellent and 19% fair, all corn is in the silking, dough, or dented stage, and 6% is already mature. Forty-five percent of the cotton is rated good to excellent, all cotton is squaring, setting bolls, or having bolls open. Fifty-three percent of the soybeans are in good condition with 16% excellent and 25% fair, all beans are blooming and setting pods. Second-crop hay is 46% finished and 52% is in good condition. Forty-nine percent of the peanut crop is excellent, with 42% good, and 80% of the peanuts are pegging.

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Original content

A mostly-dry week allowed farmers in Arkansas to work in the fields. USDA says topsoil moisture levels are 6% surplus, 50% adequate, 36% short, and 8% very short with comparable subsoil moisture levels. Half of the corn crop in Arkansas is in good condition, with 25% rated excellent and 19% rated fair. Ninety-nine percent of the corn is silking, with 77% in the dough stage and 55% dented. Six percent of the corn is already mature. Forty-five percent of the cotton is rated good and another 34% rated excellent. Ninety-three percent of the cotton is squaring, with 70% setting bolls, and 1% now have the bolls opening. Fifty-three percent of the Arkansas soybeans are in good condition, with 16% rated excellent and 25% rated fair. Ninety-four percent of the beans are blooming with 78% ...

Source: Brownfield Ag