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Texas Livestock & Crop Weather 05/05/15

East: Wet conditions continued throughout the region. Fields and pastures were soggy and soils saturated. Some producers reported tractors stuck in their fields and waiting for dry weather to get them out. Row-crop planting was slowed by the wet conditions. Vegetable producers were getting a few vegetables planted on hillsides and sandier soils. Ponds and creeks were full and overflowing. In Houston County, no cotton was planted as fields still had standing water. Already planted corn was under water. In Panola County, potatoes and onions had to be replanted. Disease pressure increased on vegetables and fruit trees. Most counties reported subsoil and topsoil moisture as adequate. Some northern counties had drier, warmer weather, which caused stimulated warm-season forages to grow rapidly. However, producers were not getting much fertilizer out on warm-season pastures due to the very wet ground. The southern counties had heavier rains and strong storms. Cattle were in good condition. Spring cattle work continued on new crop calves. The horn fly population exploded. Feral hogs were damaging upland pastures for a change, because they were being pushed out of bottom areas due to excessive rain.

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