WET WEATHER, HAIL DAMAGING TO CROPS

Wet weather and hail brought unfavorable consequences, primarily to Tennessee’s spring planted crops. Several thousand acres of soybeans, corn, and cotton were replanted because of wet soils that prevented seed emergence or caused seed to rot in the ground. Several tobacco growers had hail damage to their newly set tobacco plants. Pastures responded well to recent rains. Spring calving is at a steady pace. Topsoil moisture was 1 percent very short, 14 percent short, 66 percent adequate and 19 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture levels were 2 percent very short, 12 percent short, 75 percent adequate, and 11 percent surplus. Continue reading at TN_05_16_16.