LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Kentucky experienced above normal temperatures and rainfall over the past week. Precipitation for the week totaled 1.25 inches, 0.23 inches above normal. Temperatures averaged 78 degrees for the week, 4 degrees above normal. Topsoil moisture was rated 1 percent very short, 11 percent short, 77 percent adequate, and 11 percent surplus. Subsoil moisture was rated 1 percent very short, 8 percent short, 84 percent adequate, and 7 percent surplus. Days suitable for fieldwork averaged 5.0 out of a possible seven.
Primary activities for this week included harvesting wheat, cutting hay, and planting soybeans. The weather early in the week was suitable for fieldwork, however as the week progressed rain and cooler temperatures arrived. The average height of emerged soybeans was 5 inches. Corn, soybeans, and wheat are all in mostly good condition at this time.
Ninety four percent of the tobacco crop is in the ground, slightly ahead of both last year and the five year average. The crop is in mostly good condition with the average height of plants at 16 inches. Both pastures and hay are in mostly good condition at this juncture.
— USDA, NASS, Kentucky Field Office
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