Producers continue to work on bringing in this year's hay crop.

In the southwest, 23% of the hay has been cut, 39% has been baled or put into silage, and 38% is still standing.  Farmers are expecting good hay yields.

Quality is rated as 76% good to excellent, provided the rain does not cause any quality damage.  Hay is slow to dry due to high humidity, heavy swaths, and rain showers.

As far as crop development, sunshine and warmer weather is helping that along, too.  In the southwest, crop staging varies from field to field.  Peas and mustard are podding, chickpeas are flowering, canola is flowering and podding, and cereals are heading out.

Farmers are busy scouting fields, controlling weeds, diseases, and grasshoppers.  Hail damage, leaf diseases, and root rot are also causing some crop damage in parts of the southwest.