Warmer weather has helped crops in the Delta Region catch up.  

Ninety percent of Tennessee’s corn crop is silking and 51% is in the dough stage, with 82% of the crop rated good to excellent.  Cotton is 79% squaring, 33% setting bolls, and 66% is rated good to excellent.    Soybeans are 65% blooming, 35% setting pods, and 78% is rated good to excellent.  Pastures are rated 63% good to excellent. Many farmers have also been aggressively treating crops for armyworms.

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